“‘Multiple Realities’ and its Implications for the Ethical Province of Meaning: A Study of Alfred Schutz” Ph.D. dissertation by Walter Dwight Oberholtzer, Jr.
Common Library opens at CDSP
GTU’s Common Library opens in Church Divinity School of the Pacific’s basement. Initially, the library combined books and journals from some member schools in a single location. Unfortunately, different cataloging systems were used by the different seminaries, creating a cataloger’s challenge. Ultimately, all books were catalogued under the Library of Congress classification, used by nearly all […]
Center for Hermeneutical Studies in Hellenistic and Modern Culture founded
The Center for Hermeneutical Studies in Hellenistic and Modern Culture was founded to provide a forum for scholars interested in the problems of interpretation, particularly with reference to Hellenistic culture and its significance for contemporary culture. Eventually this center adopted the name, the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, which operated until 2010.
School of Applied Theology becomes affiliate
The Institute of Lay Theology (ILT), first located at the University of San Francisco, pioneered the education of full-time lay ministers for parish work. The ILT was invited to become an affiliate, which it did in 1968 as the School of Applied Theology, located in Oakland. The school continued there through 2014.
Center for Judaic Studies founded
The Center for Judaic Studies (later the Center for Jewish Studies and now the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies) was GTU’s first specialized institute. Professor and Rabbi David Winston was appointed to head the Center, becoming the third faculty appointment to be supported by GTU funding. While not a rabbinical school, the Center […]
Franciscan School of Theology joins consortium
In 1854, Mission Santa Barbara was chartered as an apostolic college and continued in that capacity until 1885. From 1869 to 1877, the school also functioned as a college for laymen. In 1896, it began as a four-year high school seminary program. The high school and college departments became separate institutions in 1901 and 1929. […]
Jesuit School of Theology joins consortium
Founded as Alma College in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1934, the school opened as a theologate for Jesuits of the Oregon and California Provinces, becoming a pontifical faculty in 1945. In 1958, the theologate affiliated with Santa Clara University (SCU) as its School of Theology. In the midst of Vatican II (1964), the faculty […]
Center for Urban-Black Studies founded
The Center for Urban-Black Studies integrated theological study with Urban-Black and Urban-Minority communities. In addition to encouraging understanding of the contribution of the Black church through courses, the Center hosted annual Martin Luther King, Jr. lectures, along with other outreach activities. The Center closed in 1994 but continues through the Black Church/Africana Religious Studies program.