Graduate Theological Union

Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley

Other name	Graduate Theological Union
Motto	"Where religion meets the world"
Type	Private
Established	1962
Religious affiliation	Ecumenical
Academic affiliation	University of California, Berkeley
Chairman	Harold T. Leach, Jr.
President	Riess Potterveld
Dean	Arthur Holder
Dean of Students	Kathleen Kook
Academic staff	8[1]
Students	245[1]
Location	Berkeley, California 37°52′32″N 122°15′43″W / 37.875524°N 122.262079°WCoordinates: 37°52′32″N 122°15′43″W / 37.875524°N 122.262079°W
Website	gtu.edu

The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is a consortium of eight private independent American theological schools and eleven centers and affiliates. Seven of the theological schools are located in Berkeley, California. The GTU was founded in 1962 and has established a relationship with the University of California, Berkeley that allows students from both institutions enjoying privileges accorded to their own students. Additionally, some of the GTU consortial schools are part of other California universities such as Santa Clara University (Jesuit School of Theology) and California Lutheran University (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary). Most of the GTU consortial schools are located in Berkeley around the campus of University of California, Berkeley, with the majority north of the campus in a neighborhood known as "Holy Hill" due to the cluster of GTU seminaries and centers located there.

History and administration

Many of the GTU's constituent seminaries were established at various locations throughout the Bay Area in the early 20th or even the late 19th centuries. Due to the foundation of the University of California, several of them relocated to Berkeley and established cooperative relationships with the University. In the wake of the formation of the World Council of Churches and the Second Vatican Council, Bay Area seminaries began negotiations to form a cooperative degree program. In 1962, agreement between the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School (now the American Baptist Seminary of the West), Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and San Francisco Theological Seminary enabled for the incorporation of the Graduate Theological Union in 1962. In 1964, the Pacific School of Religion, St. Albert's College (now the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology and Starr King School for the Ministry joined the GTU consortium. In 1966, Alma College relocated to Berkeley and was renamed the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. In 1968, the Franciscan School of Theology moved to Berkeley from Santa Barbara and joined the GTU consortium, although in 2013 it merged with the University of San Diego, leaving the consortium and relocating to Oceanside, California . By 1971, the GTU was fully accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.^[2]

In 1969, the GTU common library was established and the individual libraries of the seminaries were merged into one collection. In the 1970s, construction began on a Louis I. Kahn-designed building to house the GTU library. The main library building was completed in 1987 and was named the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library in honor of the Hewlett Foundation.^[3]

Presidents and Academic Deans

Presidents of the GTU

• John Dillenberger (1967–1971)
• Claude Welch (1971–1982)
• Michael Blecker, OSB (1982–1987)
• Robert Barr (1987–1992)
• Glenn R. Bucher (1992–1999)
• James Donahue (2000–2012)
• Riess Potterveld (2013–Present)

Academic Deans of the GTU

• Sherman E. Johnson (1962–1963)
• John Dillenberger (1963–1971)
• Claude Welch (1971–1987)
• Judith Berling (1987–1996)
• Margaret Miles (1996–2001)
• Arthur Holder (2001–2016)
• Uriah Kim (2017-present)

The Dean of the GTU is the chief academic officer of the institution. The dean also chairs the GTU's Council of Deans, composed of the academic deans of consortial member schools. Traditionally, the GTU's dean holds the John Dillenberger Professorship in their general field of specialization. The 5th Dean of the GTU, Margaret Miles, was John Dillenberger Professor of Historical Theology while the 6th dean, Arthur Holder, was John Dillenberger Professor of Christian Spirituality.

Council of Presidents and Council of Deans

Council of Presidents

• Riess Potterveld (GTU)
• Paul M. Martin (ABSW)
• W. Mark Richardson (CDSP)
• Peter Rogers, OP (DSPT)
• Michael E. Engh, SJ (JST)
• Chris Kimball (PLTS)
• David Vásquez-Levy (PSR)
• James L. McDonald (SFTS)
• Rosemary Bray McNatt (SKSM)

Council of Deans

• Arthur Holder (GTU)
• LeAnn Snow Flesher (ABSW)
• Ruth Meyers (CDSP)
• Christopher Renz, OP (DSPT)
• Thomas Massaro, SJ (JST)
• Alicia Vargas (PLTS)
• Bernard Schlager (PSR)
• Jana Childers (SFTS)
• Gabriela Lettini (SKSM)

Member seminaries and research centers

Consortial seminaries

• American Baptist Seminary of the West (American Baptist and Progressive National Baptist)
• Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Episcopal)
• Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
• Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
• Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (ELCA)
• Pacific School of Religion (United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and United Methodist Church)
• San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian Church (USA))
• Starr King School for the Ministry (Unitarian Universalist)

Affiliated research centers

• The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies
• Institute of Buddhist Studies (Buddhist Churches of America)
• Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education
• Center for Islamic Studies
• The Mira and Ajay Shingal DCF Center for Dharma Studies
• Center for the Study of Religion and Culture
• Center for Swedenborgian Studies^[4]
• Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
• New College Berkeley
• School of Applied Theology

Academics

The GTU offers Doctor of Philosophy cooperatively with the University of California at Berkeley and Doctor of Theology and Master of Arts programs in cooperation with its member seminaries. GTU consortial seminaries variously offer M.Th., M.Div, Doctor of Ministry, S.T.B., S.T.L., and S.T.D. degrees. Ph.D. students are encouraged not only to take advantage of the academic resources available to them at the University of California at Berkeley, but are required to include a non-GTU scholar in their exams or dissertation committees. As such, students have collaborated with UC-B faculty members in the anthropology, critical theory, ethnic studies, history, philosophy, sociology, etc. departments.

There are four doctoral departments, with more than 30 concentrations, encompassing the breadth of religious and theological scholarship at the GTU. The Sacred Texts and Interpretation department focuses on Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Rabbinic Literature, and studies in the sacred texts of Islamic and Hindu traditions. Historical and Cultural Studies of Religions encompasses studies in history of religions, art and religion, interreligious studies, and sociology of religion. Theology and Ethics focuses on theological and ethical reflections in the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu traditions. Other concentrations include comparative theology/ethics, philosophical theology, theology and science, and aesthetics. Religion and Practice focuses on homiletics, liturgical studies, missiology, practical theology, and religious education.

The GTU also offers certificates in specialized studies including the following:

• Asian and Oceanic Cultures and Faith Traditions
• Black Church/Africana Religious Studies
• Hindu Studies
• Islamic Studies
• Jewish Studies
• Orthodox Christian Studies
• Buddhist Chaplaincy
• Women's Studies in Religion

All degree seeking students at GTU may take any classes offered at the University of California, Berkeley, and have access and borrowing privileges at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University libraries. Only Ph.D. students have unrestricted access to registering for UCB classes (subject to approval of course instructors); Th.D. and M.A. students can only take a maximum of 1 class per semester. Ph.D. students taking courses at UCB are able to obtain Cal 1 Cards, which can be loaded with funds for photocopying or for other purposes. Cross-registration opportunities are also available for GTU students at Dominican University of California, Holy Names University, and Mills College. Additionally, students can participate in international exchange programs with the University of Heidelberg, Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Ryukoku University in Japan, and the Dharma Drum University in Taiwan.^[5]

Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology

The GTU houses its own in-house academic journal, the Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology.^[6] The journal is managed by current doctoral students, although peer-reviewers include members of the consortial doctoral faculty. It publishes many of the lectures occurring throughout the year around the consortium, as well as several original articles and book reviews. Occasionally, special issues are commissioned to celebrate important milestones in the life of the GTU. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars from and outside of the GTU, and publishes one regular issue a year. All issues are available free online.

American Academy of Religion

GTU faculty, alumni, and students have been active in the American Academy of Religion by directing or leading sections, groups, and in other capacities. Several members of the GTU community have served as presidents of the Academy.

• John Dillenberger (1987–1988)
• Judith Berling (1991–1992)
• Margaret R. Miles (1997–1998)
• Laurie Zoloth (2013–2014)

Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology

GTU faculty and alumni have been recipients of the prestigious Henry Luce Fellowship, which is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and administered by the Association of Theological Schools. In the following list, institutions listed indicate the affiliation of the recipient at the time of award.^[7]

• Margaret R. Miles (Harvard Divinity School): "Religion and Values in Contemporary North American Popular Film" (1994-1995)
• J. Rebecca Lyman (CDSP): "From Error to Disease: Shifting IMages of Theological Dissent and Authority in Ancient Christian Communities" (1996-1997)
• Judith Berling (GTU): "Entering Other Worlds: Theological Learning and Non-Christian Religions" (2001–2002)
• Lizette Larson-Miller (CDSP): "Holy Ground: Discerning Sacred Space in Public Places" (2002–2003)
• Philip L. Wickeri (SFTS): "Reconstructing Christianity in China: K. H. Ting and the Chinese Church" (2005–2006)
• Jerome Baggett (JST): "Sense of the Faithful: An End and Beginning of American Catholicism" (2006–2007)
• Mia M. Mochizuki (JST/GTU): "The Netherlandish Print Abroad, 1543–1639: Art, Religion and Economics in the Early Modern World" (2009–2010)
• Sandra M. Schneiders (JST): "Risen Jesus, Cosmic Christ: Biblical Spirituality in the Gospel of John" (2011–2012)

Campus

Although the GTU consortium occupies many buildings throughout the Bay Area, only three buildings are owned by the GTU. The largest of the buildings is the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, the largest theological library west of the Rockies, and one of the largest theological libraries in the world, with around 509,000 volumes.^[8] It has a branch in San Anselmo, housed in the former library of the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Its material acquisitions are coordinated with the University of California Berkeley and Stanford University libraries. Borrowing privileges are available for all three institutions. Furthermore, GTU students are privy to borrowing from the University of Texas, Austin libraries as part of the RCLP agreement between University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and UT-Austin. In addition, GTU and UCB students can access the rare and special collections in both institutions' libraries. Altogether, GTU students have ready access to more than 20 million volumes of resources, more than any theological institution in the world. The building has three floors. The main stacks and other library services occupy the bottom two floors, while the top floor house GTU administrative offices and the Richard Dinner Board Room, used for lectures and other campus-wide events.

The GTU's "Le Conte Building", located on 2465 Le Conte Avenue, constitutes a "student services building." Two study spaces are available - a basement study space and a much larger lounge on the first floor. The lounge is often used for student events and campus workshops. A mezzanine floor contains examination rooms. Administrative and faculty offices, as well as the HEDCO Seminar Room, occupy the second and third floors. The building is home to the GTU's Center for Jewish Studies, located on the second floor.

The GTU Annex, located behind the Le Conte Building on 2460 Virginia Street, is home to the Center for Islamic Studies, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, the Shingal Center for Dharma Studies, and other GTU administrative offices.

Ranking

The National Research Council (NRC) has released a comprehensive assessment of doctoral programs in the United States.^[9] In one independent compilation based on the NRC's "regression-based" rankings, the GTU appears at No. 22 overall.^[10]

Notable alumni

Art and religion

• Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, Associate Professor of Theology and Theological Aesthetics at Loyola Marymount University^[11]

Biblical Studies

• Uriah Y. Kim, Academic Dean and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hartford Theological Seminary
• George Tinker, Clifford Baldridge Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology

Christian spirituality

• Douglas E. Christie, Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University^[12]
• Lisa E. Dahill (Ph.D., 2001), Associate Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University^[13]
• Andrew Dreitcer, Associate Professor of Spirituality and Director of Spiritual Formation at Claremont School of Theology^[14]

Cultural and historical studies of religions

• Jonathan H. X. Lee (M.A.), Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University^[15]
• Jennifer Howe Peace (Ph.D.), Associate Professor of Interfaith Studies at Andover-Newton Theological School^[16]

Ethics and social theory

• Jerome P. Baggett, Professor of Religion and Society at Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University^[17]
• James Donahue, President of Saint Mary's College of California
• Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council^[18]
• Kathryn Poethig (Ph.D.), Professor of Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay^[19]

Homiletics

• Jana Childers (Ph.D. 1997), Academic Dean and Professor of Speech Communication and Homiletics at San Francisco Theological Seminary. ^[20]
• Jennifer L. Lord (Ph.D. 2003), Dorothy B. Vickery Professor of Homiletics and Liturgical Studies at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.^[21]

Interdisciplinary studies

• The Rev. Jae-Haeng Choi (Ph.D.), senior pastor at Fincastle United Methodist Church, and a specialist in the intersections of Christian spirituality and psychology.^[22]
• The Rev. David V. Esterline (Ph.D. 1985), sixth and current president of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Professor of Cross-Cultural Theological Education^[23]
• Jennifer Scheper Hughes (Ph.D. 2005), associate professor of history at University of California, Riverside^[24]
• James Treat (Ph.D., 1993), associate professor of religion at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign^[25]

Liturgical studies

• Rev. Lizette Larson-Miller (Ph.D., 1992), Huron-Lawson Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Huron University College. She is Nancy and Michael Kaehr Professor Emerita at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.^[26]
• Jonathan Y. Tan (M.A., 1998), The Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University^[27]

Psychology and religion

• Jeanette Rodriguez (Ph.D, 1990), professor of theology and religious studies at Seattle University^[28]

Systematic and Philosophical Theology

• Kristen Johnston Largen, associate professor of theology at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg^[29]
• Edward L. Krasevac, OP, professor of theology at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology^[30]

• Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado (Ph.D. 2001), professor of religious studies and assistant provost for undergraduate education at University of Miami.^[31]
• Margaret R. Miles (Ph.D. 1977), Benjamin Bussey Professor Emerita of Theology at Harvard Divinity School and the 5th academic dean of the Graduate Theological Union. She became the first tenured female faculty member at Harvard Divinity School when she attained her tenure in 1985. While at the GTU, her dissertation director was Massey H. Shepherd.^[32]
• Nancy Pineda-Madrid (Ph.D. 2005), associate professor of theology and Latino/Latina ministry at Boston College School for Theology and Ministry^[33]
• Nancey Murphy (Th.D. 1987), professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary^[34]
• Terrence W. Tilley (Ph.D. 1976), Avery Cardinal Dulles professor of Catholic theology at Fordham University^[35]
• Wesley Wildman, professor of theology and ethics at Boston University, co-founder of Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion, and Director of Liberal Evangelical

Other

• John Dear (M.A.), 2008 nominee for the Nobel Prize in Peace 2008
• Robert John Russell (M.A.), Ian Barbour Professor of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
• Shibley Telhami (M.A.), Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland
• Arthur S. Thomas, chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force

Notable graduates of GTU member schools

American Baptist Seminary of the West

• Debra Mumford (M.Div.), Frank H. Caldwell Professor of Homiletics and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Church Divinity School of the Pacific

• Wilton H. Bunch, (M.Div.), professor of philosophy at Samford University
• Ellen Davis (M.Div.), Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University
• David Hurd, (M.Div.), professor emeritus of church music at General Theological Seminary
• The Most Rev. Paul Kwong (M.Div.), 2nd Bishop of Hong Kong and Archbishop and Primate of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
• The Rt. Rev. Nedi Rivera (M.Div.), bishop suffragan emerita of Olympia and first Latina bishop in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.
• The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (M.Div.), 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, first female Primate in the Anglican Communion
• Ellen K. Wondra (M.Div.), research professor of theology and ethics at Bexley Seabury Seminary Federation and member of the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order.^[36]

Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology

• Edward L. Krasevac, OP (M.Div., 1978), professor of theology at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology^[30]
• Christopher J. Renz, OP (M.Div., DSPT), academic dean at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.

Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University

• Jerome P. Baggett, (STL) Professor of Religion and Society at Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University^[17]
• Richard Bautch, (M.Div.), Professor of Humanities at St. Edward's University
• Eduardo C. Fernandez, SJ, (M.Div.), professor of pastoral theology and ministry at Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
• Rev. Michael E. Engh, SJ (M.Div.), President of Santa Clara University
• Daniel G. Groody, (STL), Associate Professor of Theology at University of Notre Dame
• Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ (M.Div.), 25th and current President of Creighton University
• Edward L. Krasevac, OP (MA, 1974; STL, 1989), Professor of Theology at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology^[30]
• Michael C. McCarthy (M.Div.), Edmund Campion, SJ, University Professor at Santa Clara University
• Bruce Morrill, SJ (M.Div.), Edward A. Malloy Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of Theological Studies at Vanderbilt University
• Thomas Rausch, SJ (S.T.M., 1972), T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University^[37]

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

• George E. Tinker (M.Div.), Clifford Baldridge Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at Iliff School of Theology

Pacific School of Religion

• Bishop Wilbur Choy (M.Div.), first Asian American Bishop in the United Methodist Church.
• Dorothy Donnelly (Th.D. 1973). A Roman Catholic nun, she was the first full-time female professor of theology at the Jesuit School of Theology.^[38]
• Bishop Yvette Flunder, (M.Div.), founder of the City of Refugee and Chair of the San Francisco Inter-religious Coalition on AIDS
• Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo, (M.Div.), executive minister of the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries and a member of the UCC Collegium of Officers.^[39]
• Rev. John Kemper (D.Min.), Provincial Superior of the U.S. Province of the Society of Saint-Sulpice.
• Hon. Victoria Kolakowski, (M.Div.), Alameda County Superior Court judge; first openly transgender trial judge in the United States.
• Rt. Rev. Christopher Lowson (S.T.M., 1976), the 72nd Bishop of Lincoln.^[40]
• Robert John Russell (M.Div.), Ian Barbour Professor of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
• Traci C. West (M.Div.), James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School
• Thomas V. Wolfe (M.Div.), President and Bishop Henry White Warren Professor of Leader and Ministry Praxis at Iliff School of Theology^[41]

San Francisco Theological Seminary

• The Rev. ChangBok Chung, President of Hanil University
• Chung Chin-Hong, Professor of Phenomenology of Religion at Seoul National University
• The Rev. David Lee Dobler, Moderator of the 205th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)^[42]
• The Rev. Glenda Hope, founder of San Francisco Network Ministries. Her work among the homeless in San Francisco's Tenderloin district has earned her recognition by the Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion and U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey.^[43]
• Bishop Yvette Flunder, founder of the City of Refugee and Chair of the San Francisco Inter-religious Coalition on AIDS
• Carolyn S. Leeb, lecturer in theology at Valparaiso University.
• Herb Long, former Dean of Students at Harvard Divinity School.
• The Rev. Laura Mendenhall, former President of Columbia Theological Seminary
• The Rev. Neal D. Presa, Moderator of the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)^[42]
• The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)^[42]

Starr King School for the Ministry

• The Rev. Robert Fulghum, author of eight best-selling books of non-fiction, including All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten and It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It

Faculty

The GTU's 7th and current president is Riess W. Potterveld, who previously was president at the Pacific School of Religion and Lancaster Theological Seminary.

The GTU's 7th and current dean is Uriah Kim, who served previously as Academic Dean at Hartford Seminary. His predecessors include Arthur Holder, who previously served as Academic Dean at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

The GTU draws its consortial faculty from its constituent seminaries and centers. Although faculty members are employed at their respective seminaries and centers, they commit to supervising doctoral and masters students, as well as occasionally teaching GTU-wide courses. Thus, the GTU arguably possesses the largest faculty in religious and theological studies in the world, with more than 50 members.

Current Core Doctoral Faculty

• Deena Aranoff, Senior Lecturer of Medieval Jewish Studies and Director of the GTU's Center for Jewish Studies.
• Jerome Baggett, Professor of Religion and Society at the Jesuit School of Theology.
• David Balch, Professor of New Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
• Judith Berling, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Religions. She was the 4th Academic Dean of the GTU and former President of the American Academy of Religion. She is core faculty in the departments of Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions; and Interdisciplinary Studies.
• Aaron Brody, Robert and Kathryn Riddell Associate Professor of Bible and Archaeology at Pacific School of Theology and participating faculty at the University of California at Berkeley
• Kevin F. Burke, SJ, Associate Professor of Theology at the Jesuit School of Theology. A student of Roger Haight, SJ, his scholarship focuses on Christology, spirituality, and the theology of Ignacio Ellacuria. He is core faculty member in both Systematic and Philosophical Theology; and Christian Spirituality departments.
• Ronald D. Burris, Professor of Church History at American Baptist Seminary of the West.
• Thomas Cattoi, Dwan Family Professor in Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue and Associate Professor of Christology at the Jesuit School of Theology. A student of Francis X. Clooney, his research focuses on patristics and Christian-Buddhist dialogue. He is core faculty member in three departments: Christian Spirituality, Interreligious Studies, and Systematic and Philosophical Theology.
• Jana Childers, Dean and Professor of Speech-Communications and Homiletics at San Francisco Theological Seminary.
• Michael Dodds, OP, Professor of Theology and Philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• John C. Endres, SJ, Professor of Sacred Scripture (Old Testament) at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
• Marianne Farina, CSC, Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• Eduardo C. Fernandez, SJ, professor of pastoral theology and ministry at Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. HIs research focuses on Latina/o theology, social justice, religion and culture, as well as missiology. He was the recipient of the Virgilio Elizondo Award, given by the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians in the United States.
• LeAnn Snow Flesher, Academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament at the American Baptist Seminary of the West.
• Barbara Green, OP, Professor of Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• George E. Griener, SJ, Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at the Jesuit School of Theology. At the University of Tübingen, he studied under Cardinal Walter Kasper.
• Shauna Hannan, Associate Professor of Homiletics at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.
• Gina Hens-Piazza, Professor of Biblical Studies at Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
• Arthur Holder, Professor of Christian Spirituality at the GTU.
• Munir Jiwa, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU.
• Jay E. Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture at the Pacific School of Religion
• John Klentos, Spanos Associate Professor of Orthodox Theology at the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute.
• Uriah Kim, Academic Dean and John Dillenberger Professor of Biblical Studies at the GTU
• Bryan Kromholtz, OP, Assistant Professor of Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• Boyung Lee, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Education and Spiritual Formation at the Pacific School of Religion. She was a student of Thomas H. Groome of Boston College, and directs the Asian-Pacific Islanders Initiative and Changemakers Fellowship Programs at PSR.
• Elizabeth Liebert, Professor of Spiritual Life at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was formerly the dean of the seminary, and the first Roman Catholic to serve as an academic dean at a Presbyterian seminary.
• Gregory Love, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary
• Eugene Ludwig, OFM Cap., Professor of History and Patristic Theology at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• Gary Macy, John Nobili, SJ Professor of Theology at Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
• Thomas Massaro, SJ, Dean of Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and Professor of Moral Theology. His interests focus on Catholic social ethics as it pertains to economic justice, sociology of religion, and the history of Christian political thought.
• Mary E. McGann, Adjunct Associate Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Jesuit School of Theology.
• Ruth Meyers, Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics and Academic Dean at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
• Scott A. Mitchell, Rev. Yoshitaka Tamai Professor of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, an affiliate of the GTU.
• Michael Morris, OP, Professor of Religion and the Arts at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• Ronald Y. Nakasone, Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Art and Culture at the GTU.
• Christopher Ocker, Professor of History at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and affiliated faculty of the history department of the University of California at Berkeley
• William O'Neill, SJ, Associate Professor of Social Ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology
• Eugene E. Park, Dornsife Professor of New Testament at the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
• Sangyil Sam Park, Associate Professor of Preaching at American Baptist Seminary of the West.
• Richard Payne, Yehan Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Institute for Buddhist Studies.
• Ted Peters, Lutheran theologian and the Distinguished Research Professor of Systematic Theology at GTU and at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Editor of the Journal of Theology and Science
• Jean-Francois Racine, Associate Professor of New Testament at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
• Anselm Ramelow, OP, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
• Robert John Russell, Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
• Bernard Schlager, Dean and Associate Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies at the Pacific School of Religion
• Rossitza Schroeder, Associate Professor of Arts and Religion at the Pacific School of Religion.
• Naomi Seidman, Koret Foundation Professor of Jewish Culture at the Dinner Center for Jewish Studies of the GTU.
• Rita Sherma, Associate Professor of Dharma Studies and Director of the Center for Dharma Studies at the GTU.
• Augustine Thompson, OP, Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
• Mary Donovan Turner, Carl Patton Professor of Preaching at the Pacific School of Religion
• Randi J. Walker, Professor of Church History at the Pacific School of Religion
• Annette Weissenrieder, Associate Professor of New Testament at the San Francisco Theological Seminary
• Seigen Haruo Yamaoka, H. E. Kosho Ohtani Professor of Shin Buddhist Studies at the Institute for Buddhist Studies.
• Devin Phillip Zuber, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Literature, and Swedenborgian Studies at the GTU's Center for Swedenborgian Studies.

Former faculty

• David Alexander, Professor of Old Testament and Theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and President Emeritus of Pomona College
• John Dillenberger, Professor and President Emeritus, Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, California
• Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé, former professor of Cultural Studies and Islamic Studies, and former Dean of the Faculty at Starr King School for the Ministry. He passed away in 2016.
• Marion S. Grau, currently Professor of Systematic Theology and Missiology at MF Norwegian School of Theology, director of the Egede Institute, and editor of the Norwegian Journal of Missiology. Prior to her position, she was Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and member of the core doctoral faculty.
• Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, currently President and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology. Prior to then, he was Dean of the Theological School at Drew University and before then, was Professor of Hebrew Bible at Pacific School of Religion.
• Lizette Larson-Miller, Nancy and Michael Kaehr Professor Emerita of Liturgical Leadership at Church Divinity School of the Pacific. She is now the Huron-Lawson Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Huron University.^[44]
• Mia M. Mochizuki, currently Associate Professor of the History of Art at New York University Abu Dhabi and the Institute of Fine Arts. Prior to then, she was the Thomas E. Bertelsen, Jr. Associate Professor of Art History and Religion, a position co-sponsored by the GTU and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
• Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, currently Professor of Theology and Ethics at Shaw University. Prior to then she was director of the Center for Women and Religion at the GTU.^[45]
• Tat-Siong "Benny" Liew, currently Class of 1956 Professor of New Testament Studies at College of the Holy Cross. Prior to then, he was Professor of New Testament and Academic Dean at the Pacific School of Religion and a core doctoral faculty member in both the Biblical Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies areas of the GTU.
• Rev. Joyce Ann Mercer, currently Arthur Lee Kinsolving Professor of Practical Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary. Prior to then, she was Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Education at San Francisco Theological Seminary and a core doctoral faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Studies Area of the GTU.
• Margaret R. Miles (Ph.D. 1977), 5th Academic Dean and Dillenberger Professor Emerita of Historical Theology.
• Lewis S. Mudge, Stuart Professor Emeritus of Theology (SFTS). He was professor in the faculty of Religion and Philosophy at Amherst College before joining the faculty and serving as dean at McCormick Theological Seminary until 1987 when he moved to SFTS. Mudge died in 2009.^[46]
• James A. Noel, formerly Eugene Farlough Professor of African American Christianity and Professor of American Religion at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. He passed away in 2016.
• Mayra Rivera Rivera, currently Associate Professor of Theology and Latino/a Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Prior to then, she was Assistant Professor of Theology at the Pacific School of Religion^[47]
• Annette Schellenberg, currently Professor of Old Testament in the Protestant Faculty at the University of Vienna. Prior to then, she was Associate Professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary.^[48]
• Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, Professor Emerita of New Testament and Christian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
• Roy I. Sano, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Pacific and Asian American Ministries at Pacific School of Religion
• Choan Seng Song, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion.

Distinguished Lectureships and Awards

Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Since 1976, GTU faculty annually nominates a consortial faculty member that embodies the scholarly standards, teaching excellence, and interdisciplinary and ecumenical ethos, all of which are represented in the GTU. Nominations are first considered by the Council of Deans, comprising the academic deans of all GTU seminaries.^[49]

• 1976: Massey H. Shepherd (CDSP)
• 1977: Bernard Loomer, (GTU)
• 1978: Michael J. Buckley, SJ (JST)
• 1979: Karen Lebacqz (PSR)
• 1980: Kenan B. Osborne, OFM (FST)
• 1981: Robert J. Goeser (PLTS)
• 1982: Claude Welch (GTU)
• 1983: Robert McAfee Brown (PSR)
• 1984: William R. Herzog (SFTS)
• 1985: Benjamin A. Reist (SFTS)
• 1986: Clare Benedicks Fischer (SKSM)
• 1987: Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM (JST)
• 1988: Daniel C. Matt (CJS, GTU)
• 1989: John R. Donahue, SJ (JST)
• 1990: Ted Peters (PLTS)
• 1991: Durwood Foster (PSR)
• 1992: Antoinette Wire (SFTS)
• 1993: Mary Ann Donovan, SC (JST)
• 1994: John Hilary Martin, OP (DSPT)
• 1995: John Coleman, SJ (JST)
• 1996: J. Rebecca Lyman (CDSP)
• 1997: Eldon Ernst (ABSW)
• 1998: Martha Ellen Stortz (PLTS)
• 1999: Archie Smith (PSR)
• 2000: Judith Berling (GTU)
• 2001: Robert J. Russell (CTNS, GTU)
• 2002: Alejandro Garcia-Rivera (JST)
• 2003: Lewis S. Mudge (SFTS)
• 2004: Barbara Green (DSPT)
• 2005: Gina Hens-Piazza (JST)
• 2006: L. William Countryman (CDSP)
• 2007: Richard Gula, SS (FST)
• 2008: Fumitaka Matsuoka (PSR)
• 2009: Philip L. Wickeri (SFTS)
• 2010: Arthur Holder (GTU)
• 2011: Mary Ann Tolbert (PSR)
• 2012: James Noel (SFTS)
• 2013: William Short, OFM (FST)
• 2014: Christopher Ocker (SFTS)
• 2015: William O'Neill (JST)

Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award

The Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award was funded by a gift from the Sarlo Foundation and is given annually to a member of the core doctoral faculty whose teaching and mentoring of doctoral students embodies the values of interreligious dialogue and interdisciplinary approach to teaching. A monetary award is accompanied with this award, along with an announcement at the GTU Commencement.

• 2003: Judith Berling (GTU)
• 2004: Fumitaka Matsuoka (PSR)
• 2005: Clare Fischer (SKSM)
• 2006: Doug Adams (PSR)
• 2007: Gina Hens-Piazza (JST)
• 2008: Jerome P. Baggett (JST)
• 2009: Lewis Rambo (SFTS)
• 2010: Alejandro Garcia-Rivera (JST)
• 2011: Ron Nakasone (IBS)
• 2012: Boyung Lee (PSR)
• 2013: Mia Mochizuki (GTU/JST)
• 2014: William O'Neill (JST)
• 2015: Munir Jiwa (GTU)

Reading of the Sacred Texts Lectures

Sponsored by the Friends of the GTU's Library, the annual lecture invites a speaker connected with a "sacred text" in the broadest sense of the term. Speakers are invited to reflect on the concept in a public lecture held every spring.

• 1993: John Pairman Brown (GTU, Visiting Scholar)
• 1994: Barbara Oliver (actress)
• 1995: Robert W. Funk (CDSP)
• 1996: Ronald Nakasone (PSR)
• 1997: Huston Smith (UC-Berkeley)
• 1998: Margaret R. Miles (GTU)
• 1999: Jerald C. Brauer (University of Chicago)
• 2000: Nora Marks and Richard Dauenhauer (poets)
• 2001: Snjezana Veljacic-Akpinar (Dharma Realm Buddhist University)
• 2002: Luise Schottroff (PSR/GTU)
• 2003: Rabbi Lawrence Kushner (Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco)
• 2004: Hon. John T. Noonan (U.S. Circuit Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals)
• 2005: Choan-Seng Song (PSR)
• 2006: Mia Mochizuki (JST/GTU)
• 2007: Luis Valdez (playwright, writer)
• 2008: Clifford Cranna (San Francisco Opera)
• 2009: Nargis Virani (New School University)
• 2010: Robert Alter (UC-Berkeley)
• 2011: John P. Meier (University of Notre Dame)
• 2012: Jonathan L. Reed (University of La Verne)
• 2013: Arthur Holder (GTU)
• 2014: Ted Peters and Robert John Russell (CTNS/GTU)
• 2015: Ven. Thepo Rinpoche (Tibetan Association of Northern California)
• 2016: Rita Sherma (GTU)

Surjit Singh Lecture in Comparative Religious Thought and Culture

• 1991: Surjit Singh (SFTS)
• 1992: Howard Eilberg-Schwartz (Stanford University)
• 1993: Huston Smith (Syracuse University)
• 1994: Wendy Doniger (University of Chicago)
• 1995: John Cobb (Claremont School of Theology)
• 1996: Judith Berling (GTU)
• 1997: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (George Washington University)
• 1998: Veer Bhadra Mishra (Banaras Hindu University)
• 1999: Diana Eck (Harvard University)
• 2000: Pandit Chitresh Das (Chhandam School of Kathak Dance)
• 2001: Nancy Scheper-Hughes (UC-Berkeley)
• 2002: Zhuo Xinping (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
• 2003: S. Nomanul Haq (University of Pennsylvania)
• 2004: Joanna Williams (UC-Berkeley)
• 2005: Felix Wilfred (University of Madras)
• 2006: Laurel Kendall (American Museum of Natural History)
• 2008: Omid Safi (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
• 2009: Shibley Telhami (University of Maryland, College Park)
• 2010: Anri Morimoto (International Christian University, Japan)
• 2011: Kate McCarthy (California State University - Chico)
• 2012: Robert Bellah (UC-Berkeley)
• 2013: Jennifer Howe Peace (Andover Newton Theological Seminary)
• 2015: Anantanand Rambachan (St. Olaf College)
• 2016: Philip Wickeri

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