Jaco J. Hamman is Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture and the Director of the Program in Theology and Practice at Vanderbilt Divinity School (Nashville, TN). A South African, he completed his academic studies and clinical training at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (B.A.), Stellenbosch University (South Africa, B.Th.; M.Th.), Princeton Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), and at the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute (New York City; Certificates in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Marriage and Family Therapy; Group Therapy).