Psychedelics & Christianity
Jaime is a leading authority on faith and the use of psychedelics in both therapeutic and religious contexts. Her work in the area of psychedelics aims to build bridges between the medical and the spiritual to support fuller healing and flourishing for all.
Jaime's publications on psychedelics & Christianity
Essay
Psychedelics, the Bible, and the Divine. Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA
† NB: Unless otherwise noted, all biblical citations are from the NRSV translation.
Religions 2024, 15(5), 582; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15050582
Submission received: 27 March 2024 / Revised: 30 April 2024 / Accepted: 30 April 2024 / Published: 7 May 2024
This article belongs to the Special Issue Theology and Science: Loving Science, Discovering the Divine
Commentary
"Psychedelic Christianity: From Evangelical hippies and Roman Catholic intellectuals in the sixties to clergy in a Johns Hopkins clinical trial" Commentaries on: McCarthy & Priest (2024).
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
Psychedelics & Christianity
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"Jaime Clark-Soles can make the most familiar texts of scripture vibrate all over again with new spiritual energy. She knows that many of us today are disillusioned by the church. Into our pain and emptiness, she speaks with courage, conviction, and scholarly brilliance. But more than that, what shines through is her personal faith that grows from the rich soil of her belief in the timeless beauty of the Bible. When she speaks, she brings forward the Spirit’s invitation for all of us to enter new dimensions of holiness, connectedness, and spiritual joy.
For Dr. Clark-Soles, no religious topic is off the table. With courage and conviction, she dares us to think with her about the spiritual dimensions of psychedelics, some of which may be approved soon for medical use for a range of mental health challenges. As a participant in the Johns Hopkins University study of psilocybin and spirituality among religious leaders, Jaime discovered new depths of spiritual experience that inform her life and her work. Today she is the foremost guide in addressing the ways that psychedelic spiritual experiences connect with a biblically-rooted faith."
- Ron Cole-Turner
Professor of Theology and Ethics (emeritus), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Author of Psychedelics and Christian Faith: Exploring an Unexpected Pathway to Healing and Spirituality (forthcoming 2024, Wipf & Stock).