CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Address:
The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus, Grace
Cathedral.
2507 Sacramento Street, #2
San Francisco, CA 94115
1985 - 2009
Dean, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
1972-1985
Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology
General Theological Seminary
New York, New York
Director and founder,
Center for Christian Spirituality
General Theological Seminary
New York, New York
1995
Founder of the Forum at Grace Cathedral
2001
Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres.
2002
OBE
2008
Honorary doctorate – the University of San Francisco
2010
Joined the board of The American Conservatory Theatre
Education:
Ph.D., 1971 University of Nottingham , England
Dissertation, Herbert Hamilton Kelly 1860-1950: A Study in
Failure
(A Contribution to the Search for a Credible Catholicism)
Publications:
Journey Into Christ, Winston-Seabury, 1977
Living in the Spirit, Vol. VII of the Church’s
Teaching Series, Winston-Seabury, 1979
Exploring Spiritual Direction: An Essay in Christian
Friendship, Winston-Seabury, 1982
Soul-Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality,
Harper and Row, 1985
Passion for Pilgrimage, Harper and Row, 1988
Sacrifice & Delight, Harper Collins, 1992
Books:
The Soul’s Journey: Exploring the Three Passages of
the Spiritual Life with Dante as a Guide,
HarperSanFrancisco, 1995; Cowley, 2001
Living the Truth, Cowley, 2000
Seasons of Grace, (with John O'Neil) Wiley & Sons, 2003
Reimagining Christianity: Reconnect your spirit without
disconnecting your mind, Wiley & Sons, 2007
Common Prayer on Common Ground, Morehouse, 2008.
Lectures and Conference Presentations:
Walking A Sacred Path, Here Comes Everybody: Re-imagining Christianity, Chartres
Cathedral, Chartres, France, June 2003.
Haden Institute, Canadian Spiritual Direction Training Program, Mt Carmel
Spiritual Centre, Niagara Falls, NY, May 2003.
College of Preachers Conference, Washington, DC ,April 2003.
Trinity Institute Spiritual Formation Conference, Empowewring Parishes to Meet
Our Spiritual Hunger. Camp Allen Conference Center, Navasota, Texas, April
2003.
United Church of Christ Senior Ministers Conference, Self-Care and Preaching,
Chicago, Illinois, April 2003.
Labyrinth Lenten Pilgrimage, Veriditas, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA,
March 2003.
Soul of America Project Advisory Conference, Treasure Island, San Francisco,
CA, February 2003.
Sheffield Clergy Conference Keynote Speaker, Sheffield, England, February 2003.
Fund for Theological Education Lecture, Reimagining the Gospel. Louisville, KY,
November 2002.
KALW Radio--taping for My Favorite Things, musical favorites program with
Alan Farley, San Francisco, CA, October 2002.
News Conference with Inter-faith Leaders of San Francisco, Grace Cathedral, San
Francisco, CA, October 2002.
Trinity Institute Spiritual Formation Conference Keynote Address, Kanuga
Conference Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina. April 2002
Haden Institute, Spiritual Direction Conference, Kanuga Conference Center,
Hendersonville, North Carolina. February 2002.
National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls Conference Keynote
Address, Integrity: Personal, Spiritual, Professional. Silverado Club, Napa, CA,
February 2002.
Pre and Post Lenten Festival of Preachers 2001 at Trinity Church, Boston,
Massachusetts. February 2001
FOX Learning Center Academy:Telling Your Story—Choosing Love Over Fear. Four
Seasons Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington. September 2001.
California Institute of Integral Studies: The Re-Imagination of Christianity; CIIS, San
Francisco, CA, October 2000.
The Mandala Center: Pilgrims of the Truth: Truth-Telling and Promise Keeping. Des
Moines, New Mexico, October 2000
The Bishop’s Clergy Conference, Diocese of Huron Clergy Conference,
Christianity Rediscovered: The Work of Reimagination, Weber Center, Adrian,
Michigan, October 2000.
FOX Learning Center Academy:Telling Your Story—Choosing Love Over Fear:
Canyons Grand Summit, Park City, UT, September 2000.
Noe Valley Chamber Music Series: Narration of Haydn’s Seven Last Words of
Our Savior on The Cross and“Spring” from The Seasons. Noe Valley Ministry, San
Francisco, CA, March 2000.
Lenten Speaker Series, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Houston TX, March 2000.
UCSF-CPMC Dialogues on Spirituality and Psychiatry, California Pacific Medical
Center, San Francisco, CA, February 2000.
The Haden Institute, Spiritual Direction Training Program, Charlotte, North
Carolina, January 2000.
FORUMS
Grace Cathedral
City Arts and Lectures.
ENGAGEMENTS