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.
October 01, 2019
Where the Community Comes Alive
Anticipating the GTU Library’s annual book sale on October 8, librarian Colyn Wohlmut shares about how book donations are processed and become part of the GTU collection--or our annual sale.
July 03, 2019
Reflections on Interreligious Dialogue from Singapore
Doctoral student Rachelle Syed reflects on attending the International Conference on Cohesive Societies in Singapore in June 2019, and what her experiences suggest about the interreligious opportunities available at the GTU.
May 21, 2019
Where Journey Meets Opportunity
"In addition to scholar-practitioners, there are many students like me who don’t practice the traditions we study. As outsiders, we have a unique perspective to employ in our research, and the GTU embraces our contributions wholeheartedly."
May 06, 2019
It Really Is All About the People
As she prepares to celebrate her final Commencement as the GTU's Dean of Students, Kathleen Kook reflects on the individuals and experiences that have made her 27 years at the GTU so memorable.
April 22, 2019
A Community in Conversation
Doctoral student Gordon Gilmore reflects on the wealth of interreligious conversation that surrounds him each day at the GTU, and the way that diverse community shapes his own scholarly work.
April 09, 2019
Learning and Growing in a Liminal Space
"As the son of a first-generation immigrant, I walk a delicate tightrope when it comes to cultural identification: Am I Mexican or American? . . . Liminal space defines a large portion of my identity. Now, interestingly, it is shaping the way I do my work as a biblical scholar."
April 01, 2019
A Country of Contrasts
GTU President Daniel Lehmann reflects on his March 2019 trip to South Korea."I was struck by the extensive institutional infrastructure of the Christian communities in South Korea and the powerful role church communities play in the lives of so many South Korean parishioners . . . . Through its alumni and current students, the GTU is making a powerful impact on Korean religious life."
March 26, 2019
Where Religion and the Arts Converge
"My role as Assistant Curator at the GTU’s Center for the Arts & Religion (CARe) and Doug Adams Gallery has given me the opportunity to combine my two professional interests: academic museums and the study of religion. This job has been an incredible learning opportunity for me in more ways than I anticipated."
March 11, 2019
Teachable Moments in the GTU Library
"Students need librarians more than ever to help navigate and determine the authority of content, so they are using sources appropriate for graduate-level research. This is my favorite part of my job, using the teachable moments to help students learn how to research, and then seeing them again later as they ask increasingly complicated questions as they grow as scholars."
February 26, 2019
Know Your Why
"When the steering committee for our GTU’s Women’s Studies in Religion Program had its first meeting of Spring 2019, we set aside the majority of our time to talk about our whys: Why Women’s Studies in Religion at the GTU? Why is each of us involved in women’s studies in general? Why offer the Women’s Studies in Religion seminar course for GTU students?" WSR Chair Jennifer Davidson shares some of the responses...