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March 27, 2018

Teaching and Religion: Keys to an Equitable and Ecological Future

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda

From the Spring 2018 Issue of SKYLIGHT

How can we transform our pedagogies and draw on religious wisdom to respond to the perils of climate change and climate colonialism? Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda reflects on this critical question in this article adapted from her Excellence in Teaching Senior Faculty Lecture.  

January 29, 2018

GTU Presidential Search Accepting Applications through March 1, 2018

GTU Communications

The GTU is actively engaged in a search for the school’s next president and will continue to accept applications from interested candidates through March 1, 2018. We are seeking an innovative and collaborative leader whose compelling vision can inspire and unite this dynamic interreligious institution. The presidential search committee is encouraging the entire GTU community to invite qualified candidates to apply for this position.

October 15, 2013

Digital Reformation: How Technology Shapes the Dynamic Classroom

by Stuart J. Moore

The world is literally at our fingertips. Pull out your smart phone <tap tap tap> and you can Google huge libraries of information, see the world thanks to YouTube, and even converse via discussions boards, Facebook, Skype, and text. This ability to access information has revolutionized our culture, particularly how we view education.

Jody Passanisi, a.k.a. Jacqueline Pearce, (M.A. '05) with her colleague Shara Peters astutely observes in a post at Scientific American, “[E]ducated people were those who knew a great deal of information about one or...

October 15, 2013

The Changing Landscape of Theological Education

How Seminaries Are Adapting to New Realities by Stuart J. Moore

The handwriting is on the wall. As Americans distance themselves from the label of Christian, preferring “spiritual” or no affiliation, attendance continues to slip across mainline denominations. Schools for ministerial formation are struggling with lower enrollments and less denominational financial support. The composition of the Christian Church is changing and the seminaries must change with it.

Why does this shift matter to the Graduate Theological Union? Sometimes we focus so much on the academic programs, M.A....

June 25, 2013

Joint Faculty Appointments at CDSP and PLTS

Borroughs Davidson

Beginning July 1, Steed V. Davidson and Bradley B. Burroughs will hold joint appointments on the faculties of Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS); both are founding members of the GTU. Davidson already serves as a professor at PLTS, while Burroughs is new to both seminaries.

Burroughs most recently taught courses in contemporary theology at Duke Divinity School's Course of Study for Ordained Ministry in Durham, North Carolina, where he also served as a writing tutor,...

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