Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience (PULSE) Affiliated Researcher

Professor of New Testament, Perkins School of Theology/SMU Dallas, TX

Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is Professor of New Testament and Founding Director of the Baptist House of Studies at Perkins School of Theology, SMU in Dallas, TX. She holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy (with a minor in Russian Studies) from Stetson University. Clark-Soles works at the intersection of psychedelics and religion, especially Christianity, serving as a bridge between the academy and church; the academy and the cultural public square; and the medical/scientific and the spiritual/religious. She is the author of numerous books, including Women in the Bible and Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament. Her current book project, Psychedelics and Soul Care: What Christians Need to Know, is under contract with Eerdmans. Her essay “Psychedelics, the Bible, and the Divine” was recently published in a special issue of Religions devoted to “Theology and Science: Loving Science, Discovering the Divine.” She is affiliated with the Transforming Chaplaincy Psychedelic Care Network (TCPCN) and the Psychedelic Educators Network (PEN), and is a Field Scholar for the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality (ECPS). She earned the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research through CIIS. She speaks to a wide variety of audiences, which have included the American Academy of Religion; the Cleveland Clinic; the Parliament of the World’s Religions; counseling centers; theological schools in both the U.S. and Canada; churches of different denominations; and nonprofit groups. She is an ordained Baptist minister who has served in both congregational and hospice settings.