Preface: Special Issue in Honor of Lewis Rambo
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Preface: Special Issue in Honor of Lewis Rambo Nathan Carlin 1 & Robert C. Dykstra 2 & Ryan LaMothe 3 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
The Group for New Directions in Pastoral Theology held a special conference at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center on Lake Tahoe from September 8–11, 2019, for the purpose of honoring Lewis Rambo, editor of Pastoral Psychology. Lewis attended the conference with his wife Judy Sha He. In all, there were 22 participants, some presenting papers and others joining in the discussions. The Group for New Directions in Pastoral Theology wanted to honor Lewis in this way for his support over its lifetime in his providing space for our conference papers in the journal and for his work as editor since 1984. At the meeting, Kathy McKay, copyeditor for the journal, presented Lewis with a beautiful commemorative plaque, provided by Springer, as a small token of our gratitude to him. The articles in this special edition reflect the conversations we enjoyed over four idyllic days overlooking beautiful Lake Tahoe. Born in Stephenville, Texas, on December 29, 1943, Lewis Ray Rambo grew up in Comanche, Texas, the hometown of his father. His mother raised him during his early years while his father served in World War II, stationed in the Philippines. He remembers that these years were difficult in part because his father was away but also, more profoundly, because the economy was so bad in those days. The family moved in Comanche various times, slowly climbing up the economic ladder. His mother got serious about religion when Lewis was about five years old. He was raised in the Church of Christ and remains loosely affiliated with the denomination today. During his childhood, he experienced the Church of Christ as very committed to the Bible and seeming to him to be somewhat rigid, conservative, and exclusivist. But, as Lewis puts it, he “bought it, hook, line, and sinker.” A key question for him throughout his childhood and into his young
* Nathan Carlin [email protected] Robert C. Dykstra [email protected] Ryan LaMothe [email protected]
1
McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, McGovern Medical School, JJL 410, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
2
Princeton Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 821, Princeton, NJ 08542-0803, USA
3
Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN 47577, USA
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adult years was: “What must I do in order to be saved?” His father, a nominal Southern Baptist, seemed much more secure in his salvation, never converting to the Church of Christ. For as long as he can remember, Lewis wanted to be a minister, in a large part due to the influence of two pious uncles. Lewis majored in Bible at Abilene Christian College (now Abilene Christian University) and felt very much at home there, as most of the students had also been raised in the Church of Christ and came from rural areas. His college years, for Lewis, were a time of expansion for him, especially relationally. His
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