Rebecca Parker
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker, (she/hers), is President Emeritus and Professor of Theology Emeritus of The Starr King School for the Ministry Starr King School for the Ministry - Home . During her 25 year-tenure as the first woman serving as president of an accredited theological school, she educated a generation of ministers, scholars, and justice-activists. She is author (or co-author) of several ground-breaking books, including Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire and Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering and the Search for What Saves Us, both with Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock; Blessing the World: What Can Save Us Now, and A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion for the 21st Century, co-authored with John Buehrens. A fourth generation United Methodist minister, Dr. Parker holds dual ministerial standing in the Unitarian Universalist Association. She served congregations in the Pacific Northwest as a young minister and from 2016-2019 was Theologian in Residence at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. An accomplished cellist and occasional composer, she has performed nationally and internationally as a member of Orchestra Seattle and with the Rose Trio.
