Each November, the GTU faculty honors a distinguished professor who embodies the scholarly standards, teaching excellence, and commitment to ecumenism and interreligious dialogue that define the GTU. Nominations are considered annually by the Council of Deans, who then select the year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.
47th GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Dr. Richard Payne
The Consequences of Taking Nondualism Seriously
November 15, 2022
Dr. Richard Payne
Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies
Core Doctoral Faculty
Please enjoy this preview of the 2022 Distinguished Faculty Lecture. Watch the full lecture on GTUx.
46th GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Dr. Valerie Miles-Tribble
Our Pedagogical Charge: Weaving Hope and Justice into the Gossamer-thin Fabric of Religious Democracy
November 17, 2021
Dr. Valerie Miles-Tribble
Professor of Ministerial Leadership and Practical Theology at Berkeley School of Theology (BST)
Core Doctoral Faculty
45th GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Dr. Eduardo Fernández, SJ
Haciendo Memoria: Revisiting Our Blessings at the GTU
November 13, 2020
Eduardo C. Fernández, SJ
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry
Core Doctoral Faculty at the GTU since 1997
44th GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Munir Jiwa
Liberal Inclusion or Liberal Conversion? Islamophilia, Islamophobia, and Islamic Studies in Interreligious Contexts
November 12, 2019
Munir J
iwa
Founding Director of the Center for Islamic Studies, GTU
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Anthropology
43rd GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Marianne Farina
Follow the Women: Freeing Dialogue
November 13, 2018
Marian
ne Farina, CSC
Professor of Religion and Philosophy
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
42nd GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Naomi Seidman
When Jesus Spoke Yiddish: Translating the New Testament for Jews
November 7, 2017
Naomi Seidman
Koret Professor Jewish Culture
Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, GTU
Past Lectures
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November 10, 2016 Watch the lecture |
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November 6, 2014 Reformations that Matter (and Some that Don’t) Read the lecture |
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November 5, 2013 Watch the lecture |
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November 8, 2012 Black Religion in the Atlantic World During the Age of Revolution: Excavating the Sublime Watch the lecture |
 November 8, 2011What Does Scholarship Have to Do with Activism? Reflections on 15 Years in the Trenches Mary Ann Tolbert George H. Atkinson Professor of Biblical Studies Pacific School of Religion Read the lecture |
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November 9, 2010
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November 17, 2009 Read a response from JST professor, Eduardo Fernández. |
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November 11, 2008 Click here for a response from GTU professor Judith Berling. |
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November 13, 2007 Also available are Dr. Gula's handout and a response from PLTS professor Martha Stortz |
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November 2, 2006 Read the lecture |
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November 10, 2004 Read the lecture |
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