Assistant Professor of Practical Theology Teaching Stream
Education
- PhD, Emmanuel College, 2024
- ThM, Knox College, 2017
- MTS, Knox College, 2013
- BA, Queen’s University, 2003
- MA in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy (in progress), Martin Luther University College
Contact
Email: amy.panton@mail.utoronto.ca
Amy Panton (they/she) is Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Emmanuel College. Their teaching and research focus on Mad Studies, disability and neurodiversity, spiritual care, and theologies of mental health. Amy is also completing a Master’s in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy at Martin Luther University College. Their recent work explores patient-authored asylum archives, and weaving together Mad Studies and Practical Theology.
Amy is the author of Soul Care for Self-Injury: Theological Reflection and Spiritual Care Strategies, Thy Sheltering Arms My Spirit Take: Praying the Hours with the Patients of Utica Asylum and Openings: Grounding Exercises for Students and Practitioners in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy. They also serve as co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health and Disability.
Selected Publications
Fisher, Elizabeth, and Amy Elizabeth Panton. “Transformation & Resistance in the Interfaith Classroom: Reflections on Teaching in the Canadian Context.” The Wabash Center Journal on Teaching 2, no. 2 (May 28, 2021).
Panton, Amy Elizabeth and Miriam Spies. "A Deep Desire for Transformative Justice: A Reflection on the Birth of the Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health and Disability" Mad Students Zine, McMaster University, Fall 2021 (forthcoming).
Panton, Amy Elizabeth. “Christian Perspectives on Self-Harm.” Centre for Peadiatric Spiritual Care, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, February 2019.
Panton, Amy Elizabeth. “Spiritual Care for Youth Who Self-Injure.” Mandate, the United Church of Canada, Spring 2019.
Panton, Amy Elizabeth. Spiritual Care for Self-Injury Project.
Xiong, Jianhui (Jane), Nazila Isgandarova, and Amy Elizabeth Panton. “COVID-19 Demands Theological Reflection: Buddhist, Muslim and Christian Perspectives on the Present Pandemic.” International Journal of Practical Theology 24, no. 1 (March 2020): 5–28.
Selected Courses
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Disability, Neurodiversity and Mental Health for Care and Community
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Mental Health and Christian Theology
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Introduction to Spiritual Care and Counselling Practice
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Integrating Theory and Practice (MPS Capstone)
Research Awards
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Grant (SSHRC) PhD dissertation on self-injury, 2022