Press Clippings
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PSR faculty member quoted in blog posting
PSR faculty member and CLGS Executive Director Bernard Schlager was quoted in the blog posting about the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, TX and the "gay church".
PSR alum highlighed on historical Web site
PSR alum Pythagoras Caravellas (MA 1927) is lifted up in the story "From Harvard MD to Orthodox priest: the Fr. Pythagoras Caravellas story" published on the Web site for the Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas. (Although not mentioned in this story, his thesis title is listed as “The Hellenistic Element in the Religion of Paul.”)
PSR alumnae's joint call featured
PSR alumnae JD Benson (MDiv 2001) & Mary M. Ganz (MDiv 2006) have been called as co-ministers of the Unitarian Universalist First Parish Brewster. The uniqueness of this joint call is highlighted in this article.
PSR faculty member quoted on Huffington Post
PSR faculty member Horace Griffin is quoted in an article about the transformation that the Proposition 8 verdict will be making on the landscape of America and the same-sex marriage debate.
PSR alum mentioned in New York Times
PSR alum and CLGS staff member “The Rev. Roland Stringfellow (MDiv 2006) of the Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations donned a rainbow-colored stole as he blessed their union,” reported today’s New York Times about wedding vows exchanged in a same-sex marriage ceremony (without—as yet—legal standing). The Times was reporting on the aftermath of Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling against Proposition 8.
PSR Grant/Mehserle forum mentioned in Oakland Trib
Contributing columnist Byron Williams discusses the Oscar Grant/Johannes Mehserle forum that was held at the PSR chapel on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
PSR mentioned in Tikkun Magazine editor's article
In this article regarding "Jews Rejoice at Overturn of Gay Marriage Ban," PSR is mentioned as being the location for the celebration of High Holy Days for the Bay Area.
PSR faculty member quoted in Prop 8 article
PSR faculty member and CLGS executive director Bernard Schlager is quoted in this article on the religious leaders response to the Proposition 8 decision.
“As people of faith we rejoice in this decision. … The American values of fairness and equal treatment under the law have won out and we thank God that justice has prevailed.” — The Pacific School of Religion’s Bernard Schlager, executive director of the school’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
PSR mentioned in local newspaper article
PSR is mentioned in this article on why Rabbi Lerner is moving of his synagogue from San Francisco to Berkeley.
PSR alum's article posted on news site
PSR alum Peter A. Treat (MA 1989) has written an article for his regular column on environmental issues. This latest article is on "Mvskoke agriculture."