Why National Coming Out Day Matters, by Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw
In the time of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws, Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw explains why now is the time to be especially vocal about queerness and to let young people know that their identities are valid, and that their lives have value.
PSR Receives $5M Grant From Lilly Endowment Inc. To Build Innovative Educational Ecosystem
Delivered through an online platform currently in pilot under the brand name The Ignite Collective, PSR’s educational ecosystem will be funded through the third and final phase of Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative.
Progressive Voices of Faith: Reproductive Rights
This month we asked PSR alumnx, faculty, and students about their views on reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Pacific School of Religion’s Ignite Institute Launches Ignite Collective Membership
The Ignite Collective, an innovative online learning and community platform for emerging leaders seeking spiritually-rooted transformation, launches with two membership options.
Historically Large and Diverse Class Enters PSR in Fall 2022
Students from around the country are drawn to PSR for its rigorous scholarship, compassionate and welcoming community, flexible, stackable curriculum, and commitment to intersectional inclusion and social justice.
Happy 60th Anniversary to the Graduate Theological Union!
PSR is proud to be one of the earliest members of the GTU, the most comprehensive center for the graduate study of religion in North America.
PSR Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
Following a rigorous faculty and community search process, these colleagues have been selected to shape PSR’s distinctive reimagination of theological education.
Congratulations to PSR Alumnx Rev Adriene Thorne, voted 8th Senior Minister of the Riverside Church, NYC
Rev. Thorne will be the first African American woman and the third PSR alumnx to serve as Senior Minister at Riverside Church.
Remembering Teruo Kawata, AAPI Pioneer, UCC Conference Minister and PSR Alumnx
Pacific School of Religion alumnx and influential leader in the United Church of Christ, Rev. Teruo “Terry” Kawata, died July 1 at 94.
PSR Dean Susan Abraham on the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network
Prof. Susan Abraham, Thd, joined Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network co-hosts, Sr. Ebere Amakwe and Nnaemeka Ali, O.M.I., to discuss the upcoming Pan-African Theology and Pastoral conference in Nairobi.
