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During World War II, Elsie Thomas Culver (1898-1988), a graduate of the Pacific School of Religion and ordained a Congregational minister (1943), worked for the Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction (which later became Church World Service under the National Council of Churches).

	Anne McGrew Bennett outside Offices of Draft Boards 1-4 in New York City, 1970

Day of "Civil Obedience" 1970

From The Public Sanctuary Movement:  An Historical Basis of Hope: Oral Histories,  Eileen M. Purcell

Robert McAfee Brown  taught theology and religious studies at Macalister College (St. Paul),  Union Theological Seminary (NY), Stanford University, and  Pacific School of Religion (PSR). He emerged in the sixties as one of  America's most prominent theologians and activists for social justice. 

Margaret Palmer (1908-2004) was a pioneer in sacred dance in America. Born in Oakland, California, she was a daughter of a Congregational minister. The family moved to Honolulu in 1917, where she learned creative dance in school. She continued to study dance, and earned her B.A. at Oberlin College in 1930, later attending Chicago Theological Seminary, 1931-32.

Doug Adams (1945-2007) was professor of Religion and Art at Pacific School of Religion and one of the core faculty of Graduate Theological Union for 31 years. Adams was an international scholar in religion and the arts, worship, dance and humor. 

In the following essay, Adams describes how he teaches the the use of humor in worship.

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Archives and Special Collections

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