Michael J. Christensen (M.A., Yale, Ph.D., Drew), is the Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Drew University where he teachers spirituality and religious studies, and oversees six doctoral program concentrations, including the “Global/Online Ministerial Leadership Development,” “Congregational Growth and Development,” and “Pastoral Care and Counseling.” His Ph.D. dissertation is on “Apocalyptic Interpretations of the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster.” The author of nine books and many articles on spirituality and social justice, he is an ordained United Methodist minister in the California-Nevada Annual Conference.

His B.A. in Literature and Psychology is from Point Loma Nazarene University, his M.A. in Religion from Yale Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in Theological and Religious Studies is from Drew University. Currently, his research interests include: apocalyptic eschatology, Russian religious philosophy, comparative spirituality and practical theology.

A public policy activist for the children of Chernobyl since 1990, Dr. Christensen most recently has served as Senior Consultant and Program Manager of the psychosocial component of the Chernobyl Childhood Illness Program--a 4-million dollar USAID cooperative agreement to support medical treatment and mental health training in Ukraine.  As a certified field traumatologist and trainer, his training experience has focused on community mental health promotion utilizing indigenous leaders, organizational volunteers and paraprofessionals.

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