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Steven R. Tracy, Ph.D.
Professor,
Theology and Ethics
Education
- B.A., Arizona State University
- M.Div.,Western Seminary
- Th.M., Western Seminary
- Ph.D., University of Sheffield, England
Experience
Dr. Tracy pastored in three different churches for 15 years before coming on staff full-time at Phoenix Seminary. He taught classes on a part-time basis for six years and served as Vice President of Academic Affairs from 1999 to 2006. His work has been published in the Journal of Psychology and Theology, Calvin Theological Journal, Themelios, the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and Christianity Today. Dr. Tracy’s research and ministry specialization is in gender, sexuality, and abuse. Dr. Tracy serves the state of Arizona on the Governor’s Commission for the Prevention of Violence against Women, and is also Director of Research and Curriculum for Mending the Soul Ministries, an abuse prevention and education ministry that empowers communities and equips churches for ministry to those impacted by abuse. Foundational to Mending the Soul Ministries is the integration of scientific knowledge and social research on abuse with biblical and theological truth.
Leadership Positions and Associations
- Director of Research and Curriculum, Mending the Soul Ministries.
- Governor’s Commission for the Prevention of Violence against Women
- Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Publications
- Forever and Always: The Art of Bonding (coauthored with wife, Celestia)
- Marriage at the Crossroads: Couples in Conversation about Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making and Intimacy (IVP, 2009) (coauthored with wife, Celestia and William and Aída Spencer)
- Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse (Zondervan, 2005)
- Mending the Soul Workbook (Zondervan, 2005)
Select articles include the following:
- “Patriarchy, Abuse, and Heroism: Lessons from the Congo,” Mutuality Magazine (2008)
- “What Does ‘Submit in Everything’ Really Mean? The Nature and Scope of Marital Submission,” Trinity Journal (2008)
- “Patriarchy and Domestic Violence: Challenging Common Misconceptions,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50 (2007)
Ministry Links
- Mending the Soul (www.mendingthesoul.org)
- Whitton Avenue Bible Church (www.wabconline.org)