Jeanne Hoeft

Associate Professor of Pastoral Care

Phone: 816-245-4814
E-mail: jhoeft@spst.edu

Education

• PhD, Iliff School of Theology and University of  Denver
• MDiv, Candler School of Theology
• BS, University of Florida

Denomination

United Methodist Church (UMC), Ordained Elder

Reflections on Saint Paul Mission (PDF)
Contributions to the Four Areas of Focus-UMC (PDF)
Research Poster (PDF)

Discipline or Specialty

Pastoral Theology, with interests in feminist theory, intimate partner violence, and parish based pastoral care.

Current Research Interests

• Pastoral Care in the Parish
• Violence
• Abuse and Trauma
• Feminist Theory
• Cultural Construction
• Sexuality
• Pastoral Care in Rural Communities

Representative Courses Taught

• Advanced Praxis Seminar: Ministry in Rural Congregations
• Introduction to Pastoral Theology and Care

• Topics in Pastoral Care: Crisis Intervention
• Immersion: Guatemala

Publications

Books

• Practicing Care in Rural Communities and Congregations, with Shannon Jung and Joretta Marshall (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, forthcoming).
• Agency, Culture and Personhood: Pastoral Theology from the Context of Intimate Partner Violence (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009).

Chapters in Books

• "The Protected Generation: Fear, Violence and Perfect Love," in Loving God, Loving Neighbor: Ministry with Searching Youth, Sondra Matthaei, ed. (Philadelphia: XLibris Press, 2008).
• "Caring for United Methodists," in Spiritual PDR, Steve Jeffers, ed. (forthcoming).
• “Self,” in Encyclopedia of Christianity (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005).

Articles

• “Pastoral Implications: Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30, Mark13:24-37,” Lectionary Homiletics (Nov. 2008).
• "Toward a Pastoral Theology of Resistance to Violence," Journal of Pastoral Theology vol. 16:2 (Fall 2006), 35-52.
• Review of When Violence Is No Stranger: Pastoral Counseling with Survivors of Acquaintance Rape by Kristen J. Leslie, in Journal of Pastoral Theology (Fall 2005).
• Review of Counseling Survivors of Traumatic Events by Andrew Weaver, Laura Flannelly and John Preston, Journal of Pastoral Theology (Spring 2005).
• Review of Clothed in Nothingness: Consolation for Suffering by Leonard Hummel, Journal of Religion 85 (April 2005), 326-328.
• "Alice Miller's Insightful, Inadequate Critique of Religion," co-authored with Sandra Dixon, Heidi Roth, and Meredith Underwood, Religious Studies Review (July 1996).
• "Naming the Sacred: Reformulating Theology," The VOICE: A Journal of the Battered Women's Movement (Fall 1996).
• "Don't Let Rhetoric Fool You." The VOICE: A Journal of the Battered Women's Movement (Summer 1995).

Lectures, Workshops, Papers

• "Safe Church Training" (presented at Country Club Congregational United Church of Christ, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2009).
• Sabbaths of Hope Workshop (presented at Community of Christ, February 2009).
• “At the Heart of the Matter: Excellence in Congregational Care” (keynote presentation at Pre-Institute Intensive Workshop, Leadership Institute, Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas, October 2, 2008).
• “Theological Issues in a Cultural and Community Context: Postmodern Implications for Pastoral Care” (CPE didactic at Heartland Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri, June 2008).
• "Recognizing Family Violence in Your Congregation" (workshop presented at the Safe Families Through Faith conference, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, May 20, 2008).
• "Depression and Hope" (workshop presented at Sabbaths of Hope: Faith Communities Responding to Depression, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, February 25, 2008).
• “Spirituality and Sexuality” (lecture given at the University of Kansas Medical School, Psychiatry Dept., Kansas City, Kansas, January 2008).
• “Depression and Hope” (workshop presented with Judith Schwanz at Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas, January 2008).
  "Gang Violence" (workshop presented at the Fall Symposium, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, September 25, 2007).
• “Depression And Hope” (workshop leader with Ruth Rosell and Judith Schwanz and curriculum author, Sabbaths of Hope Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, February 12, 2007).
• "Doing Theology in Theological Education" (plenary presentation, Wabash Pre-Tenure Workshop, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, Crawfordsville, Indiana, June 2006).
• "Toward a Pastoral Theology of Resistance" (work-in-progress plenary session, Society for Pastoral Theology, Denver, Colorado, June 2006).
• "Book Response to Ask Anything: A Pastoral Theology of Inquiry by Dick Olson (Prairie Baptist Church, Prairie Village, Kansas, June 2006).
• "Welcoming Difference, Celebrating Confict" (workshop at the Walking the Way Together Conference in Spiritual Formation sponsored by Church of the Resurrection and Saint Paul School of Theology, Overland Park, Kansas, January 2006).
• “Learning through Worship” (workshop presented to the Missouri Annual Conference, GIFT, October 2004).
• “Domestic Violence: A Challenge to Pastoral Care” (presentation to Kansas City Area Chaplains, September 2004).
• “Victims of Abuse, Agents of Resistance” (workshop presented at the Society for Pastoral Theology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2004).
• “Current Trends in Pastoral Theology and Care” (response to Carrie Doehring, at the annual meeting, Regional ACPE, March 2004).
• “Breaking the Silence: a Conversation about Family Violence” (workshop presented at Chase County, Kansas Ministerial Alliance, March 2004).
• “Recognizing Abusive Behaviors in Relationships” and “Pastoral Care in the Context of Family Violence” (workshops presented at the Community of Christ National Peace Colloquy, Independence, Missouri, November 2003).
• “Violence and Children” (presentation for Iowa Ecumenical Ministries, November 2003).
• “Spiritual Growth from a LGBT Perspective” (workshop presented at Reconciling Ministries Regional Convocation, September 2003).
• “A Pastoral Care for Resistance” (presentation at Heartland Medical Center CPE, June 2003 and St. Luke’s Medical Center, October 2003).
• “Hope in a Time of Terror” (presentation at Missouri Area Minister’s School, January 2003).
• “Resisting and Creating Culture in Our Beings” (Gerri Skinner Lecture Series, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Tucson, Arizona, January 2001).
• “Caring for Women’s Spirits” (workshop presented at the Rocky Mountain United Methodist Church Annual Conference, June 2000).

Professional Leadership

• American Academy of Religion
• American Association for Pastoral Counselors
• Center for Process Studies
• Louiseville Institute Leadership Grant, "Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities" with Joretta Marshall and Shannon Jung (September 2007-May 2008)
• Methodist Federation for Social Action
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Reconciling Ministries Network
• Society for Pastoral Theology: Steering Committee, treasurer (2007-present); editorial board, Journal of Pastoral Care (2006-present)
• Society of Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counseling
• Spirituality and Health Grant Project, University of Kansas (2006-present: Lecuture for Grand Rounds (December 2007)
• Wabash Center: Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Pre-Tenure Summer Fellowship (2006)
• 49/63 Blue Hills Community Youth Council for Restorative Justice, founding member (2005-present)
• Green Book Project Initiative, Jackson County Co-occurrence Coalition: "Child Witness to Domestic Violence" participant (March 2005)
• Jackson County Safe Families Coalition: Major conference presentor, Safe Families through Faith Conference (May 2007); Improved Services Team (2005-present)
• Professional Consultation Committee for CPE, Heartland Medical Center, St. Joseph, Missouri (2001-present)
• Sabbaths of Hope: Faith Communities Responding to Depression, project of the Center for Practical Bioethics and the Mental Health Association of the Heartland (2006-present)
• John D. Spangler Award for Excellence in Pastoral Care and Psychology of Religion, Iliff School of Theology (1997)
• Joint Ph. D. Program Review Committee, Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, member (1997)

Church Leadership

• "Mother's Day," sermon at Country Club Congregational United Church of Christ (May 2009)
• "Christmas Tradition Undone," sermon at Country Club United Church of Christ (December 2008)
• "Hope for the Bent-Over," Sabbaths of Hope sermon at South Crysler Community of Christ (April 2008)
• Boundaries Training, Christian Church of Mid-America (April and September 2007)
• Rocky Mountain Annual Conference (UMC): Ordained Elder; Superintendency Committee (2001); Retreat leader, Rocky Mountain Annual Conference Clergywomen’s Retreat (1999); Design team member and worship leader, Rocky Mountain Annual Conference Clergy Retreat (1998-1999)
• “Who Are You, Really?,” Sunday School class at Trinity UMC, Kansas City, Missouri (April-May 2005)
• Reconciling Congregation Anniversary, Trinity UMC, Kansas City, Missouri, guest preacher (November 2004)