Selig, William
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry
William P. Selig, DMin, RBC, is an adjunct assistant professor of Pastoral Ministry at HJ International Graduate School in New York City and a retired board-certified chaplain (RBC) with the Association of Professional Chaplains. He has served as a hospice volunteer and interfaith hospital chaplain in Maryland, Washington, DC, California, and Virginia, and currently volunteers with the Spiritual Care Department at a hospital in Northern Virginia. Dr. Selig holds a BA from the University of Maryland and a Master’s and Doctor of Ministry from the Unification Theological Seminary. His writing has appeared in Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Reflective Practice, Religious Education, and church publications including Unification News and Applied Unificationism. He serves as Ecclesiastical Endorser and National Seonghwa Advisor for the Family Federation for World Peace-USA.
Research Statement
The integration of spiritual discernment, pastoral presence, and lived experience in processes of human spiritual formation.
Research Interests
Dr. Selig’s research examines spiritual formation as a lifelong process of human development shaped by discernment, relational presence, and pastoral praxis.
- Spiritual formation and the development of the “original nature”
- Pastoral theology and chaplaincy as sites of spiritual transformation
- Discernment, suffering, and meaning-making in lived experience
- Narrative reflection and spiritual autobiography in faith development
- Integration of self-care, other-care, and divine relationship
Keywords: Spiritual formation – Pastoral theology – Discernment – Chaplaincy – Narrative identity – Original nature – Interfaith care – Reflective practice