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    At the GTU, our Master of Arts program invites students to embark on an academically rigorous and deeply personal journey of theological and religious studies. Designed for scholarly and professional success, the MA provides an ideal foundation for doctoral study or leadership in the field of your choice.

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GTUx — Where Religion Meets the World

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Available for study through GTU's many programs, centers, and schools

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The GTU is the most comprehensive center for the graduate study of religion in North America, bringing together scholars of the world’s great religions and wisdom traditions. Discover the more than twenty schools, centers, and affiliates that form this one-of-a-kind union.

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The GTU supports intensive scholarly inquiry and deep personal engagement with religious tradition and practice. Students pursue their interests within a diverse community composed of many smaller communities, in an atmosphere of multi-religious freedom, curiosity, respect, and dialogue.

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Religion Engages the World

Whether your studies involve interreligious topics or in-depth inquiry within a particular tradition, the GTU offers exceptional opportunities for critical and creative scholarship. Through four interdisciplinary departments and more than thirty specific concentrations, our master’s and doctoral programs invite innovative study of religion in a twenty-first century context.

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Sacred Mobility: Objects of the Jewish Diaspora

Please join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for the Arts & Religion for an immersive experience of sacred mobility in Jewish ritual and diasporic contexts.

Scholar Francesco Spagnolo will teach us while we enjoy a light lunch in the temporary ritual dwelling of the...

2400 Ridge Rd
12:45pm to 2:00pm