The Graduate Theological Union has received a $2.5 million anonymous endowment gift to support interreligious innovation and community transformation.
This investment strengthens the GTU Next strategic plan—expanding financial aid, supporting emerging scholars, and advancing a model of theological education rooted in collaboration across traditions.
With this support, the GTU continues to build toward a sustainable future and deepen its role in preparing leaders for pluralistic communities.
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Kathryn R. Barush, Bertelsen Professor of Art History and Religion at the GTU and the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, has received the Art + Christianity Book Award for Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience.
Awarded annually, the prize recognizes work that advances public understanding of the relationship between faith and art. Barush’s book explores how contemporary artistic practices engage pilgrimage—connecting landscapes, communities, and lived experience across global contexts.
This recognition highlights the GTU’s ongoing contributions to the study of art, religion, and the ways people create meaning through visual culture.
Learn more: gtu.edu/news
We need scholars in Art and Religion because creativity expresses what words alone cannot.
Scholars in art and religion help interpret symbols, images, and creative traditions that shape spiritual life across cultures.
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We need scholars in Theology and Science because the biggest questions require many ways of knowing.
Scholars working at the intersection of science and theology help us explore meaning, ethics, discovery, and responsibility in a rapidly changing world.
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We need scholars in Islamic Studies because knowledge builds understanding across communities.
Islamic Studies scholars engage history, theology, language, and culture—helping foster informed dialogue in an interconnected world.
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We need scholars in Hindu Studies because living traditions deserve careful study and deep respect.
Hindu Studies scholars explore philosophy, ritual, language, and culture—helping communities understand traditions that have shaped human thought for millennia.
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We need scholars in Jewish Studies because history, memory, and tradition matter.
Jewish Studies scholars preserve texts, interpret traditions, and help communities understand the past while shaping meaningful futures.
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We need scholars in religion because understanding beliefs helps us understand people.
Religion shapes cultures, communities, ethics, and public life. Scholars of religion help us interpret traditions, navigate difference, and build deeper mutual understanding.
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How do traditions understand healing across history, culture, and thought?
Join the Richard S. Dinner @gtucjs for Healing in Jewish History and Thought, an annual conference exploring the theme of healing from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
Held on campus and online, this day-long gathering invites scholars, students, and community members into meaningful conversation about history, interpretation, and the enduring search for restoration.
Learn more and register: gtu.edu/events/healing-jewish-history-and-thought
From art and scholarship to justice, history, and the dialogue between science and theology, upcoming GTU events invite our community to explore big questions together.
Join us on campus and online for lectures, gallery experiences, celebrations, and conversations that reflect the depth and diversity of learning at the Graduate Theological Union.
View upcoming events and register: gtu.edu/events
Easter brings a sense of renewal—an invitation to notice what is growing, changing, and becoming new.
Across traditions and communities, it is a time that gestures toward hope, possibility, and fresh beginnings.
Wishing a joyful Easter to all who celebrate!
Good Friday invites a moment to slow down and reflect.
It is a day that holds complexity—of struggle, care, and the realities of the human experience—while opening space for compassion and deeper understanding.
We pause today alongside all who observe.
