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Henry Burt

PhD Candidate | Practical Theology

Henry Burt
Practical Theology
Phone: 630.258.2689
[email protected]
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Profile
As of spring 2023, Henry has finished his third year of doctoral studies. His dissertation is tentatively titled, "The Weariness of the Self: A Pastoral Theological Approach to Clinical Perfectionism." Henry's primary research interests include pastorally addressing matters of shame, identity crises, achievement culture, athletics, and the care of men. He takes a strong psychoanalytic approach, incorporating theories of play from D.W. Winnicott, religious experiences from William James, and theopoetics in service to identity deconstruction and reconstruction from Gloria Anzaldua.

Henry graduated with an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2019. He spent the year prior to returning to Princeton fulfilling the ordination process as an ELCA pastor. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 2016 with degrees in both psychology and exercise science.

Apart from his studies, Henry enjoys running, choral singing, attending sporting events, traveling, and church ministry in surrounding Lutheran churches. He has called Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Ottawa, and, most recently, Santa Fe home.

Dissertation
"The Weariness of the Self: A Pastoral Theological Approach to Clinical Perfectionism"

Committee
Robert Dykstra

Sonia Waters

Jay-Paul Hinds

Select Publications

Burt, H. Running and Righteousness: Fitness as a Variety of Religious Experience. Pastoral Psychol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089...

Co-editor for Mooney Suarez, Margarita. The Wounds of Beauty: Seven Dialogues on Art and Education. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2022.

Co-editor for Mooney Suarez, Margarita. The Love of Learning: Seven Dialogues on the Liberal Arts. Providence, RI: Cluny Media, 2021.

Co-editor for Wang, K.T., Xie, Z., Parsley, A.C. et al. Religious Perfectionism Scale Among Believers of Multiple Faiths in China: Development and Psychometric Analysis. J Relig Health 59, 318–333 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943...

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Associate Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University

Amanda Hontz Drury, Class of 2005

“Princeton Seminary helped me whittle down to the core of my faith and helped me discover what mattered most to me.”