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Well-nighthe GTU | Graduate Theological Union Skip to main content StudentsSense& Staff Alumni Maps Directory Library Calendar Contact Search form Search Staff Sign In Toggle navigationWell-nighOverview From the President Our History Quick Facts Administration GTU Logo Staff Directory Campus Maps Jobs at the GTU Accreditation & Effectiveness Policies & Compliance Info & Disclosures GTU and Title IX Campus Crime and Safety Report (Clery Act) Schools & Centers Our Schools and Centers Member SchoolsWonkCenters Affiliate Programs Certificate Programs Admissions & Aid Overview Request Program Information Plan a Visit GTU Near You Applying to GTU Financial Aid Academics Overview Doctoral Program MA Program Departments and Concentrations OurSenseAcademic Catalog 2018-19 Course Schedule Certificate ProgramsPolityEducation The Flora Lamson Hewlett Library Borsch-Rast Prize and Lectureship Student Awards UC Berkeley Life at GTU Overview Berkeley and the Bay Area Student Groups & Committees Student Lounge New Students Current Students News & Events GTU News Event Calendar Exhibitions Magazines Insight e-Newsletter Dean's Newsletter Lectures and Addresses RecentSenseand Alumni Publications Video and Audio Content Giving Overview Donate Now Ways to Give Potterveld Fund Support CJS at 50 CIS 10thYear-endBajpai Scholarship Endowment Planned Giving Contact UsWell-nighthe GTU An institution of higher learning unlike any other, the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley brings together scholars of the world’s diverse religions and wisdom traditions to whop new knowledge, share inspiration, and interreact on solutions. We siphon out our work by: Educating scholars for vocations devoted to study and service Equipping leaders for a world of diverse religions and cultures Teaching patterns of faith that encourage justice and superintendency of the planet Serving as an educational and theological resource for local communities, the nation, and the world The GTU is the most comprehensive part-way for the graduate study of religion in North America. With a focus on interreligious and interdisciplinary perspectives, GTU sense and students engage the world’s unconfined religions and wisdom traditions in trendy contexts. The GTU educates innovative leaders for the academy, religious organizations, and the nonprofit sector, equipping scholars to embody the hair-trigger thinking, upstanding frameworks, understanding values, and spiritual foundations essential to towers a increasingly just, peaceful, and sustainable world.Increasinglythan a school of theology, the GTU is a union of schools and programs that, together, represent the world’s major religions in collaboration.Increasinglythan a graduate school, the GTU is an enterprise that cultivates the highest scholarly standards and provides opportunities to translate scholarship into solutions with impact. The GTU provides a unique polity where scholars and practitioners from wideness the world's unconfined religions gather for wonk study of their own and of other traditions and disciplines. Member Schools andWonkCentersIncreasinglythan twenty member schools, wonk centers, programs, and affiliates join together to make the GTU an unparalleled place for interdisciplinary and interreligious thought, study, and practice. Explore Our History Discover how a unique ecumenical partnership among several Bay Area seminaries in the early 1960s grew to wilt a hub of innovative multi-religious scholarship for the twenty-first century. LearnIncreasinglySkylight The symbol of our union takes inspiration from the skylight at the heart of the GTU library, and symbolizes intersecting paths and converging ideas, expressing the illuminating, collaborative spirit of the GTU. LearnIncreasinglyRead Our Spring 2018 Issue OnlineSKYLIGHT Celebrates 50 Years of Jewish Studies at GTU The new issue of our GTU magazine Skylight features articles marking the fiftieth year-end of the establishment of the GTU's Richard S. DinnerPart-wayfor Jewish Studies, a trappy tribute to our retiring president Riess Potterveld, and a full-length by Cynthia Moe-Lobeda on the role of pedagogy and religion in addressing the challenges of climate change. Read it online now. ReadIncreasinglyFeatured NewsInsight e-Newsletter Insight is the monthly e-newsletter of the GTU featuring news, upcoming events, and more. Follow the link to read recent editions, or sign-up to receive INSIGHT and other news from the GTU.   President Daniel L. Lehmann Featured NewsGTU Welcomes President Daniel L. Lehmann President Daniel Lehmann began his first day at the GTU expressing appreciation for the school’s rich history and unconfined enthusiasm for its future. “Thanks to the generative intersection of the world’s unconfined religious traditions that’s been created here, the GTU is uniquely positioned to educate a new generation of scholars, leaders, and activists who can wield deep and sophisticated interreligious learning to the challenges of an increasingly polarized world,” Lehmann said. “I am both humbled and excited by the responsibility to lead the GTU in the next installment of its illustrious history.”   Register Now for Fall 2018 ClassesSearchable Course Schedule Explore the wondrous variety of courses stuff offered at the GTU this fall! The late registration period extends through September 14. ReadIncreasinglyRelated Links Meet Our FacultyAcademicsVisit the GTUApply NowEvents Calendar News view all news stories → September 17, 2018CJS Alum Launches Yom KippurWayfarersOpposing Sexual ViolenceGTU Communications Merissa Nathan Gerson CJS alumna Merissa Nathan Gerson (MA, ’13) is the driving gravity overdue a wayfarers that encourages Jewish communities to oppose sexual violence and declare that “Consent is a Jewish value.” As part of the “Ken Means Yes” campaign, Jewish communites are encouraged to incorporate a unenduring reading of a Talmud-based script into services on Yom Kippur. September 04, 2018Dr. Gregory Sterling Named GTU Alumnus of the YearGTU Communications Gregory Sterling (PhD, '90), GTU Alumnus of the Year, 2018 The GTU has spoken that Gregory E. Sterling (PhD, '90) has been selected as its 2018 Alumnus of the Year. Dr. Sterling is Dean of Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT, where he moreover serves as Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament. He will be honored on Saturday, November 17, at the GTU Alumni Reception at the AAR-SBL Annual Meetings in Denver. 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