Thomas Luke, Ph.D.

Thomas Luke, Ph.D., is the husband of Johana Carolina Luke, M.A. Dr. Luke is an American transformational theology scholar, professor of transformational theology emeritus (2003-2023), 2025 Nobel Prize in Peace and Literature Nominee, theologian, researcher, award-winning Christian academic author, anti-child sex trafficking activist, certified spiritual integration counselor, certified crisis response and trauma counselor, ordained Christian crisis response chaplain, talk show host, TV producer, and founding father of transformational theology.
Professor Luke has 20 years of combined research on Cambodia's child sex trafficking epidemic. His research includes the spiritual approach to integrating survivors of sexual exploitation diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder; he wrote about this approach in his Ph.D. dissertation textbook, Transformational Theology, which earned him seven Christian textbook awards. 
Dr. Thomas Luke was granted three additional awards for making "The President’s Honor Roll" for maintaining a 4.0 GPA and graduated valedictorian of his 2023 class with a summa cum laude distinction at Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies.
2025 Nobel Prize in Peace and Literature Nominee. 
==Education==
Thomas Luke, Ph.D., graduated from high school at Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, class of 1982, and majored in military science. He graduated from Columbia College, class of 1997, with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater. He graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, class of 2020, with a Master of Arts in Theological Studies. For his M.A., Luke was mentored for 1.5 years by Jeff Rice, M.Div., LMHC, who taught him the spiritual approach to integrating survivors of sexual exploitation diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. For his Ph.D., Luke was mentored for 1.5 years by Dr. Norman Wise, who also taught him the spiritual approach to integrating survivors of sexual exploitation diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Luke made "The President’s Honor Roll" for maintaining a 4.0 GPA and graduated valedictorian of his 2023 class with a summa cum laude distinction from Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies. In 2023, Dr. Luke received the first and only Ph.D. in Transformational Theology granted anywhere in the world. Thomas Luke, Ph.D. is a professor of transformational theology emeritus (2003-2023) at Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies. Rev. Thomas Luke is also a Christian crisis response chaplain at Chaplains International, inc. he is also the founding father of transformational theology, an original and profound theological system founded on June 15, 2023. Professor Luke coined spiritual integration counseling to describe the method he learned from his mentors; spiritual integration counseling is a central tenet of transformational theology that facilitates recovery from and integration of traumatic experiences. Transformational theology was born out of Dr. Luke’s spiritual integration counseling system, which Luke learned from his mentors and transferred to academia to be taught to chaplains and candidates wanting to earn a Ph.D. in Transformational Theology.
==Faith and Academia: A Christian Love Story==
* MSN Press
==2025 Nobel Prize in Peace and Literature Nominee==
* Yahoo News
==Top 30 Influential Christian Scholars in 2023==
* Wikitia listed Thomas Luke, Ph.D. as their Top 30
==World’s Top 30 Education Professionals for 2023==
* Wikitia listed Thomas Luke, Ph.D. as their Top 30
==Professor of Transformational Theology Emeritus (2003-2023)==
* Professor of Transformational Theology Emeritus (2003-2023)
==M.A. in Theological Studies==
* M.A. in Theological Studies
==Ph.D. in Transformational Theology==
* Ph.D. in Transformational Theology
==Certified Spiritual Integration Counselor==
* Certified Spiritual Integration Counselor
==Certified Crisis Response and Trauma Counselor==
* Certified Crisis Response and Trauma Counselor
==History of Founding Father Theologians==
The history of theology is vast and diverse, with five major systems of theology, such as biblical theology, systematic theology, practical theology, historical theology, and the more recent development of transformational theology. Thomas Luke, Ph.D., founded transformational theology on June 15, 2023 at his alma mater, Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies, where he is a professor of transformational theology emeritus (2003-2023). Johann Philipp Gabler is widely considered the father of modern biblical theology, while Bartholomäus Keckermann is credited as the originator of the term systematic theology from the sixteenth century. Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher is regarded as the father of modern practical theology, while historical theology has no founder.
==Transformational Theology==
* Thomas Luke, Ph.D. is the founding father of transformational theology
==Testimony==
* The near-death testimony of Thomas Luke
==Career==
From 2021-2022, Luke was the talk show host and TV producer of The Rev Luke Show, which aired during prime time every Friday at 8:00 pm EST. In 2021, The NOW Television Network broadcast: The Rev Luke Show: Pilot: The Least of These. 
Transformational Theology, Luke’s dissertation textbook, was based on required research for a Ph.D. in Transformational Theology. His book earned him seven Christian textbook awards, including the Founding Father of Transformational Theology Award, the Theological Practicum Award, and the Theologian’s Dissertation Textbook Award, to name three of the ten distinguished awards he received, granted to him on June 15, 2023. Furthermore, he has published 33 peer-reviewed journal articles.
During the focus group for his theological practicum, Luke’s spiritual integration counseling system helped facilitate healing and integration because he taught his counselees how to invite the Spirit of Jesus into their sessions. One respondent was afflicted with a split personality disorder, and the other with a multiple personality disorder totaling six identities. Dr. Thomas Luke completed ninety credit hours of coursework and was extensively mentored once weekly for three years.
Dr. Thomas Luke received the Distinguished Research Professor Award; this distinguished office, rank, and award required more research than most universities expect. The Board of Regents at Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies requires at least fourteen years of combined research within the same discipline instead of the traditional seven years. Dr. Luke has 20 years of combined research within the same discipline. The Board of Regents states that crisis response chaplaincy is a hazardous ministry. Therefore, lengthy scholarly research and two peer-reviewed, published textbooks, one including curricula, are of much higher value to Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies than tenure.
In addition to his work in Christian television and publishing, Rev. Luke is a Christian crisis response chaplain ordained by Chaplains International, Inc. Prof. Rev. Dr. Thomas Luke, Ph.D. was educated and trained to provide compassionate spiritual care to survivors of mass shootings, terrorist attacks, catastrophic disasters, and other high-trauma tragedies that can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. He utilizes the profound counseling system his mentors taught him; spiritual integration counseling, also known as "soul surgery," is a central tenet of transformational theology that facilitates recovery from and integration of traumatic experiences. As his specialty, he counsels the traumatized by taking the spiritual approach to integrating survivors of sexual exploitation diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.
==TV show==
* The NOW Televisions Network: The Rev Luke Show: Pilot: The Least of These
==Notable Chaplain==
* Prof. Rev. Dr. Thomas Luke, Ph.D. is listed as a notable chaplain ordained by Chaplains International, Inc.
==Awards & Distinctions==
* Thomas Luke, Ph.D. made "The President’s Honor Roll" for maintaining a 4.0 GPA and graduated valedictorian of his 2023 class with a summa cum laude distinction at Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies. 
* Luke is the recipient of the Founding Father of Transformational Theology Award granted by the Board of Regents at Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies on June 15, 2023.
* Luke is the recipient of the Distinguished Research Professor Award, which requires at least two published textbooks accompanied by curricula for at least one textbook. The award also requires no less than fourteen years of research, while Dr. Luke has 20 years of combined research within the same discipline. 
* Luke’s Ph.D. dissertation textbook, Transformational Theology, earned him the Theologian’s Dissertation Textbook Award. The award is Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies’ most distinguished textbook award. This award is granted for the best theological dissertation textbook for a Ph.D. This award is granted to a published theologian who is a scholar in a discipline that requires original research that has made a significant contribution to the field of theology. 
* Luke is the recipient of the Curriculum Award for writing an exemplary 20-lesson curriculum within his Ph.D. dissertation textbook, Transformational Theology.
* Luke is the recipient of the Chaplain of Mercy Literary Award for his missiology research about Cambodia’s child trafficking epidemic. Luke thoroughly mapped out the various stages of rehabilitating these children after they are rescued. 
* Luke received the Academic Illustration Award for his Ph.D. dissertation textbook, Transformational Theology. Luke’s illustrations successfully illuminated the text of his book manuscript.
* Luke is the recipient of the Theological Practicum Award because all three survivors he counseled were healed from post-traumatic stress disorder, and two of the survivors were integrated after suffering from dissociative identity disorder within 90 days of implementation. Dr. Luke’s profoundly healing spiritual integration counseling system is a central tenet of transformational theology that facilitates recovery and integration of traumatic experiences. Luke claims that he doesn’t heal anyone and that only the Spirit of Jesus (Philippians 1:19) healed the afflicted during his theological practicum. Luke states that his contribution was learning the spiritual integration counseling system from his mentors and transferring it to academia.
==Publications==
The textbooks and journal articles listed below have been peer-reviewed
* M.A. capstone textbook, The Least of These, 2nd Edition by Dr. Thomas Luke.
* Ph.D. dissertation textbook, Transformational Theology by Dr. Thomas Luke
* The Doctrine of Eternal Security: A Reflection on Perseverance of the Saints
* Geography of the Bible: Exploring the Physical and Historical Context of the Old Testament Scriptures
* Google Scholar Textbooks and Articles
* Theological Library
==Memberships==
* Textbook and Academic Authors Association
==Gallery==
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
* LinkedIn
* Transformational Theology
* Top 30 Influential Christian Scholars In 2023
* World’s Top 30 Education Professionals for 2023
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