InterviewLiving FaithThe Reconstruct

How One Theologian Is Composing a Soundtrack for His Faith and Activism

By Josiah R. Daniels
Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo. Graphic by Ryan McQuade/Sojourners.
Mar 11, 2025
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Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo is a theologian getting his MDiv at Princeton Theological Serminary. He's also an artist pushing the boundaries of a burgeoning genre known as postclassical music. Here's how he sees these two areas of study overlapping. 

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo. Graphic by Ryan McQuade/Sojourners.