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We believe in a radically inclusive gospel, one that compels us to take courage and press ahead.
Pacific School of Religion (PSR) is a leading progressive Christian seminary and graduate school that will prepare you to advance your career and transform the world.
PSR’s mission is to prepare a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive.
All of PSR’s graduate programs are available as distance education or on-campus in Berkeley, CA. We are an early member of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), a consortium of the largest theological faculty in North America.
Wherever you are on your spiritual and educational journey, we’re here to help you explore your options. Pacific School of Religion is committed to shaping the next generation of leaders and we hope you will be one of them.
Academics
A Transformative Curriculum Designed for a Changing World
PSR’s innovative curriculum weaves together theological study, contextual education, spiritual formation, and professional development.
With flexible options for both distance and on-campus learning, we empower students to pursue their education wherever they are.
An advanced professional degree designed for experienced leaders interested in evolving their practice in progressive social change, LGBTQ+ issues, disciplines of performative practice, congregational leadership and chaplaincy.
PSR’s MDiv focuses on leadership formation, hands-on work experience, and theological study that is aligned with PSR’s radically inclusive Christian values. Concentrations are available in Congregational Ministry and Chaplaincy.
An innovative professional graduate program that fuses leading-edge practices in organizational leadership and design thinking with the spiritual formation PSR has offered for over 150 years.
A rigorous survey of theological studies culminating in a project focused on a student’s primary area of passion, like environmental theology, feminist theology, liberation theology, etc.
A joint MDiv/MA degree in cooperation with the Graduate Theological Union (GTU).
Offers students an opportunity to explore theological studies and vocational goals
A graduate certificate program focusing on leadership skills for ethical decision-making, design thinking or social change, spiritual formation and theological reflection, and community organizing and activism.
A graduate certificate program focusing on the knowledge and skills needed to apply theological, historical, ethical, pastoral, and practical dimensions of sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity to their religious vocations.
What Makes PSR Unique?
PSR’s legacy was formed in defining moments, and now it’s our generation’s turn. There are churches to reimagine. There are lives to restore. The fight for justice and equality must continue.
It’s time to reinvent the story of grace and inclusion for a new world, for a new day—Unafraid.