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Schools and Centers | Graduate Theological Union Skip to main content Students Faculty & 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 ProgramsDocumentPrograms 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 Our FacultyWonkCatalog 2018-19 Course ScheduleDocumentProgramsPolityEducation 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 Recent Faculty and Alumni Publications Video and Audio Content Giving Overview Donate Now Ways to Give Potterveld Fund Support CJS at 50 CIS 10th Anniversary Bajpai Scholarship Endowment Planned Giving Contact Us Schools and Centers The Graduate Theological Union, created in 1962, is a consortium of interdependent theological schools, centers, and affiliates single-minded to collaboration with one flipside in order to offer a stronger graduate stratum program than any single institution could offer alone. The GTU confers the wonk degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. Each of the eight member schools offers other degrees such as the Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, and Doctor of Ministry. The GTU moreover provides opportunities not misogynist in a single school setting through a variety of centers, institutes, and programs. This unique multi-religious partnership creates a learning environment that is rich in wonk and cultural diversity. Students enrolled at the GTU or any of its member schools have the opportunity to segregate from among increasingly than 700 courses offered wideness the consortium each year. With 8 member schools, 5 wonk centers, and 4 affiliates, the GTU is one of the largest theological consortiums in the world. Anchor point (#schools) Member Schools Member Schools American Baptist Seminary of the West (ABSW)ABSW prepares innovative leaders for ministry in a multicultural and multiracial world.Unitedwith the American Baptist Churches USA, ABSW urgently welcomes students from all Christian traditions.DenominationDivinity School of the Pacific (CDSP)The only Episcopalian graduate theological seminary on the West Coast, CDSP integrates scholarship, reflection, worship, spirituality, and the practice of ministry to provide intellectually rigorous theological education.  Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT)DSPT prepares women and men for wonk and theological vocations, integrating philosophical and theological inquiry with trendy issues. Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (JST-SCU)JST-SCU is a professional theological school true-blue to the intellectual tradition and the theological priority of the Society of Jesus: reverent and hair-trigger service of the faith that does justice. Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS)Affiliated with the Evangelical LutheranDenominationof America, PLTS develops denomination leaders by worsening faith in Christ, expanding the heart, challenging the mind, and energizing for mission. Pacific School of Religion (PSR)A multidenominational seminary united with the UnitedDenominationof Christ, PSR offers innovative programs of scholarship and education to equip faith communities for ministries of compassion and justice.  San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS)Affiliated with the PresbyterianDenomination(USA), SFTS prepares denomination leaders, educating a diverse soul of students in spiritual formation, hair-trigger theological reflection, and the skills and arts of ministry. Starr King School for the Ministry (SKSM)SKSM is a Unitarian Universalist and multi-religious theological school preparing spiritual leaders to create just and sustainable communities of compassion, wholeness, and liberation. Anchor point (#centers)WonkCentersWonkCentersPart-wayfor the Arts & Religion (CARe)ThePart-wayfor the Arts & Religion (CARe) promotes scholarship, reflection, and practice in the arts and religion to serve the Graduate Theological Union and to goody the community. The Mira and Ajay ShingalPart-wayfor Dharma Studies (CDS) CDS represents the leading whet in interdisciplinary and interfaith wonk programs of the Hindu world, offering the richness of Dharma traditions to scholars and students of these and other traditions. ThePart-wayfor Islamic Studies (CIS)CIS educates scholars of many faiths well-nigh the richness and diversity of the Islamic tradition, emphasizing inter- and intra-religious study and dialogue that promotes pluralism, understanding, and public engagement. The Richard S. DinnerPart-wayfor Jewish Studies (CJS)CJS is a premier part-way for the wide study of Jewish history, literature and culture. Our graduates pursue careers in academia, the rabbinate, education, and polity service. ThePart-wayfor Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS)ThePart-wayfor Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) promotes the creative bilateral interaction between theology and the natural sciences through research, teaching and public service. CTNS focuses on developments in physics, cosmology,... Anchor point (#affiliates) GTU Affiliates GTU AffiliatesPart-wayfor Swedenborgian Studies (CSS)CSS has trained scholars and clergy since 1866 and is today the official seminary of the SwedenborgianDenominationof North America, moreover offering New Religious Movements, Western esotericism, and mysticism studies. Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS)IBS educates academics, chaplains, and pastors in the full unrestrictedness of the Buddhist tradition with specialized education supporting Pure Land and trendy Shin Buddhist Studies and up-and-coming Jodo Shinshu Buddhist ministry. New College Berkeley (NCB)NCB provides the Christian laity with a solid foundation of tools and training for a lifetime of serious study and spiritual formation, for life and work, the ministry, and public moral life. The Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (PAOI)PAOI represents the various canonical Orthodox Christian jurisdictions in the country and educates, promotes, and sustains Orthodox traditions, values, teachings, and culture. Anchor point (#certificateonly) GTU Certificate-Only Programs GTU Certificate-Only Programs Asia ProjectThe GTU vibrantly represents the intersection of Asian and Asian American cultures and faith traditions with an unparalleled concentration of Asian, Asian-American, and Oceanic faculty and students. Women's Studies in ReligionThe WSR document program affirms the GTU's long-standing transferral to women's studies in theology and religion, and builds upon the consortium's network of wonk initiatives for the study and support of women in religion. Black Church/Africana Religious StudiesThe BlackDenominationis but one expression of the broader miracle of African American Religion, which encompasses West Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America and North America. 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