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Dr. Mia M. Mochizuki Receives CAA Publication Grant

Dr. Mia M. Mochizuki, Assistant Professor and Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Chair of Art History and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union and Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley is the recipient of a College Art Association (CAA) Publication Grant for her book, Netherlandish Image after Iconoclasm, 1566-1672 (Ashgate).  The CAA Publication Grant is a single award of $23,000 to a publisher for one book, either under contract or near contract, on a topic in art, art history, art theory or criticism, visual studies, or a related field; the book must make a significant original contribution to...
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Munir Jiwa, Director of New Center for Islamic Studies

Munir Jiwa, director of the Center for Islamic Studies, and assistant professor of Islamic Studies, has a rich background in engaging difference. His research has addressed mass media portrayals of Islam and Muslims. Jiwa was previously at the University of Toronto, where he was a Mellon postdoctoral fellow in the Department and Center for the Study of Religion. He holds a master’s degree in religion from Harvard and a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University. “Few theological schools and seminaries offer Islamic Studies,” says Jiwa. “With its distinguished faculty and students,...
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Scripture for the Eyes: The Dutch Text Painting

The 2006 Reading of the Sacred Texts, delivered on February 8by Mia MochizukiAssistant Professor, Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Chair of Art History and ReligionJesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and Graduate Theological Union Photos from the event It is a great honor to be invited to deliver the 14th Reading of the Sacred Texts Lecture and I’m delighted to be here. Tonight I hope to give you a new perspective on a sacred text at the core of much of western culture. We tend to think of one Bible and yet the historical reality is a multitude of productions – of different words, typefaces, title...
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2006 Reading of the Sacred Texts

On February 8, 2006, 100 students, professors, alumni and community members gathered in the Richard S. Dinner Boardroom for the 14th Annual Reading of the Sacred Texts at the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library. This year, the Friends of the Library were proud to host new faculty member Dr. Mia Mochizuki, holder of the joint Bertelsen Chair in Art History and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union and Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. In her lecture “Scripture for the Eyes: The Dutch Text Painting,” Dr. Mochizuki explored the significance of the transition to text-based religious art in the...
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In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts

The 2005 Reading of the Sacred Texts, delivered on February 16by Choan-Seng SongProfessor of Theology and Asian CulturesPacific School of Religion Joseph’s Dreams Surrounding an Evening Fire “I Love to Tell the Story” In the Beginning were Stories “All I can do is to tell the story” Life is the Heart of Story There are no Stories in Hell God Loves Stories The story time! Australian aborigines will say, “dream time.” What a beautiful expression! Story is conceived in the womb of dreams, nurtured and developed in it. And when the womb can not hold it any longer, it gives birth to it. As...
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A Lived Theology: Graduate's Work Focuses on Faith and Identity

For Uriah Kim, May 2004 marked a new transition: graduating from the GTU with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, and preparing to move east for his new position as assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Kim’s story reflects a series of such changes and life-transformations, as he explores what it means to be a person of faith, a scholar, a teacher, and an Asian-American. Born to a Buddhist family in Korea, he came to the United States at the age of ten and converted to Christianity at eighteen. Kim was struggling at the time with existential questions about...
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Interpreting the Constitution: Spirit or Structure

The 2004 Reading of the Sacred Texts, delivered on February 11 by John T. Noonan, Jr.United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Robbins Professor Emeritus at Boalt School of Law at University of California, Berkeley Introduction. It is an honor and a pleasure to address you this evening on the Constitution of the United States and to have this document ranked among the texts considered sacred. Having invited someone whose profession involves the interpretation of this document, you no doubt expect more than patriotic pabulum and would like a realistic account of...
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2002-03 Newhall Awards

Student, faculty member, and subject of the proposal. For more information or to contact any of the faculty members, visit the GTU Faculty web pages Thomasin Alexander and Lewis RamboConversion to Christianity Jorge Aquino and Clare Fischer History of Western social thought Kate Bellm and Alejandro Garcia-Rivera Theology, aesthetics, and the arts Jade D'Aquilarive Benson and Alicia ForseyUnitarian-Univeralist history Byron Breese and Doug AdamsEnvironmental Religions: Cosmology and Art Joanne Doi and Uriah Kim with Fumitaka Matusoka The Bible, Memory and Asian America Brian Froese and Randi...
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Innovative GTU Class Tackles Globalization and Ethics

This year's course "Ecumenical Social Ethics in an Age of Globalization" is exploring a question that touches on one of the GTU's abiding concerns: what is the role of religion in the public sphere, now that most local issues are also global in their import, and most global issues are also local? Co-taught by SFTS professor emeritus Lewis Mudge and GTU doctoral student Tamara Rodenberg, the course explores the possibility of "faith-based witness to interrelated values such as human rights, economic justice, the reduction of violence, participatory politics and environmental sustainability."...
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A New Crop of Newhalls

Twenty-one student-faculty pairs, and one quartet, were awarded Newhall Fellowships for 1999–2000. These research or teaching awards are designed to support both students, through grants, and faculty, through the student’s assistance. With themes ranging from biblical scholarship, Taoist spirituality, and social welfare policy to the spiritual aspects of bereavement and religion in cinema, the Newhall projects exemplify the spirit of diversity which is the GTU’s greatest strength. These fellowships are made possible by Jane Newhall, who retired from the Board of Trustees after 22 years of...

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