Welcome to GTU Voices, where students, faculty, alumni, staff, and supporters of the Graduate Theological Union share reflections on the academic and cultural life within our diverse GTU community. If you’d like to join the conversation, contact communications@gtu.edu.
April 24, 2020
Our Interconnectedness
Dr. Munir Jiwa speaks about our times as "a rare global life-affirming moment to think more about our shared humanity, the environment that begs us to change our destructive ways, and to address and heal the inequalities, inequities, and injustices that stare us in the face."
April 17, 2020
A Meeting of the Waters
For Dr. Rita Sherma and Dr. Devin Zuber, "This current great disruption has pushed us, like many others, to return to our roots, and to reengage, reread the texts we love that have so formatively shaped us."
April 09, 2020
A Pilgrimage-in-Place
Dr. Kathryn Barush reflects, “For those of us who are restless wanderers, travelers, and pilgrims, the call to practice self-isolation to limit the spread of COVID-19 has been a challenging adjustment. But the ancient practice of tracing a labyrinth can help us find a place of solace and rest.”
April 03, 2020
Call the Passover a Delight
As the Passover holiday approaches, Dr. Deena Aranoff asks, ”How can we create sacred time in an age of pandemic?"
April 01, 2020
Interview | Online Learning at the GTU: Diandra Erickson, PhD
A conversation with the GTU's Associate Dean of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Dr. Diandra Erickson, who reflects on online learning opportunities at the GTU, including our new Interreligious Studies Certificate—the first fully online program at the GTU.
March 27, 2020
Spiritual Care, Resilience, and Community
In his reflection, Dr. Kamal Abu-Shamsieh defines resilience as "the ability to sustain our purpose and our sense of self and direction." In the struggle of physical distancing, "we can find strength in remembering that we are connected and interdependent."
March 23, 2020
Community and Connection: Calling on “Our Better Angels” through Crisis
Interim President Uriah Kim reflects on building community amid the coronavirus pandemic. "In these past weeks, there is a sense in which we remain remarkably intertwined: engaging with one another through Zoom, chat platforms, email, old fashioned phone calls, and at fundamental human level, in our shared experience of unfathomable circumstances."
February 03, 2020
We’re Looking Forward to Meeting You!
As the Spring 2020 semester kicks into gear, our admissions staff is excited about upcoming opportunities to connect with prospective GTU students across the country and around the world.
November 04, 2019
Religious Pluralism at the GTU
The GTU is gearing up for a Town Hall Meeting on November 12th. Read more about the importance of discussing religious pluralism at the GTU in this essay by Dr. Arthur Holder, who will moderate the event.
October 25, 2019
Burnt Letters
In this excerpt from his essay for CARe's Fall 2019 exhibition Beyond Words, Dr. Thomas Cattoi reflects on how Meg Hitchcock's "Rosary # 1" might serve as a metaphor for the encounter between Christian and Buddhist narratives.