“Humanitarian military intervention: The ethical imperitive vs the rule of law” Ph.D. Dissertation by Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
Abstract: This dissertation argues that the existing disjunction between ethical and legal justifications for humanitarian military intervention undermines the international rule of law with respect to use of force and negatively impacts the efficacy and consistency of humanitarian military policy. The cause of the this disjunction is located in the unfortunate influence of analytic positivism […]
“Visions of awakening space and time: The world-view of Dōgen and the “Lotus Sutra”” Ph.D. Dissertation by Taigen Dan Leighton
Abstract: The Lotus Sutra is prominent among the many sources quoted in writings of Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200–1253), highlighting the Mahāyāna context of his teachings and world-view. This work focuses on Dōgen’s use of the pivotal story in Lotus Sutra chapters fifteen and sixteen-myriad bodhisattvas emerging from underground and the inconceivable life-span of the […]
Center for Islamic Studies Opens
With the academic and religious resources to offer a distinctively interreligious and interdisciplinary approach, the GTU founded the Center for Islamic Studies (CIS) in 2007. The center is building an academic platform to help scholars and students of many faiths learn about the richness of Islam and the diversity of Muslims, and emphasizes study and […]
Reading the Signs of the Times: The Heritage and Promise of the GTU by Bishop John S. Cummins
“Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a postcolonial reading of the Deuteronomistic History” Ph.D. Dissertation by Uriah Yong-Hwan Kim
Abstract: This dissertation employs postcolonial criticism to reading the Deuteronomistic History intercontextually with Asian American history in order to decolonize an understanding of Josiah and his kingdom that both appeals persistently to the metanarrative of nationalism and is still affected by the legacy of Orientalism. The author argues that the story of Josiah is embedded […]
Robert Bellah Addresses the GTU’s Board of Trustees
On October 18, 2003, Robert Bellah adressed the board retreat on the topic “GTU, the Church and the World.” Bellah encouraged GTU to address the current consumer oriented religious participant by training students with a deep understanding of their religious traditions and a sophisticated view of the global issues.
Expanded Memorandum of Understanding between UCB and GTU signed
Memorandum of Understanding between UCB and GTU signed in April 2003 to endorse an expanded program of inter-institutional cooperation. Featured in the photograph: Front: Joseph Duggan, Associate Dean, UCB Graduate Division; Diane Hill, UCB Registrar; Naomi Seidman, Director, Center Jewish Studies; Arthur Holder, Dean, GTU. Middle: Mary Ann Mason, Dean, UCB Graduate Division; Carol Redmount, […]
Arthur G. Holder, Dean 2002-2016
Arthur G. Holder, still active at GTU, was the longest serving Dean at GTU. He is a historian of Christian spirituality with particular interests in early medieval biblical interpretation, mysticism, and the writings of the Venerable Bede. A priest of the Episcopal Church, he was Professor and Academic Dean at the Church Divinity School of […]
Glenn R. Bucher, President 1992-99
Glenn R. Bucher understood that the GTU, entering into its fourth decade, needed to maintain its place in theological education and to work toward “ever greater achievements.” For GTU’s 30th anniversary events, he challenged the school to be more prominent and influential as a national and international center for theological study, and to be a […]
“The photojournalism of the Vietnamese conflict as religious art” Ph.D. Dissertation by Jann Cather Weaver
Abstract: Using Paul Tillich’s methods for discerning religious dimensions in visual art, the photojournalism of the Vietnamese Conflict is viewed as contemporary religious art. Tillich delineates two methods for discerning religious dimensions in art: four levels of relation between religion and art; five stylistic elements conveying religious dimensions. While not a systematic theological structure, Tillich’s […]