{"id":54623,"date":"2024-04-04T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=54623"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:22:35","slug":"patrick-b-reyes","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/profile\/patrick-b-reyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick B. Reyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chicano writer, theologian, and executive leader, Rev. Dr. Patrick B. Reyes is Auburn Theological Seminary\u2019s Dean and the bestselling and award-winning author of <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0664266703?pf_rd_r=B8720QSXY0RCCYGGMAZ8&amp;pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&amp;pd_rd_r=4d812a0f-7312-4024-9be8-743dae31db32&amp;pd_rd_w=gkldQ&amp;pd_rd_wg=Xq24R&amp;ref_=pd_gw_unk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Purpose Gap<\/em><\/a><\/span> and <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nobody-Cries-When-Die-Community\/dp\/0827225318#:~:text=Nobody%20Cries%20When%20We%20Die%20is%20an%20outstanding%20journey.,struggle%20for%20justice%20and%20healing.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Nobody Cries When We Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>. Before joining Auburn, he worked in administration in higher education and the faith-based non-profit sector. Patrick provides leadership on several boards in theological and higher education, and nonprofits, supporting the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and Chicano spiritual and cultural leaders. He was elected to the American Academy of Religion board of directors and serves as the Freedom Seminary&#8217;s Co-Dean for the Children\u2019s Defense Fund. He is a past board president of the Religious Education Association.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick has been recognized for his service and scholarship and was inducted into the Morehouse College MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars in 2022. The Council of Independent Colleges NetVUE selected <em>The Purpose Gap<\/em> as the Big Read for 2022-2023. Patrick holds a doctorate and master\u2019s from Claremont School of Theology, an MDiv from Boston University School of Theology, and is a proud graduate of California State University, Sacramento. He lives on ancestral lands in New Mexico with his family. You can read more about him at <span><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickbreyes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">patrickbreyes.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>In the Media<\/h2>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/patrickbreyes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrickbreyes.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/auburnseminary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">auburnseminary.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoed.com\/patrickreyes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TheoEd Talks<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19846,"template":"","sth_faculty_type":[],"sth_phd_student_type":[],"sth_staff_type":[],"sth_alumni_type":[416],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/54623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/54623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57290,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/54623\/revisions\/57290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sth_faculty_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sth_faculty_type?post=54623"},{"taxonomy":"sth_phd_student_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sth_phd_student_type?post=54623"},{"taxonomy":"sth_staff_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sth_staff_type?post=54623"},{"taxonomy":"sth_alumni_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sth_alumni_type?post=54623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}