自慰视频

Rev. Michael Yandell, PhD (he/him) serves as the Director of the Soul Repair Center and the Doctor of Ministry program at 自慰视频. He spent 4 years in the U.S. Army as an enlisted explosive ordnance disposal (E.O.D.) technician before earning his Bachelor of Music at the University of Tennessee at Martin; a Master of Divinity at 自慰视频 in Fort Worth, Texas; and a Ph.D. in religious studies with a concentration in religion, conflict, and peacebuilding at Emory University.

While at Emory, he co-directed the Theological Certificate Program at Lee Arrendale State Prison for Women – a program designed to provide theological education and opportunities for deep inquiry for women who are incarcerated. He also served patients in the Emory Healthcare Veterans program as a pastoral consultant as they received 2 weeks of intensive outpatient treatment for PTSD. He spent 5 meaningful years as pastor to First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Greensboro, NC before returning to Brite in his current role.

As a theologian, scholar, and ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Dr. Yandell is passionate about bridging gaps between the academy, church, and the public sphere. He first encountered the language of moral injury, the language through which he reflects theologically and ethically on the experience of war, betrayal, and despair, as a student at Brite when Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock co-founded the Soul Repair Center in 2012. It is his honor to continue and build on her work and the work of Dr. Nancy Ramsay, who directed the Center from 2018-2025.

Select publications:

• (Lexington Books, 2022).

• 鈥淒o Not Torment Me: The Morally Injured Gerasene Demoniac鈥�. In , edited by Brad E. Kelle. (Lexington Books, 2020).

• 鈥淢oral Injury and Human Relationship: A Conversation鈥�. In , edited by Nancy Ramsay and Carrie Doehring. (Chalice Press, 2019)

• 鈥淭he War Within,鈥� , 132, no. 1 (2015).

Select interviews:

• 鈥淚raq war veteran helps others recover from invisible wounds at Emory鈥� , 2019.

• 鈥淎 Veteran鈥檚 Next Mission,鈥� , 2018.

• , NPR Morning Edition, 2017.

• 鈥淭he Secret Casualties of Iraq鈥檚 Abandoned Chemical Weapons,鈥� , 2014.

Michael lives in the DFW area with his spouse Amy and their 2 pups, Elsie and Snow. He enjoys running, listening to metal music, and reading X-Men comic books.