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Doctoral Program

The flagship degree that the GTU offers is the PhD. It is an advanced academic degree intended to prepare students for professional careers in teaching, writing, and scholarship, as well as for leadership opportunities with religious organizations, social service agencies, foundations, museums, libraries, publishing, and in educational institutions.
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Academic Degrees & Programs

    At the Graduate Theological Union, the proximity of our member schools, multifaith centers, and interdisciplinary programs creates a dynamic intellectual community that draws scholars from around the world. Our curriculum has grown beyond the traditional strengths in Bible, history, theology, and ethics to encompass a wide range of areas, including art and religion, religion and psychology, cultural and historical studies of religions, Christian spirituality, and interdisciplinary studies. Doctoral Studies at the GTU The GTU offers both the Ph.D and the Th.D. degree.  Both are advanced...
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Sacred Snapshots - A Review

Asia Project was a participating organization at the incredibly successful Sacred Snapshots at Pacific School of Religion on Saturday, April 21. The event allowed participants to get a taste, a "snapshot" if you will, of different religious traditions and practices. More than 200 people attended workshops and classes, including "Indian Christian Spirituality: Bhajans and Keerthanas" which was led by Asia Project Director Moses Penumaka. Click here for more information and a schedule of events.
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Currents Spring 2012

Read as PDF In this issue: A look behind the new M.A. in Interreligious Studies   Courtney Bruntz takes her interreligious and intercultural work beyond Berkeley   Daeseop Yi discovered spirituality at the intersection of Buddhist meditation and Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises   Kayko Driedger Hesslein's life and work requires a cross-cultural lens   Alumna of the Year Barbara Green shares her love of writing and learning   News and New Books
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News and New Books

GTU at 50 Years September 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Graduate Theological Union. To commemorate this historic milestone, the GTU will hold a gala celebration in the Fall. And to set the stage for the next 50 years, we will be rolling out a series of programs designed to more fully engage the institution and its member schools in the most pressing global issues of the day, such as human rights, human development, the environment, war and peace transition, religion and natural sciences, and art, culture and technology. Check back frequently on the GTU website for further details...
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Asia Project hosts opening reception for 27th Annual PANAAWTM Meeting

On March 15, the Asia Project hosted the opening reception for the 27th annual meeting of Pacific, Asian and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM). The opening panel was hosted by Pacific School of Religion (PSR).  PANAAWTM is the oldest and (arguably) most important organization for Asian American Women's Studies in theology and religion in North America. The theme of the 27th annual meeting of PANAAWTM was Abundant Life and Unjust Prosperity.  The relevance of this theme has been heightened this year with the onset of the Occupy Movement. The opening panel began...
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GTU Alumnus Gregory E. Sterling named Dean of Yale Divinity School

March 1, 2012 - Yale University announced the appointment of Graduate Theological Union Graduate Gregory E. Sterling, currently Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Notre Dame, as The Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of the Divinity School for a period of five years, effective August 1, 2012. Sterling grew up in California and Idaho and received his B.A. in Christianity and History in 1978 from Houston Baptist University. After a year of post-baccalaureate studies in classics at the University of Houston, he completed two M.A. programs, one in Religion at Pepperdine University and the...
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Students to Present at SBL International

Two GTU doctoral students in Biblical Studies were recently selected to present papers at the Graeco-Roman Society and the New Testament section of the International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Amsterdam in late July. Phil Erwin will address a particular passage in I Corinthians where Paul references fighting wild beasts in Ephesus. Evidence shows that the appearance in Corinth of the Roman arena, a historical paradigm which colors the reading, actually post-dates Paul’s letter. In light of this, Erwin will offer a range of interpretations which reflect situations inside...
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2012-13 Newhall Fellows

Project Student Faculty Medieval Iberian Jews: Convivencia or Conflict Susan L. Aguilar Deena Aranoff The Christian and the Animal Other Mary A. Ashley Carol Robb Women in Chinese Islam Courtney Bruntz Judith Berling Qumran Literature Jose E. Balcells John Endres Theology One Joseph Conley Gregory Love "At seventy I could follow what my heart desired" Explorations in Art, Aging and Spirituality Peter Doebler Ron Nakasone Ethics of Embodiment Sean Gross Lisa Fullam Preaching and Performance Veronica Goines Jana Childers Feminist...
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“Who Do They Say I Am?”

Photo Credit: Photographers@Large On Saturday, January 14, the Black Church/Africana Religious Studies Program hosted a Womanist Symposium – “Who Do They Say I Am?” at the McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley. The Honorable Congresswoman Barbara Lee, 9th Congressional District, was the morning keynote speaker (pictured above). “The attendance far exceeded expectations,” according to Dr. Martha Taylor, Symposium Convener. “By bridging the academy and the seminary, this first ever of its kind symposium offered an opportunity to engage womanist theology within the context of Black Women in...
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Louis Weil receives Berakah Award

January 8, 2012 - The 2012 Berakah Award, given each year to honor an outstanding contributor to liturgical scholarship, was presented to the Rev. Dr. Louis Weil at the annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy, held January 4–8 in Montreal. Dr. Weil, the author of numerous articles and several books including Liturgy for Living, had served as James F. Hodges Professor of Liturgics at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific until his recent retirement from the classroom.
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Violence against indigenous religions

Izak Lattu, a doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Studies, denounces changes by the Indonesian government which oppress practioners of indigenous religion. "Although indigenous faiths such as Sunda Wiwitan, Kejawen and other forms of traditional beliefs represent local ways of addressing the Ultimate Reality, they nonetheless encounter discrimination on a political basis.... "Having been suppressed, the Sunda Wiwitan community is now longing for freedom of religious expression. Unfortunately, neither the national government nor the local government of Bandung have dealt seriously with the...
InterdisciplinaryMediaExpertIzak LattuArticleHuman Rights
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Interreligious Studies at the GTU

Something new is happening at the GTU: a new M.A. area of concentration in Interreligious Studies (IR) will begin in fall 2012. Applications are due February 1 for the first class of students. But wait! Hasn't the GTU been doing Interreligious Studies since we were founded in 1962? Aren't we the largest partnership of ecumenical and interreligious graduate schools and centers in the country? Yes, of course. But this new M.A. area will give students the opportunity to focus their courses and thesis research on an emerging field that is growing in importance all across the world. Here is how...
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Exploring Expressions of Orthodox Judaism

It was standing room only in Easton Hall for the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies' lively November 29 conference “Formations of Orthodoxy,” which explored Orthodox Jewish cultural formations in interwar Poland and post-Holocaust America. Nathaniel Deutsch from UC Santa Cruz discussed the surprising role of ethnographical awareness in determining Orthodox observance in interwar Poland, while David Myers from UCLA introduced the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Kiryas Joel, in upstate New York, through an analysis of the expansion of Orthodox practice to the public sphere. Naomi Seidman,...
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An irony to religious tolerance

Izak Lattu, doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Studies, explains how the actions of one Indonesian politician marks the exception to the general principle of religious tolerance in the country for which it is revered. "It has been years of agony for GKI Taman Yasmin Protestant church congregation members as Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto has defied a Supreme Court decision to allow them to attend Sunday mass in their place of worship. Budiarto’s bureaucratic move reflects the failure of not only law enforcement in the city, but also of the country’s civil justice system.... Indeed, the Bogor...
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Alumna Laurie Zoloth elected Vice President of AAR

November 9, 2011 - In an announcement today, Laurie Zoloth (Ph.D. '93) was elected as the new Vice President for the American Academy of Religion. Zoloth is Professor of Medical Humanities & Bioethics and Religion and Director of the Center for Bioethics, Science, and Society at Northwestern University. In 2005, she was recognized as GTU's Alumna of the Year. Additional election results were also shared: Roberto Lint Sagarena was elected as an At-Large Director, Elonda Clay as Student Director, and Warren Frisina as Secretary. We look forward to the leadership Laurie and these other leaders...
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GTU hosts delegation from China

On Saturday, October 8, the GTU Asia Project was pleased to welcome thirteen distinguished Christian leaders from the People’s Republic of China. The group had come to the U.S. to attend a Bible exhibition in Washington, D.C. and to visit theological seminaries in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Los Angeles before coming to the GTU. A welcoming reception and roundtable conversation was hosted by GTU Dean Arthur Holder, Professor Thomas Cattoi from the Jesuit School of Theology, GTU Ph.D. students Pui Fong Wong and Mary Mee-Yin Yuen, and CDSP D.Min. student Chun Wai Lam. Spontaneous translation of...
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Center for Islamic Studies MA Program Celebrates First Year Anniversary

With a generous grant from the Social Science Research Council, CIS was able to create a vibrant network of Bay Area Muslims and Media in the Bay Area. This network brought CIS together with a range of partners to host numerous events last year. Among the many events hosted last year by CIS and its partners were: Islam and Authors: CIS, Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), Islamic Networking Group and others sponsored Islam and Authors: Conversations Onstage, a series in 2010-2011 in which leading scholars, journalists, poets, and others discussed their latest works...

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