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PSR Welcomes Most Diverse Class in its 157 Year History! 

The incoming class is not only one of our largest but the most racially diverse in the school’s 157-year history. These students come from 11 states and American Samoa, two foreign countries and represent 15 different denominations.  
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  • September 26, 2023
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In Search of a Decolonized Jesus: A Reflection by Leeann Younger

Doctor of Ministry student Leeann Younger (MTS '23) shares her journey to find a decolonized Jesus, one who existed before being coopted by colonial missionaries, through her studies at PSR.
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  • September 21, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 7, Stewarding Spaces Through Profound Change

In this episode, Mo sits down with Andrew Proctor, Executive Director of Literary Arts in Portland Oregon.
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  • September 20, 2023
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PSR Congratulates Professor McMahon on Completion of His Ph.D.

PSR professor Dr. Leonard McMahon successfully defended his dissertation, “Together and Apart: An Apophatic Approach to Self, Politics, and Race”
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  • September 14, 2023
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Alumnx Rev. Adriene Thorne to be Installed as Senior Minister at The Riverside Church!

The PSR community celebrates with alumnx Rev. Adriene Thorne (MDiv '08) as she is installed as Senior Minister at The Riverside Church in New York City on Sunday, September 17th!
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  • September 11, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 6, Letting Spirit Guide Us

On this episode, Mo sits down with Rev. Tana Roseboro Marsh, master educator and Program Coordinator of PSR's Theological Education for Leadership (TEL).
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  • September 7, 2023
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2023-24 Badè Museum Lecture Series Announced

View the full schedule of events for The Badè Museum's 2023-24 virtual lecture series, "Women and Gender in the Phoenician Homeland and Diaspora."
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  • September 6, 2023
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CLGS’s Bernard Schlager on Deep Dive with Shawn C. Fettig Podcast

CLGS's executive director Bernard Schlager discusses the complex relationship between faith and queerness in the newest episode of the podcast Deep Dive with Shawn C. Fettig
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  • August 29, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 5, Embracing Our Past for a Better Future

On this episode, Mo sits down with Phyllis Drennon King Hildreth, VP of Strategy and Chief of Staff at American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee, small business owner, community and civic leader, wife, mother, and his beloved sister.
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  • August 9, 2023
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Badè Museum’s Award-Winning Web Exhibition Profiled in The Times of Israel

Badè Museum curator Melissa Cradic talks with The Times of Israel about the museum's award-winning, open-access web exhibition, “Unsilencing the Archives: The Laborers of the Tell en-Naṣbeh Excavations (1926-1935)”
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  • August 9, 2023
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The Soiling of the Pride Flag: A Reflection by Rev. Roland Stringfellow

The suppression of pride flags only serves to encourage people to continue to fight for the welcome and inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in public spaces. Victory will be won when the diversity represented by the rainbow flag is realized.
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  • August 8, 2023
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August is National Make a Will Month!

Through planned giving, you can help to create a world of spiritually rooted leaders where we all can thrive. Your investment in PSR helps us carry out this mission and expand our reach and impact.
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  • July 31, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 4, Bringing Hope to Global Culture

Mo King is joined by Payhuan Shiao, founder and CEO of Immortal Studios, and lineage holder of the 1000-year-old martial arts fantasy genre of Wuxia.
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  • July 5, 2023
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A Response to the Unjust Dismantling of Affirmative Action from PSR’s President Rev. David Vásquez-Levy

PSR believes in the power of education to dismantle systemic barriers and empower individuals and communities and we remain steadfast in our commitment to provide an inclusive and transformative educational experience that equips our students to challenge injustice, promote equality, and foster social change.
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  • June 30, 2023
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Alumnx Ryan Cassata Interviewed for U.S. Health and Human Services Summer of Pride Series!

Musician, LGBTQI+ advocate, and PSR alumnx Ryan Cassata shares how he combines advocacy and music and the importance of life-saving, gender-affirming care with Assistant Secretary for Health, ADM Rachel Levine.
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  • June 23, 2023
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PSR Year in Review: Celebrating an Extraordinary Year of Growth, Innovation and Academic Excellence

A look back at the successes and milestones of Pacific School of Religion's 2022-23 academic year
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  • June 21, 2023
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Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom: A Reflection by Dr. Leonard McMahon

A reflection on Juneteenth and the freedom to be fully human from PSR faculty Leonard McMahon
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  • June 16, 2023
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Listen to PSR President, Rev. David Vásquez-Levy on Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Listen to PSR President, Rev. David Vásquez-Levy on the most recent Walk Talk Listen Podcast episode hosted by Maurice A. Bloem. 
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  • June 15, 2023
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Badè Museum Curator Discusses Award-Winning Web Exhibition in ANE Today

Badè Museum curator Melissa Cradic writes about "Unsilencing the Archives: The Laborers of the Tell en-Naṣbeh Excavations (1926-1935)" in ASOR's The Ancient Near East Today.
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  • June 15, 2023
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Progressive Voices of Faith: Creating LGBTQ+ Welcoming and Affirming Congregations

This Pride month, during a time of increasing verbal, legislative, and physical attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, we asked the PSR community what congregations can and should do to stand with and fight for the rights of our LGBTQ+ family.  
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  • June 15, 2023
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The Danger of J.K. Rowling and TERFs to the Transgender Community: A Reflection by Ryan Cassata

This Pride Month, musician, LGBTQ+ activist and PSR alumnx Ryan Cassata shares a reflection on the very real dangers of the transphobic rhetoric from J.K. Rowling and other TERFs.
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  • June 12, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 3, Staying in Beta as a Human Being

Mo King is joined by Kevin Carroll, 76ers athletic trainer and author of the Red Rubber Ball series of books.
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  • June 7, 2023
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Transition as an Act of Co-Creation in Partnership with the Divine: A Reflection by Micah Melody Taberner

This Pride Month, MDiv student Micah Melody Taberner shares how a Transgender Christian Ethic of Liberation can give all individuals the agency to co-create their bodies, and the world, toward greater flourishing and abundant life.
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  • June 6, 2023
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PSR Congratulates Professor Asedillo on Completion of Her Ph.D

PSR professor Dr. Lisa Asedillo successfully defended her dissertation, "Decolonial Hope as Praxis: Pedagogical Strategies of Freedom in the Philippines.”
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  • June 1, 2023
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Donor Spotlight: Jacob Perez (MTS ‘21)

In this Donor Spotlight, we’re pleased to introduce you to Jacob Perez, the vice president of PSR's Alumnx Council, Youth Education Coordinator of First Christian Church in Concord, CA, and founder of the boutique digital advertising and marketing agency, VOLUME Branding.  
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  • May 30, 2023
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Pacific School of Religion Celebrates Resilience and Hope at 2023 Commencement

On Sunday, May 21st PSR celebrated its 156th Commencement with the theme: Journeying the Path of Greatest Resilience: Embracing Faith and Practicing Hope.
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  • May 26, 2023
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PSR’s Dean Exhorts Graduates to Defy Christian Capitalism and Nationalism

This story is adapted from Dean Susan Abraham’s Valedictory Charge at Pacific School of Religion’s 156th Commencement on May 21, 2023 
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  • May 25, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 2, Creating a Way Out of No Way

Mo King is joined by Dr. Jennifer Madden, the Author of 'Inter-Organizational Collaboration by Design' to discuss how collaborations can be designed and leveraged for innovation and rejuvenation.
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  • May 24, 2023
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PSR Announces 2023 Student Awards!

Each year, Pacific School of Religion honors student excellence in building community, preaching, and ethics - see this year's winners and learn more about the awards.
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  • May 10, 2023
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Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 1, Changing the World in Quiet Ways

In the season 6 premiere, new host Mo King talks with award-winning writer, editor, and heart-centered nonprofit/social enterprise professional, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun.
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  • May 10, 2023
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