"The greatest gift in life is the joy of truly recognizing each other.”
Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde is a pastoral counselor, writer, instructor and speaker.
“The Best Spiritual Books of 2023”
— Spirituality & Practice Magazine
Her most recent books include:
Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community (2023, Shambhala Publications).
The Nautilus Book Award-winning Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race Resilience, Transformation and Freedom that she co-edited with Cheryl A. Giles (2020, Shambhala Publications)
The Frederick J. Streng Book Award-winning Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, U.S. Law, and Womanist Theology for Transgender Spiritual Care (2020, Palgrave Macmillan).
Her articles appear in Buddhadharma, Lion's Roar, Journal of Buddhist-Christian Studies, Religions and Feminist Theology. She is an interfaith pan-Buddhist practitioner.
Pamela Ayo Yetunde, J.D., M.A., Th.D., did her post-doctoral work at Harvard Divinity School, earned a Doctor of Theology in Pastoral Counseling from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, earned her M.A. in Culture and Spirituality from Holy Names University in Oakland, CA and her law degree from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington. She is a Community Dharma Leader certified by Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA.