Congratulations to GTU doctoral candidate Jennifer Fernandez (Theology and Ethics) who has been selected to receive a Hispanic Theological Initiative/Lilly Fellowship for 2019-2020.
The GTU stands with people of peace everywhere in expressing our outrage and sadness at the horrific mass murder that took place during Friday prayer at two mosques in New Zealand. GTU President Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann stated, “The scourge of white supremacist terrorism and religious intolerance must be combatted with all of our resources. We pray for the victims and their families, and stand in solemn solidarity with all in the Muslim community."
Thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for the excellent write-up about “Technicians of the Sacred,” the exhibition of photographs by Blaine Ellis currently on display in the GTU’s Flora Lamson Hewlett Library. We are happy to share the link to reporter Sam Whiting’s “In Berkeley show, photographer captures sacred sites in natural light.”
The GTU is partnering with John Wiley & Sons to begin overseeing publication of the journal Teaching Theology & Religion in 2020. Dr. Kyle Schiefelbein-Guererro of the GTU has been selected as the publication's new editor.
CARe and UC Berkeley's Cal Performances have established a new partnership to promote greater appreciation of the performing arts, beginning with enhanced programming supporting the March 3 performance of Akram Khan's XENOS.
On January 14-16, 2019, the GTU hosted a regional consultation on the theme of interreligious theological education, part of a three-year study of “Current and Future Directions in Theological Education.”
Books written by GTU graduates or current faculty members and published in 2018 can now be nominated for the GTU's annual $10,000 Borsch-Rast Book Prize.
John David Baker-Batsel, the first director of the Graduate Theological Union Library in the new building, passed away in Longmont, Colorado, on November 28, 2018.