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Yanan (he/him) is a journalist and editor from Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. As Editorial Director at the Center for Barth Studies, he oversees and guides public scholarship initiatives that bridge the intersections between systematic theology, cultural commentary, and progressive politics.
He holds an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he wrote his master’s thesis, To Begin Again: Christology at the End of the World, in which he proposed a decolonial theology of divine grace in response to the mass deportation crisis. For his research, he received both the Archibald Alexander Hodge Award in Systematic Theology and the Edward A. Dowey Jr. Award for Excellence in Reformation Theology.
As a journalist, Yanan has published op-eds with outlets such as Sojourners, Christianity Today, BitterSweet Monthly, Space on Space Magazine, Geez Magazine, Interfaith America, and more. His coverage areas primarily tackle matters of religion, class, culture, and immigration. He has reported on the ways grassroots communities engage contemplative practices through rapper Kendrick Lamar’s music, as well as how Zohran Mamdani’s stunning campaign poses a challenge to immigrant communities who have acquiesced into “model minority” status in the U.S. You can find him on Instagram: @yananrahim.
