Bade Museum Curator featured in Biblical Archaeology Review magazine
The Fall 2021 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (47:3) features an interview with Bade Museum curator Dr. Melissa Cradic. In it, she discusses recent outreach, public programming, and social justice initiatives at the museum, including an upcoming web exhibit entitled, “Unsilencing the Archives: Laborers at Tell en-Nasbeh (1926-1935).” The exhibit showcases archival documents, photographs, and…
Building a Thriving Campus Community Through Partnerships
PSR’s 154th commencement celebration and theme, “Never Going Back: Breaking Wide, Rising Forward,” beautifully captured our mission at this critical time and our excitement as we look towards the future. We have risen together to the realities of pandemic, protest, and polarization, and are filled with a new sense of hope and a renewed energy for what the future holds…
Open Letter from The Association of Theological Schools Latinx Presidents and Deans
We live in unprecedented times. There are over 3 million dead worldwide from novel coronavirus, and over a half a million of those in the United States alone. We read daily in the newspapers of new hotspots in India, Brazil and within the US. Merging with this wave of death has been a wave of…
PSR Class of 2021 Rises to the Challenges of a Transformative Year
On Sunday, May 23, 2021, PSR held its 154th Commencement, with thirty-one students graduating. Those assembled provided a range of moving reflections on the graduation theme “Never Going Back: Breaking Wide, Rising Forward.” The theme urged graduates to see the various ways in which God is continuing to do new things in an unprecedented and…
Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (DMin ’17 and MDiv ’05) Makes History as the First Openly Transgender Bishop in Any Mainstream American Denomination
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer has made history this month as the first openly transgender bishop in any mainstream American denomination. They will lead the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Rev. Dr. Rohrer will be installed as bishop on September 11, 2021, at Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek. Rev. Dr. Rohrer graduated in 2005 from Pacific School of Religion…
PSR Statement on George Floyd Trial Verdict
As we pray for the family and friends of George Floyd, we dare to hope today after hearing the news that his murderer has been found guilty. We are grateful that our broken justice system has found a way to deliver the beginning of justice in this case—even as we are immeasurably grief-filled at the…
Badè Museum Staff Win Grant to Develop Digital Archives and Exhibit
Badè Museum Staff Awarded Grant from Palestine Exploration Fund The Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology proudly announces that the Palestine Exploration Fund, a London-based society devoted to study of the Levant, has awarded its 2021 Annual Grant to Dr. Melissa Cradic (Curator) and Samuel Pfister (Collections Manager). The grant supports digital cataloging and exhibition projects…
Statement on Anti-Asian Violence: The Asian Descent Presidents and Deans Affinity Group of the Association of Theological Schools
The Asian Descent Presidents and Deans, of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) condemn and denounce every form of attack against Asians and Asian Americans in the strongest possible terms. As a minoritized group, Asian Americans have been historically subject to harassment, discrimination, violence, and mass incarceration.
Call for Papers: PSR Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Initiative
The AAPI Initiative presents “Taboo”, a colloquium for masters-degree students at the Pacific School of Religion and the GTU consortium. The purpose of this event is for students to present topics that are taboo in our ethnic spaces but are still very real things to consider in the AAPI religious community.
New Virtual Exhibition from the Badè Museum: Isfahani Architecture
The Badè Museum has launched a second virtual exhibition, titled “Isfahani Architecture: Modeling Beauty in Diversity.” The exhibit features a breathtaking collection of photographs of historical mosques and palaces from Isfahan, Iran created by Bay Area artist Saïd Nuseibeh. This exhibition originally debuted as a gallery exhibit in Holbrook Hall in Fall 2019 and was…