AfterDark: Knowing the Suffering Servant

Liz Hall

Dr. Liz Hall is Professor of Psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University. She
is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, associate editor of Psychology of Religion
and Spirituality, the premier journal in the psychology of religion, and past president of Division
36, Society for the Psychological Study of Religion and Spirituality of the American Psychological
Association. She is a licensed psychologist in California. Dr. Hall has received numerous awards
for her integrative work in psychology and theology, including APA’s Division 36 William C. Bier
Award for outstanding interdisciplinary work on issues of psychology of religion, and the
Christian Association for Psychological Study’s Narramore Award for Excellence in the
Integration of Theology and Psychology. She has published over one hundred articles and book
chapters on a variety of integrative topics, including embodiment, religious doubt, virtues,
motherhood, gender issues, and missions and mental health. Most recently, her work has been
focused on meaning in the context of suffering, which is supported by generous grants from the
John Templeton Foundation and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. She and her
husband Todd have two adult sons.