Jaime Clark-Soles

Field Scholar, Professor of New Testament and Director of the Baptist House of Studies, Perkins School of Theology/SMU

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Baptist scholar speaking and writing about her experience in psychedelics trials

Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is Professor of New Testament and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is also the Director of the Baptist House of Studies at Perkins. She was a 2017 participant in the Johns Hopkins Religious Professionals Study and is currently completing the certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Research through the CIIS. Her particular areas of scholarly expertise and publication include:

Christianity and Psychedelics
The Johannine Literature (the Gospel of John; 1, 2, and 3 John; and Revelation)
Evil, Suffering, Death, and Afterlife
Disability Studies and the Bible
Women in the Bible
Immersion trips

She is the author of numerous books and essays. Her books include 1 Corinthians: Searching the Depths of God; Women in the Bible; Reading John for Dear Life: A Spiritual Walk with the Fourth Gospel; Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian Believer; Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament; and Scripture Cannot Be Broken: The Social Function of the Use of Scripture in the Fourth Gospel. She is currently writing a book titled The Agony, the Ecstasy, and the Ordinary: Experiencing God in the New Testament.

Dr. Clark-Soles has served on the Journal of Biblical Literature editorial board and currently serves on the Journal of Disability and Religion editorial board. Her essay “Disability and the Johannine Literature” appears in Disability and the Bible: A Commentary (2017). She is the New Testament editor of the CEB Women’s Bible.

Dr. Clark-Soles is the recipient of a Ford Senior Research Fellowship and has served on the steering committee of the “Ethics and Biblical Interpretation” section and the “Johannine Literature” section of the Society of Biblical Literature. She enjoys speaking widely and writing for both academic and popular audiences. As an ordained American Baptist minister, she has served in both congregational and hospice settings.

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Education

2000: PhD, Yale University
1993: MDiv, Yale Divinity School
1989: BA, Stetson University

Select Scholarly Presentations (2017-2023)

2023: "Psychedelics and Soul Care." Cleveland Psychedelic Science Group. December 14.
2023: “Psychedelic Perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” Psychedelic Science Conference. Denver. June 22.
2023: “Disability and the Gospel of John.” “Johannine Literature Section” of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Antonio, Nov. 20.
2023: “Psychedelics and the Abrahamic Traditions.” National AAR meeting. San Antonio, Nov. 19.
2023: “Sacramental Plants and Fungi: Historical and Scientific Insights for the Religious Life.” Parliament of the World’s Religions. Chicago. August 16.
2023: “Paul and the Corinthians.” Plenary Speaker daily June 12-14. Hanshin Theological Symposium. Seoul, South Korea.
2021: “Women in the Bible: The State of the Question.” Plenary Address, Catholic Biblical Association. August 1.
2019: Faith and Culture Symposium. Belmont University. Nashville, TN. February 4.
2018: George Knight Lectures. Hardin-Simmons University. Abilene, TX. November 6.
2018: “Dying to Live” and “From Death to Life: The Gospel of John.”
2017 “Abundant Life: The Gospel of John and Disability.” 2017 Andrews Lectures in Christian Spirituality. Spring Arbor University. Spring Arbor, Michigan. February.