Susan S. Phillips is Executive Director and Professor of Sociology and Christianity at New College Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA. She is a sociologist and trained spiritual director. Phillips is the author of several books, including Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction (2008) and The Cultivated Life: From Ceaseless Striving to Receiving Joy (2015). In addition to lecturing internationally and leading retreats for churches and organizations, Phillips also teaches at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, USA. She also recently co-edited, along with Soo Inn Tan, Serving God’s Community: Studies in Honor of W. Ward Gasque (2014).