Unafraid Symposium 2025

We are living in a turbulent time of political upheaval and planetary crisis. The urgency for progressive theological voices and spiritually rooted leaders to respond has perhaps never been greater. The Unafraid Symposium: Emerging Paths of Being, Doing & Disruption invites scholar-activists, faith leaders, and prophetic thinkers—emerging and experienced alike—to courageously engage this moment with creativity, forging new ways of being, acting, and disrupting the status quo.
Commencement 2025 – Rise & Amplify: Claiming our Season of Visibility and Voice

Join us for PSR’s 158th Commencement Ceremony – Rise & Amplify: Claiming our Season of Visibility and Voice
Earl Lecture 4: Manufacturing Hope: Leveraging Religious and Technology Connectivity to Advance the Common Good

For those joining online, use this Zoom link. Join us for the final lecture in in PSR’s 2024 Earl Lecture series, Disruptive AI, Christian Nationalism, and Democracy. This lecture, Manufacturing Hope: Leveraging Religious and Technology Connectivity to Advance the Common Good will be led by John Robichaux, Executive Director for U.C. Berkeley’s Coleman Fung Institute…
Earl Lecture 3: What Was Meant for Evil: Making AI, Religion, and Democracy Work for Us

For those joining online, use this Zoom link. Join us for the third in PSR’s 2024 Earl Lecture series Disruptive AI, Christian Nationalism, and Democracy. This lecture, What Was Meant for Evil: Making AI and Religion Work for Us will be led by John Robichaux, Executive Director for U.C. Berkeley’s Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering…
Earl Lecture 2: AI and Religion as Technologies of Communal Meaning Making

For those joining online, use this Zoom link. Join us for the second in PSR’s 2024 Earl Lecture series Disruptive AI, Christian Nationalism, and Democracy. This lecture, AI and Religion as Technologies of Communal Meaning Making will be led by PSR Dean, Susan Abraham, with a response by John Robichaux, Executive Director for U.C. Berkeley’s Coleman…
Earl Lecture 1: AI and Religion at the Dawn of a New Era

For those joining online, use this Zoom link. Join us for the first lecture in PSR’s 2024 Earl Lecture series Disruptive AI, Christian Nationalism, and Democracy. This lecture, AI and Religion at the Dawn of a New Era will be led by John Robichaux, Executive Director for U.C. Berkeley’s Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership,…
PSR Commencement 2024 Emerging Unafraid: Living Out the Courage of our Compassion

Join us for PSR’s 157th Commencement Ceremony: Emerging Unafraid: Living Out the Courage of Our Compassion
The Unafraid Symposium: An Annual Celebration of Academic Excellence at PSR

The Office of Academic Affairs is proud to announce The Unafraid Symposium, our 3rd annual gathering to celebrate academic excellence at PSR. This year’s theme is Creating a World Where All Can Thrive: Imagining, Deconstructing, Healing, Rebuilding.
Dean’s Tea: End of Semester Strategies for Reading and Writing

Dean Abraham will offer an hour-long online class on speed reading and productive writing for your end-of-semester projects.
Dean’s Tea: Theologies of the Pacific Rim

Join the Office of Academic Affairs for a unique dialogical encounter designed to deepen our understanding of the diverse and rich spiritual traditions of the Pacific Rim regions.