Robert Frager
Founder of Sofia University, American social psychologist
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| Intro | Founder of Sofia University, American social psychologist | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Psychologist Educator | |
| Work field | Academia Healthcare | |
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| Religion: | Islam | |
| Birth | 20 June 1940 | |
| Age | 84 years |
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Biography
Robert Frager is an American social psychologist. He is the founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, now called Sofia University, in Palo Alto, California, where he is director of the low residency Master of Arts in Spiritual Guidance program and professor of psychology. Frager is the past president of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology.
Early life and education
Frager attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon from 1957 to 1961. He graduated with a B.A. in psychology. He earned a PhD in social psychology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which he attended from 1961 to 1967. From 1963 to 1965, he was a fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. From 1967 to 1968, he was a research fellow at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
Frager is known for his pioneering work in the field of transpersonal psychology and for his role in establishing the country's first educational institution dedicated to this emerging field of research and practice. He also teaches courses in spiritual psychology and "The Wisdom of Islam" at the online University of Philosophical Research and also in the online MA program of the Holmes Institute Graduate School of Consciousness Studies.
Selected bibliography
- Motivation and Personality (1986, supervising editor)
- Love Is the Wine: Talks of a Sufi Master in America (1987, editor)
- Personality and Personal Growth (1993 onwards)
- Who Am I?: Personality Types for Self-Discovery (1994)
- Essential Sufism, an anthology of Sufi teaching materials (1997)
- Heart, Self and Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Growth, Balance, and Harmony (1999)
- The Wisdom of Islam: A Practical Guide to the Wisdom of Islamic Belief (2002)
- Sharing Sacred Stories: Current Approaches to Spiritual Direction and Guidance (2007, editor)
- Sufi Talks: Teachings of an American Sufi Sheihk (2012)
Personal life
Born to a Jewish family, Frager embraced Islam in 1981. He is also a Sufi teacher, or sheikh, in the Halveti-Jerrahi order, in which he was initiated by Muzaffer Ozak and goes by the name of Sheikh Ragip al-Jerrahi, leading a dergah (Sufi community) in Redwood City, California. Sensei Frager practices Aikido, a spiritual Japanese martial art.