About

Cedar Monroe (he/they) is an author, activist, faith leader, and PhD student. 

He is currently studying at University College Cork as a research PhD student in Study of Religion. His focus is on comparative paganisms, particularly on ethnographic research in pagan communities in the U.S. and Ireland using a settler colonial critique. 

He also remains active in organizing with the Poor People’s Campaign and University of the Poor in the United States.

They hold a Masters in Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School and worked as an interfaith chaplain in poor communities for thirteen years. They cofounded Chaplains on the Harbor, a ministry for and with people experiencing homelessness, incarceration, and addiction, in western Washington state; cofounded Harbor Roots Farm, a supportive employment project supporting people coming out of jail to learn how to farm and connect with the earth; and is the author of Trash: A Poor White Journey (2024). They also have a chapter in We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign (2021) and their work has been featured in numerous publications.

Cedar is on the faculty of Cherry Hill Seminary, a seminary serving Pagan and nature based communities.