The psychologist Allen E. Bergin PhD is known individually or through his research and writings to many AMCAP members. It is no exaggeration to describe Dr. Bergin as the grandfather of modern LOS psychology. A convert to the church, his faith and scholarship since the early 1970s have been combined in a sustained effort to promote theistic views within mainstream psychology and to understand human behavior through a combination of secular knowledge and LOS theology. He served as president of AMCAP in 1980-1981. The American Psychological Association awarded him the prestigious Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge award in 1989, citing him as a" leading expert in psychotherapy research" and for challenging" psychological orthodoxy to emphasize the importance of values and religion in therapy"(American Psychological Association, 1990, p. 474). Dr. Bergin collaborated …