Events

Book Talk with Joy Ladin

Hosted by the Center for Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by Starr King School for the Ministry, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at Pacific School of Religion, and Women’s Studies in Religion

First Floor Lounge, 2465 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley

Join us to watch one, several, or all of these artistic, probing, and daring investigations into the human condition. The Decalogue was produced in 1989 for Polish television, and consists of ten 1-hour films, each loosely based on one of the Ten Commandments. This series will be hosted by DSPT Fellow, Ron Austin, a Hollywood screenwriter and producer.

BOOK RELEASE EVENT

Free and open to the community.

All members of the GTU Consortium are encouraged to attend.  We are welcoming new MA and PhD students and introducing new GTU faculty.

Denniston Commons, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley

Presented by Fr. Chris Renz, OP, DSPT Academic Dean

DSPT Classroom 1, Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley

This workshop will provide a general overview of core requirements for MA students, including: source materials such as the Student Handbooks; how to align personal research interests with Faculty interests and skills; integrating elective courses with thesis research, and developing a realistic timeline for program completion. Essential tools and tips for new and returning students!

A lecture by Rey Chow, Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature, Duke University

Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley

'The popular image of science as providing reliable, useful and objective knowledge, whilst theology only offers speculative and subjective opinion is remarkably widespread and persistent.  This remains so despite a large and growing body of academic literature which presents a much more nuanced view.  One important understanding is that both science and theology can be seen as saying (albeit in different ways) true things about the way things really are - i.e.

Knut-Willy Sæther is Adjunct Professor in religious education at the Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology (Høyskolen for Ledelse og Teologi). His Ph.D. was in the area of philosophy of religion focused on the work of John Polkinghorne, and he currently serves as Associate Professor at the University College of Volda. Sæther is an experienced educator and has written on the relationship between theology and the natural sciences.

Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley

Responses by William Stoeger, S.J., Lou Ann Trost, and Oliver Putz in addition to author Robert J. Russell.

Also recognition of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences’ 30th Anniversary and completion of the Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science. Reception to follow.

Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley

Race has always been inextricably connected to immigration in our society, but how does religion factor into those connections? Come and join us in a discussion on this timely topic as the Bay Area celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge and its 80,000 miles of wire that have come to symbolize the connections of space, people, and culture regionally, nationally, and globally. A renowned panel will discuss discussion the intersection of race, religion, and immigration.