Dr. Barry Boggs was graduated summa cum laude in English and comparative literature from Rhodes College where he was also named to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. His honors thesis, Le problème du mal dans les travaux d'Albert Camus (The Problem of Evil in the Works of Albert Camus) was based on original translations of the French texts. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary and he was awarded a doctorate in the philosophy of psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. His doctoral dissertation on beliefs and practices of mental health professionals was for many years used as a teaching instrument in the graduate school. He conducted post-doctoral study in clinical neuropsychology at the Cortical Assessment Laboratory in Memphis, Tennessee. He has written for The Christian Century, Zygon: Journal of Science and Religion, Human Nature, Voices: The Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapy and Family Therapy. He is a member of the Institute of Religion in an Age of Science and attends its annual conference at Star Island, New Hamphire. He has practiced psychology in the states of Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas for over twenty-five years. He currently lives in Point Clear, Alabama where he has taken up sailing in the Gulf of Mexico. He divides his time between Point Clear and Washington, DC. |
