Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship

Nominations for the Graduate Theological Union’s first annual Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship are open through August 1, 2017, for books published in calendar year 2016. The Borsch-Rast Prize is a newly established annual award of $10,000 for an outstanding scholarly work written by a GTU graduate or faculty member that provides new perspectives on theological or religious issues and demonstrates a creative and innovative approach. Nominations for books published in 2016 must be submitted by August 1, 2017, to the dean’s office using the online form available on the GTU website at ...

For Immediate Release

Berkeley, CA – May 1, 2017 - The Graduate Theological Union is pleased to announce the establishment of the Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship, an annual award of $10,000 for an outstanding scholarly work written by a GTU graduate or faculty member. The endowment for the Borsch-Rast Prize comes from the sale of Trinity Press International (TPI), a venture dedicated to the publication of scholarly and often interdisciplinary theological studies. “Thanks to this endowment, the GTU is able to offer one of the highest (if not the...