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JUST IN: The Green Light with FGR fan John Light
10:38am Monday 3rd February 2014
By John Light
10:38am Monday 3rd February 2014
By John Light
NOW the story really starts! Welcome giant defender Luke Oliver from Bradford City and we think Morgan Fox from Charlton.
Their signings show the determination and ambition of our club. Their signings complete the change of our team from one of talented but naive players, hesitant and under-achieving into a skilful streetwise side. Now we can really punch our weight.
The left-back position has been a cause of concern since the untimely injury to Chris Stokes. Prince is clearly happier on the right and having seen Binnom- Williams at home and away his displays did not fill me with confidence.
Although improving our defence was still brittle. Hyde scored two goals against us and Chester should have been 2-0 up before we settled down. There have been problems in the air all season, both from set pieces and open play. Luke should help solve them.
We are in good form, and with games in hand anything can happen. We are 10 points behind Gateshead but have four games in hand. If the new confidence and exuberance in the side is maintained, anything can happen. The rest of the season is going to be great fun, whatever happens.
Confidence and exuberance is exactly what Ady Pennock has brought to the club. The nervous, tense approach of Dave Hockaday's later days is gone. Now we see the ball moved much more quickly and every player works hard and supports each other.
James Norwood as well as talking eloquently about his own game was surely speaking for everyone when he talked about a new confidence in the side, a point he emphasised by referring to the new found ability to play on all sorts of pitches. The interview, reported in this newspaper told of his increased maturity and that goes for the team as well. Now it can really be onwards and upwards.
I hope it is the same for Matty Taylor. His stunning goal for Chester showed how good he can be. Matty is now firmly in the shop window. He will enjoy playing before crowds twice the size of those at the New Lawn and if the goals flow the world is his oyster. He remains our player and as such may return. Good luck Matty.
And of course good luck to Matt Bulman. By far the best kicker from hand of any of the goalkeepers I have seen at FGR, this cheerful, engaging character will be missed. He has made a pragmatic decision and will surely show he has much football left in him.
The way the Reece Styche move was handled reflects credit on everyone concerned.
The departing Reece was warm in his support for the manager who clearly stated he could not stand in the way of anyone wishing to play league football. Quite right too.
The days of soccer slaves have gone and players will always be able to move upwards. The aim must be to get maximum performance when they are here. We can hope for no more. The soccer grapevine will already have spread the news about the support Reece received from the club. This will, in future, encourage players to join us. Any other course of action would have had the reverse effect, now and in the future.
Some people will regard this week's column as too effusive, too gung ho. Perhaps so, but this is an opinion column and as a fan this is how I and surely many others feel. The chairman has backed the manager and if the latter is the man I think he is, there is no limit to what can be achieved.
Our chairman has, this week, uttered some wise words about the club trust and the supporters club. Praising both groups for all the right reasons he explained that he would like to see them united and taking the club forward together.
No one can possibly disagree with this. There are fine people in both organisations and as we hope for achievements on the pitch these committed supporters could improve on their fine performances if there was an amalgamation.
The Woking cancellation gave me the opportunity to practice my email skills. This column is handwritten on three sheets of foolscap, and my writing is not the neatest.
This presents a challenge to SNJ Ash and his team so they must hope I achieve electronic media mastery. If I do not, then the claim I am a dinosaur will be quite correct. I am making progress because I can now construct a column of this length in three and a half hours.
Oh dear – it looks like I shall have to start again. Lee Fowler has been seen in The Glider Cafe!
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There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Also, this is somewhat unrelated, but when I'm watching other games, I'm amazed how much refs ignore the verticality rule and call the foul anyway. Just annoying.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
I personally don't care about the complaining of the officiating as it is obviously far from a perfect science.
I do hate it when fans comment and make it seem like the refs are out to "screw over" a specific team. Bad calls are going to be called on teams throughout each game, but referees aren't going out of their way to make sure they make bad calls against one team while ignoring the calls for the other team.
Because 98% of the time it is the same thing. yes there were bad calls both ways. what else is there to say, I mean if you enjoy the technical aspects of officiating I can understand that, but otherwise isn't it just not very beneficial. I suppose we can discuss every bad call throughout every game, I just don't know what that accomplishes
Tim Donaghy did it, and no one had the slightest clue. What changes were made to ensure it couldn't or wouldn't happen again? The NBA pretends that their officiating is above reproach, and when they employed a confessed cheater, it's hard for me to really put a whole lot of faith in their ability to sniff it out.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
I really don't want to make this another officiating argument, but it really grinds my gears that when you question the sancity of NBA officiating, you're branded a tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist, even though we already know it can and did happen. Tim Donaghy happened, whether it's acknowledge or not. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
I can handle the occassional bad call. After all, it is possible for two different people to view the same thing and to interpret it differently. When multiple bad calls against your team occur during a critical stretch of a game it sucks... But it does happen very infrequently.
The call that actually makes me irate is when you have seen a replay from multiple views, then come to realize that not only did you get a bad call, but that the referee that made the call, could not possibly have seen the foul that was allegedly committed from where he was positioned.. And, I have to say that Joey Crawford is guilty of this. Overall, I'd bet that we do pretty good when Crawford refs our games. But this one thing makes me dread seeing him at the tipoff of our games.
I agree Refs making calls when out of position is undoubtedly infuriating.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Yes, it could happen, but if every fan complaining about the refs was right that it was part of the conspiracy, even the most Keystone Kops law enforcement would have run it down by now.
Someone, somewhere, got hit with a meteorite. Proves that it can happen, doesn't mean you have to wear full armor plate every time you go outside.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I already ripped that game to DVD. I was lucky I had my capture card running for some odd reason. That was ugly, but such a great back and fourth game. I am going to enjoy having that in my collection.
It's not just Tim Donaghy though. All you've got to do is watch Joey Crawford try and take over pretty much every game he officiates. When it becomes a pattern, that the NBA doesn't do anything to address but rather touts him as one of their best, it really makes you wonder how much they even care. My feelings on this aren't attached to the Pacers, at all. I get good laughs at his officiating, and pure dickheadedness, watching a Bucks-Kings game.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
And am I just misremembering or just making it up, but I thought the NBA changed the way they were going to call fouls on elbows a couple seasons ago? I thought sticking them up, and using them to intimidate defenders even without necessarily swinging them, was supposed to be an offensive foul.
The play where Melo shoved Lance's arm/shoulder, then sticking his elbows up, with Lance getting the foul and then technical is, obviously, what I'm thinking of. If Joey would have just called the first foul, you wouldn't need the subsequent foul and technical to get things back under control.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
I wasn't trying to say that in general, calling out a blatantly bad call is a bad thing. I mean, I do it all the time myself.
I think ACE said it a lot better than I coudl. It's the ones who always think the refs have a specific agenda against a team, and they see it that way no matter what. My example was the Knicks fans this past game. Their absurd bias made them somehow see past the fact that Shump CLEARLY fouled PG, and 'Melo threw his shoulder into PG the next play. No way in hell could you have called that differently.
So I guess more or less, I was calling out the huge homers among us, because it's annoying if you think every call is going against you when it's not.
Who is to say its not beneficial? I enjoy ripping the officials for terrible calls. Its fun. Its not about discussing the bad call, its more about just pointing it out that it was a bad call. Nothing actually has to come from it. I can't wait until I get to sit down close to the court again. I've got entire list of Official heckling that I've been collecting over time.
"I'm Blind, Can't see...might as well be a Referee!"
"Hey Joey! Do need to go check your voicemail? Cause you been missing alot of calls!"
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
But I don't think people are conspiracy theorists when they see Crawford asserting his theory when he decides to stop, make a call that is opposite of the other officials, and grandstand like a ****ing idiot.
I get it. It sucks watching all the bad officials etc. Just the homerism is all I'm talking about.
Wow, is that the best you have? LOL
I mean our board isn't really that bad for the most part, but it happens on occasion. Most of us admit when we see a call go for us for instance, or admit if one of our guys gets away with something. Lot of us have complained about Lance's ridiculous flopping from time to time. BUUT it can happen on occasion, little nerds acting as if our guys are perfect, and can do know wrong.
To my knowledge, people who claim that an official made a mistake, or that an official made many mistakes, or claiming that a whole crew made a huge amount of mistakes, are never being labeled a tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorists.
Expressing thoughts such as "David Stern absolutely must have called up X on the phone and told him to call Y to make sure that team Z wins, because that corrupt ref was clearly out to get us all night long, and yes, that game was FIXED, fixed I tell you!" gets you labeled as a possible tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist. Why? Because you are making huge extrapolations from the data when much simpler explanations, like human error, are much more plausible.
Now, as Woody Allen said, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't someone out to get you. Corruption is possible. We have seen it.
But it is maddening when somebody grabs onto a charge/block call as evidence of game fixing, or even multiple calls against your favorite team as evidence of game-fixing, when a rational analysis would likely find as many wrong calls favoring the other team, but you didn't even notice them due to homerism.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
To be fair, I think the voicemail one is actually kinda clever.
When it comes to heckling the officials, I have no clue why home fans would do. All you're doing is making him dislike you and at the very least there has to be some subconscious effect there on the ref. I'd prefer people take it the other way and try to charm the official. "Hey Joey, great call! You're nailin em tonight!"
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Don't be harsh!
That was just off the top of my head of a couple i've heard that stuck with me. I've been hunting for good ones.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
The G2 Zone had a "Joey Crawford" chant last year. One of the games it was used in was the one that Lebron fouled out of.
Coincidence? I think not.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
The Knicks really played their tails off and would have won that game last year. Notwithstanding the beating at the hands of the Bulls, we are a better team this year. Really, I am still shocked the Bulls had their way like that.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I do it often during the games, though usually just in person with anyone I'm with or just thinking it to myself. I don't often go out of my way to put it in text on Twitter or here, though. I will sometimes, though. I thought they were letting both teams foul last night, to be honest.
That's not right. Roy was on Kenyon Martin to start the game and West was on Bargnani. The problems arose when the Knicks went with a smallball line-up that put Bargnani at C and Melo at PF. That's when Roy was forced to guard Bargnani. Roy was on Bargs only when Kenyon Martin was not on the court.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Amy Adams as Mickey in Trouble With A Curve
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Listen as Prof. J.D. King, director of the Law School's new criminal defense clinic, explains some of the goals and benefits of the new program.
Clinic director J.D. King, who was himself a public defender for the District of Columbia, hopes that the clinic will better prepare students planning on career in criminal defense for the challenges and frustrations of an often understaffed and underfunded public defender system.
Its not unusual for public defenders to represent over fifty clients at a time, says King. Our students will rarely have more than two ongoing cases, and this will allow them to learn the real way to try a case, to leave no stone unturned. They will be able to focus on a case in a way that is not always possible in a high volume criminal defense practice.
The Clinic will represent low-income clients from Lexington, Rockbridge County and surrounding areas and receive case assignments directly from the courts. Operating on a completely pro bono basis, the Clinic will take no money from clients and will not receive compensation from the court system. King estimates the Clinic will handle 40-60 cases each year.
In addition to providing a level of representation second to none in the area, the goal of the Clinic is to teach students the art of criminal defense and effective trial practice. In addition to learning the substantive and procedural law of criminal practice, students will be responsible for the entire life of the case until the trial is over. They will conduct client interviews, make arguments on bail and conditions of release, find and interview witnesses, litigate evidence discovery, and argue sentencing motions among other tasks.
Students working in the Clinic have found their first steps into the world of criminal defense to be humbling. Nicholas Neidzwski 10L, who is working on a DUI case, notes that it was disconcerting to find he was not able to provide ready answers to his clients seemingly simple questions, such as Am I going to jail?
Meeting with my client for the first time, I was forced to become comfortable with the answer I don't know, but I will look into it and get back to you tomorrow, says Neidzwski. The practice of law has become more real to me through the Clinic, and it has become evident that zealous advocacy is not the only part to being a good lawyer.
For his part, King hopes the clinic will develop in students an understanding of what a well-functioning indigent criminal defense firm should look like, while exposing them to the significant challenges of this area of practice.
Students will feel frustrated navigating a new system thats not always user friendly, and dealing with a deck that seems stacked against you, says King. But they will experience those frustrations in an environment that is supportive and encourages self reflection, becoming better and more creative litigators in the process.


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Jennifer Howe Peace (Ph.D. '05)
Assistant Professor of Interfaith Studies, Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) and Director of CIRCLE (Center fo Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education)
People of diverse religious backgrounds encounter each other daily in coffee shops, hospitals, classrooms, and around the dinner table. What might these encounters teach us about ourselves, our neighbors, or about God? Drawing on stories from My Neighbor's Faith (Orbis, 2012), this year's Singh Lecture will explore what these encounters tell us about the nature of transformative interfaith work today.
Responses will be given by Charles Gibbs (Executive Director, United Religions Initiative) and Rebecca Parker (President, Starr King School for the Ministry) with a discussion moderated by Judith Berling (Professor of Chinese and Comparative Religions, GTU). The will be a public reception before the lecture at 6:00PM in the Bade Museum across the Courtyard.
A Celebration in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the GTU, including dinner, entertainment, and art auction featuring original works inspired by the mission of the GTU and commissioned for this event.
Special Guests: Interfaith and Ecumenical Pioneers Rita Semel and Judith Berling
Buy your tickets online http://gtu.givezooks.com/events/50th-anniversary-gala
St. Regis San Francisco, 125 Third Street, San Francisco.
You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming performance of Shanti: A Journey of Peace, a spectacular multi-media musical production that fuses western choral and orchestral music with Indian musical and dance elements.
Worth 2 units.
Co-sponsored with CARE
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Dr. Darleen Pryds, Dr. Inese Radzins, and Dr. Judith Berling will discuss the Gendered Images: The Feminine Divine exhibit.
WSR is having a Screening of Pink Smoke Over The Vatican, a documentary by Jules Hart about Women's ordination within the Roman Catholic Church. Screening followed by a discussion with Professor Victoria Rue, who is an ordained Roman Catholic Priest.
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
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Professor Laurel Schneider will be speaking for the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry's Georgia Harkness lecture on Thursday, October 13th.
Dr. Schneider will be doing a roundtable with WSR to discuss her work in the Dinner Boardroom at 10am on Friday, October 14th.
WSR will be co-sponsoring CARE's gallery reception for Ann Jefferson and Patrisha Gill for "Something Within: Celebrating the Faith and Artistry of African-American Women Hymn and Gospel Pioneers"
Please note that this event took place in November of 2010 and not 2011.
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WSR will be co-sponsoring with CARE Lisann Bassham's theater production class's Feminine Divine performance.
Doug Adams Gallery, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Bring your lunch and join us for a conversation with Dr. Chizuko Saito about how Japanese religious communities are helping to heal victims of the tsunami. Tea will be provided.
Dr. Saito received her Ph.D. from the GTU and is currently an associate professor at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto, Japan.
Confucian Ethics enjoys growing interest in the Western World. Dr. Chan, S.J. will explore strong evidence for a rich comparative dialogue between Christian and Confucian Ethics. Click here for more information.
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, 1735 Le Roy Avenue, Berkeley
Rev. Dr. Lauran Bethell, MDiv, DD, Global Consultant American Baptist International Ministries, will be the featured speaker for the 2012 Theodore Keaton Lecture. Lauren has been working for more than two decades on behalf of and caring for women who have been exploited and abused. In 2005 she received the Human Rights Award from Baptist World Alliance for her work with at risk women trapped in prostitution. Rev. Dr. Bethell is a 1985 graduate of ABSW. The lecture will take place in the Claiborne M.
Tuesday Night Talks at Pacific School of ReligionNOTE: This talk is on Thursday.
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Reception 7 PM, Lecture 7:30 PM
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Tuesday Night Talks at Pacific School of Religion
Doug Adams Gallery, Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley CA, 94709
Mudd 102, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
On Wednesday evening, July 18, there will be a showing of the internationally award-winning film, Tell Me Something I Can't Forget, followed by a discussion of using writing to empower the silenced.
Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
Starr King School for the Ministry has announced it's first Symposium to be held August 21-23, 2012: "Living in the Differences: Counter-Oppressive, Multi-Religious The( )logies in the 21st Century". This urban retreat, led by Provost Dr. Ibrahim Farajajé, inaugurates a new structure in SKSM's educational approach: an annual gathering of our entire student body, faculty, staff and trustees for three days of learning, ritual, celebration, food, music, community-building and service.
Dinner Board Room
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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!
Welcome BBQ for all entering students in all programs across consortium.
Quad, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Sunday Spirit: Religious Images by African Artists from the Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection represents an important body of work from the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland.
Dinner Board Room, 5:30-7:00p
If you are planning to propose your dissertation this 2012-2013 academic year, you are strongly encouraged to attend this orientation.
Free and open to the community.
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.
Sponsored by the Diocese of Oakland
The Cathedral of Christ the Light Event Center, 2121 Harrison Street, Oakland
Reception Following, Free Admission, Please RSVP 510/267-8350
Moderator: Bishop Emeritus John S. Cummins
September 10 - Please join us as we welcome new and returning students. Kosher catered lunch will be provided.
Center for Jewish Studies, Hedco Room, 2465 Le Conte Ave, Berkeley, CA
Chapel of the Great Commission, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
5:30 pm Reception, 6:30 pm Lecture
Susannah Cornwall, Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Lincoln Theological Institute at the University of Manchester, will deliver this year's Harkness Lecture. Her current research focuses on interactions between intersex and faith identity via empirical research with intersex Christians in Britain, and the implications for theological policy, pastoral care and healthcare chaplaincy.
7:00 pm reception; 7:30 pm presentation; 8:45 pm book signing
Under the Big Top of the Doug Adams Gallery/Bade Museum Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Nick Weber is…
Theater Artist, Jesuit Priest, Clown, Author of "The Circus that Ran Away with a Jesuit Priest," Theologian, Educator, Founder of "The Royal Lichtenstein Quarter-Ring Sidewalk Circus" – a nationwide, traveling, complete circus of spirit and conscience for 20 years, Former PSR Visiting Faculty
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
During this event Zaytuna College's co-founders, Hatem Bazian, Zaid Shakir, and Hamza Yusuf will speak about the recent wave of unrest in Libya, Egypt and other parts of the Muslim world that was set off due to the posting of the video maligning the Prophet Mohammad (SAW).
James A. Donahue (President, Graduate Theological Union) and Munir Jiwa (Assistant Professor, Graduate Theological Union) will also speak at this event.
Sandy Tolan, Associate Professor - Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC will be moderating this event.
Tonight, September 17
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
Come, have some food and meet faculty & students that are interested in Women's Studies. This is a family friendly event, so please bring your children. Women's Studies isn't just for women - so men interested please come!
Find out about our certificate program and great events.
The GTU and the member schools invite all interested persons to an educational program in commemoration of the signing of the United States Constitution in September 1787.
Hosted by the Women's Studies in Religion program
Institute of Buddhist Studies Jodo Shin Center, 2140 Durant Avenue Berkeley
UC Berkeley - Center for Southeast Asia Studies' Parts of the Heart series, co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies
Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), Conference Room
Mini-film festival showing a selection of feature films and documentaries from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia that look at LGBT issues from different perspectives.
Event Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com, 510-642-3609
The GTU President's and Dean's Offices invite you to a brown bag luncheon discussion to hear about the work of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey near Geneva, Switzerland, a program of the World Council of Churches.
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.
Islamic Scholarship Fund presents:
Empowering Muslim Voices in American Politics
Join ISF as we discuss the significance of education and the Muslim vote in civic engagement and community leadership in this election year.
The Graduate Theological Union Library invites you to an exhibition of visual and textual expressions that characterize religious beliefs. Titled Imaging Religion: An Exhibition in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Graduate Theological Union, the exhibition runs from October 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013 (extended through February 28).
Included in the display are Orthodox icons; Catholic paintings, prints, and vestments; Protestant prints; Islamic and Buddhist calligraphy; Jewish scrolls; and printed material, statues and objects from these and other traditions.
Of special note are works by contemporary artists Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang, Ron Nakasone, He Qi, Alfonso Castillo, Corita Kent, Angelica Vasquez Cruz, and Virginia and Louis Naranjo.
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
Applying to doctoral programs? This is a workshop to help you with a key component in the process. Join GTU Dean Arthur Holder and faculty panelists in a discussion of the academic statement of purpose, the essence of the application for admission to a doctoral program. The panel will provide key suggestions for crafting this important "little" document. Join us Thursday, October 4, from 12:30-2pm in the Dinner Board Room of the GTU Hewlett Library.
Dr. Flora Keshgegian, Dr. Inese Radzins, and Dr. Jennifer Davidson
A discussion of questions such as: How does one respond to a call for papers? What makes for an effective proposal? What should one include in a proposal & what should be left out?
Brown Bag Lunch
Interfaith faculty discussion
Faculty speakers:
Easton Hall, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2401 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Sponsored by the GTU Dean's Office
This year, the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University will host a series of events on the theme "The Unfinished Agenda of Vatican II," commemorating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II (the first session met in October 1962).
This event is the Keynote address which will be given by Rev. Joseph Komonchak of Catholic University.
Holy Spirit Parish, Newman Hall, UC Berkeley, 2700 Dwight Way, Berkeley. The parish will host a reception to follow.
Join in a Green Tea Conversation with Roma Ulinnuha. Roma is a Ph.D. student at Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS). He is a lecturer of Ushuluddin, Religious Studies, and Islamic Thoughts at the State Islamic University (UIN), Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta since 2006.
Bring your lunch. Tea & snack will be provided. Free and open to the public.
Mudd 101, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
We will explore the Christian, Mormon, Muslim and Jewish perspectives on the upcoming election and the role of religion in American politics, with attention to recent discussions around the separation of Church and State, on religious freedom and its role in public policy, and U.S. foreign policy.
Stanford University's Weiland Health Initiative Annual Conference
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305-6105
Register: http://bit.ly/weilandconference2012
Ms. Karen Biestman
Rabbi Mychal Copeland
Rev. Roland Stringfellow (PSR CLGS)
Rev. Daigan Gaither (GTU MA student)
Dossie Easton, MFT
Dr. Jay Johnson (PSR)
Brown Bag Lunch & Learn with Professor Daniel Itzkovitz
Itzkovitz is Professor of English at Stonehill College. He is writing a book entitled Fixing the Jews, which examines 21st century attempts to fix the meanings of Jewishness, and in the process, to fix what's wrong with Jewish life today.
CJS, First Floor Lounge, 2465 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley
Tune in to hear GTU President James Donahue on KQED's Forum Thursday, October 25, at 10:00 am with host Michael Krasny together with NPR Religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty. Their topic, "God in the White House," is based on our Thursday, Oct. 18 panel discussion on religion and the upcoming presidential election.
Recordings of both the Oct. 18 panel and the Oct. 25 broadcast will be available shortly on www.gtu.edu.
David E. Presti, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Program in Cognitive Science, University of California, Berkeley.
Conference Room, Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor
For more information, visit http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu.
'Eid Mubarak!
The Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU wishes our Muslim colleagues, families and friends a blessed upcoming 'Eid ul-Adha. As Muslims will be completing hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, next week, we commemorate our shared Abrahamic tradition and our common humanity. May this be a time of greater understanding, unity and peace.
We welcome you all to join us for an 'Eid lunch from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 30, in d'Autremont Dining Hall, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, 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.
Women's Studies in Religion 2nd Annual Student Conference on Women and Religion on March 1, 2013.
Call for Papers open ONLY to GTU students in ANY program. Due November 1, 2012: Email a Proposal (maximum 1000 words), Outline, and Bibliography to email@example.com.
Mudd Building, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
The theme of this year's summit is Creating Space for Social Justice. Securing human dignity for others and ourselves is not just a laudable goal, but a necessary part of our expression of faith. Our faith communities must be educated and inspired to embrace the inclusion and affirmation of our transgender, queer, intersex, transsexual and gender non-conforming members. This is the rallying call for the CLGS Transgender Religious Leaders Summit 2012.
William Waldron, Middlebury College.
You are cordially invited to attend the Fall Meeting of the Pacific Coast Theological Society (PCTS) on Friday, November 2 from 2pm-8:30pm and Saturday, November 3 from 9 am–12pm in the Tucson Room at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
WSR Cafe Series
"A Sentimental Education: Sexuality, Secularization, and the Emergence of Modern Jewish Literature"
Naomi Seidman, Director, Center for Jewish Studies
Dr. Seidman will explore the transformations of traditional Jewish culture in modernity as the adoption of bourgeois European marital structures, erotic practices, and gender roles.
Student Lounge, 2465 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley
(in conjunction with the conference Captives of the Dawn: Remembering Soviet Yiddish Culture
Theodore Bikel is an Academy Award and Tony Award-nominated actor and musician. A recognized interpreter of Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew folk songs, Bikel was an activist in the Soviet Jewry Freedom Movement.
The Annual Taube Conference in Eastern European Jewish Culture and History
Speakers will include:
You are cordially invitied to the upcoming event hosted by the Olive Tree Initiative at Berkeley: Religion and Conflict: Intersections of Faith in Conflict and Conflict Resolution, on November 7th at 6:30pm in 106 Moffit (UC Berkeley). The event will be focusing on the past and present relations, whether conflictual or constructive, between the three main monotheistic religions -- particularly as related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We will be featuring an expert panel of scholars and practitioners who deal with interfaith conflict and peacebuilding, including:
The Rev. Dr. Gordon W. Lathrop
Formal response: The Rev. Dr. L. William Countryman, CDSP Sherman E. Johnson Professor Emeritus in Biblical Studies
Part academic seminar, part spiritual retreat, the SFTS Inquirers' Weekend will introduce you to the robust theological education and reflective community environment offered by San Francisco Theological Seminary.
More information (including how to register)
Dr. James Noel (SFTS), "Black Religion in the Atlantic World During the Age of Revolution: Excavating the 'Sublime'"
Asia Project and KSA (Korean Student Association) will co-host a Green Tea Conversation inviting a Korean Buddhist scholar, Dr. Eunsu Cho. Dr. Cho will present with the topic of "Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen: hidden histories, enduring vitality." Cho is a professor of Buddhist Philosophy at Seoul National University in Korea and currently teaching at UC Berkeley as a visiting professor.
Pacific School of Religion's Come & See weekend is designed for those pursuing a call to ministry or considering seminary (graduate theological education) as preparation for work as a pastor, chaplain, religious educator, scholar, administrator, or other faith community professional.
For more information and to register visit http://www.psr.edu/public-events/come-and-see-weekend
Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Doorway to Islamic Civilization: Hands-on Islamic Art and Culture Workshops
ICCNC, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland
More information: http://zawaya.org/site/?p=1923
PSR students from various disciplines will present their research and welcome your support and feedback! Come and hear their exciting papers in various academic areas. Plus a faculty presentation by Dr. Christina Hutchins.
The PSR Graduate Symposium is a great way to catch a glimpse of what studying at PSR can look like.
To RSVP for this event email email@example.com.
ATTENTION!!! Pastors, staff ministers, church leaders, laypersons, young adults, current and prospective seminarians...
expanded choices—diversified instructors
A program designed for prospective master's degree students, this event is an opportunity to meet faculty, student, and staff representatives from the member schools and centers -- explore ways to understand the urgent issues of our time in an interreligious graduate study community in Berkeley.
Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
To reserve a place, email or call the GTU Admissions Office, 800/826-4488
Rev. Jeanne Loveless
"What They Don't Teach You In Seminary: Negotiating Contracts, Loving Yourself, & Staying Calm No Matter What"
Franciscan School of Theology, 1712 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley
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'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.
From Shiraz to Chardonnay, wine has been an essential part of the Jewish and Christian religious experience for millennia. These early traditions continue to influence today's robust wine connoisseurs offering a fascinating history and an assortment of varieties to discover. Wine expert Joel Butler teams up with biblical historian Randall Heskett for a remarkable adventure that explores the drinking habits of biblical figures 3,500 to 2,000 years ago.
Mary Ann Donovan, S.C. (JST-SCU) and Arthur Holder (GTU) will speak on Ecumenism.
Gesu Chapel, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, 1735 Le Roy Avenue, Berkeley
Monroe Room, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago.
RSVP by Nov. 9, email@example.com, 510/649-2422. Not open to the public.
Mystical life is one of humanity's greatest secrets: that within the heart we can have a direct experience of the Divine. The mystical path is like a stream that runs beneath all of the world's religions, sometimes hidden, sometimes more visible. At this time there is a great need to know this secret, to reclaim this truth of divine love.
Over the past eight years, Barnea has served as an anchorman and special correspondent on Arab affairs on Israel's Channel 2. Barnea formerly was an advisor to Ezer Weizman, the President of Israel. He also wrote for the Hadashot newspaper, was a correspondent and anchor for Israel Radio, specializing in Arab affairs.
With gratitude, the Center for Islamic Studies invites you to join us in celebrating the past five years of the Center for Islamic Studies and looking ahead to many more! Hear from our faculty and students about our academics, programs, and events, and join us for light refreshments. All are welcome.
Wednesday, December 5, 6:30-8:30 pm
Easton Hall, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2401 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Questions? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 510/649-2563.
All are welcome to join us for a brief program, refreshments, and an opportunity to view the work of students in the Sexuality in Sacred Art class.
Sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at the Pacific School of Religion
Pacific School of Religion, Mudd 100, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Public lecture by Gerald West, University of Kwazulu-Natal
Badè Museum of Biblical Archeology, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
by Professor Laura Nader
presented by UC Berkeley's International House
UC Berkeley International House, Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
The Church Divinity School of the Pacific invites your to "That was then, this is now: A Moral and Spiritual Agenda for the Episcopal Church" a Community Night Forum in the Tucson Common Room.
The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson will speak on changes in the moral and spiritual agenda of The Episcopal Church.
The GTU Offices and Library will be closed for the winter holidays beginning at 2:00 pm on Friday, December 21 through Tuesday, January 1. Normal hours will resume on Wednesday, January 2.
McGee Avenue Baptist Church, 1640 Stuart Street, Berkeley
The Womanist Symposium's Mission Statement is to be a prophetic voice, concerned about the entire African American community. The central point is to equip and energize Black women to become knowledgeable and confident in expressing their lived experiences, and Christian faith tradition by challenging all oppressive forces that impede the freedom of Black women to live positively and productively.
Dinner Boardroom, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
If you thought manuscript illustrations created by theologians trained in writing on calfskin with quill pens had become an extinct art form, you may be interested in a exhibit now at the Alameda Free Library (2nd Floor, 1550 Oak Street, Alameda).
What makes a family and who decides? Is family best understood as a social contract, a biological accident, or a reflection of Divine love? How did the idea of "nuclear family" emerge as the dominant paradigm when so many of our historic and scriptural models present alternative arrangements? How do our concepts of racial identity, sexuality, and gender influence how we approach our familial roles?
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry is proud to present a Leading Voice Award to Professor Mary Ann Tolbert, the Founding Executive Director of CLGS, for her role in transforming the world so that lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, and queer people are recognized and valued in their faith communities and in the world at large.
Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
This screening is a part of the PSR Earl Lectures and Leadership Conference. La Mission is a moving portrayal of redemption, transformation and family struggle. Written and directed by Peter Bratt, the film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (official selection).
Pacific School of Religion, Room Location TBA, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
This solo exhibition features the intricate ink drawings of Bay Area artist Pamela Lanza.
As Baby Boomers face their own issues with aging, caring for the needs of their parents bring its own unique challenge. What are the ways that congregations can best provide care and community for these "pillars" of the church? While heterosexual contemporaries may have children or other family units to provide support in later years, what happens to the LGBT individuals who have been estranged from their family? Hear stories of hope and challenge from members of the senior community and those who provide services for them.
The professional development program invites you to a Dissertation Writing Worship on Friday February 1st from 9AM to 3PM in the Dinner Board Room. The workshop will be presented by Kathleen Kline.
Thinking about your proposal, or already in the middle of writing? This workshop (highly recommended for candidates) will address: what is a dissertation and what needs to be in it? effective academic writing, and how to survive the dissertation-writing process.
A lecture by Rey Chow, Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature, Duke University
Hate crimes based on sexual orientation account for 20% of all hate crimes reported to the FBI in recent years and violence against the transgender community continues at an appalling rate as well. We know that anti-gay religious voices contribute to creating a climate that allows these terrifying crimes to continue at high rates. Many faith leaders, however, are firm in our commitment that all people deserve to live in safety and freedom and that violence is never the appropriate response to our differences.
J. K. Russell Fellow's Public Forum, part of the J. K. Russell Conference sponsored by CTNS
Dr. Niels Henrik Gregersen, 2013 J. K. Russell Research Fellow in Religion and Science
Tucson Room, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley. Please enter via the courtyard on Le Conte Avenue.
Free and open to the public. Registration not required.
Part of CTNS' J. K. Russell Conference
Dr. Niels Henrik Gregersen, 2013 J. K. Russell Research Fellow in Religion and Science. Responses by: Joshua Moritz, Ted Peters, Oliver Putz and Robert Russell.
To register please visit http://www.ctns.org/jkr_fellow_pay.html or write email@example.com for more information.
We will explore the various images of Muslims and Jews in television and film.
Workshops 2pm-5:45pm
Reception 5:45pm-6:15pm
Film Screening of Arranged with Q&A 6:15pm-8:15pm
Sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com for more information.
Encountering Islam: 2013 Lectures and Workshops, Inaugural Lecture by Archbishop Alex J. Brunett.
Co-sponsored by the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT), Center for Islamic Studies, and the Oakland Diocesan Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
Lecture and Reception at DSPT, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley.
Please Join WSR for Voices from the Soul: Poetry Jam/Open Mike Night Tues. February 12th 6:30-8 pm• PSR Mudd 100.
Opening with a piece from the Vagina Monologues. Come, bring a piece of poetry or a song and let your voice be heard.
Upstairs chronicles the New Orleans arson fire of June 24, 1973, that killed 32 people at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar known for its affiliation with the LGBT affirming Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). In the months after the tragedy, the fire was virtually ignored by local leaders, law enforcement, institutions, some families of the victims, and the wider world.
Come to our event and find out! Let's explore possibilities for creating community!
There will be a potluck gathering so please bring a food item to share.
First floor lounge, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, 1735 Le Roy Avenue, Berkeley
For more info, contact Malia, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Student Advisory Council invites you to the annual Doctoral Student Forum. The Forum is an opportunity for students to voice their issues and concerns. The forum will be held on Wednesday, February 20th from 5PM to 7PM in the student lounge in the Le Conte Building. Refreshments will be served.
This workshop is designed to introduce GTU doctoral students and those interested in doctoral programs to funding resources available with a focus on each stage of the academic program: coursework, comprehensive exams, dissertation, as well as a look into the future. The workshop will be held in the Teaching Lab at the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library on Wednesday, February 20, from 6:00 - 7:00pm, space is limited. To register, please email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Speakers (TBD).
Asia Project will host a Green Tea Conversation on the Statement of CATS VII with Dr. Moses Penumaka. The Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS) is a bi-/tri-annual conference of theologians throughout Asia, founded in 1997. CATS VII, the Seventh Congress was held on the theme, "Embracing and Embodying God's Hospitality Today" on June 30-July6, 2012. Dr. Penumaka will present and lead a discussion on the statements from CATS VII as he represented Asia Project and the GTU in the Congress. Dr.
This year's Winter Pacific Seminar will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple.
Keynote: Dr. Takamaro Shigaraki, The Path of the Nembutsu
He will speak in Japanese with English translation by Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto, Institute of Buddhist Studies. The presentation will be followed by a dialogue with Dr. Shigaraki.
This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Center for Buddhist Education.
Islam & Authors series at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), conversation with author Ibrahim Abdul-Matin.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies.
ICCNC, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland 94612.
M. Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah
UC Berkeley Religion, Politics and Globalization Program Spring 2013 Lecture Series
201 Moses, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and Center for Buddhist Education, is a Conversation with Shigarkgi-sensei on Tuesday, February 26, at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel (1770 South Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo).
All BCA ministers, minister emeritus, and minister's assistants are invited to take part in an informal conversation about the teachings and path of Jodo Shinshu with Shigaraki-sensei. A light meal will follow.
Bishop John S. Cummins - A Year at the Council: A Personal Reminiscence
Main Building Chapel, Sacred Heart Schools, 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA
This forum is designed for Catholics who want to deepen their faith through dialogue and reflection, and engage with prominent church leaders while they share perspectives on the Catholic faith in light of Vatican II.
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Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P.
Professor of History, DSPT
"Tradition and Insight: Our encounter with the true essence of the Pure Land Way," the 2013 Winter Symposium, will be presented on Thursday, February 28 in conjunction with the BCA National Council Meeting. Keynote by Dr. Takamaro Shigaraki.
San Mateo Marriott Hotel, 1770 South Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo
Women's Studies in Religion host its 2nd Annual Student Conference on Women and Religion on March 1, 2013.
The Conference will take place in the Tucson Room at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley.
Time: 12:30pm-6pm. Reception following Conference. (2 units for whole conference, 1 unit for part)
Lunch and Learn with Koret Visiting Professor in Rabbinics & Folklore, Dina Stein
Lunch provided
Easton Hall, 2401 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Sohail Daulatzai, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies and African American Studies School of Humanities, UC Irvine
277 Cory UC Berkeley
"Domes, Arches, and Minarets" a book presentation by Phil Pasquini
MUDD 102, Pacific School of Religion
Islam in the Public Sphere Class - Center for Islamic Studies
Ted Peters (PLTS), Thomas Cattoi (JST) and Marion Grau (CDSP) reflect on how their religious and cultural contexts shape their views on salvation.
Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Shires Room 113, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley
The Mazatlán Forum is the result of the initiative of DSPT Fellow Agnieszka Winkler, and the collaboration of El Colegio de Sinaloa and DSPT, who together have organized the inaugural Mazatlán Forum.The forum exists for the sake of e
Join us as for an interfaith conversation as featured artists, authors and faculty speak about the redemptive nature of art and faith in the aftermath of war, ruin and moral injury.
Speakers include:
This event, held one hundred years after S. An-ski's expedition through Poland, will explore the findings and ramifications of An-ski's ethnographic work and the construction of a traditional Eastern European past. Reception following lecture.
Co-sponsored by the 28th Jewish Music Festival.
Easton Hall, 2401 Ridge Rd, Berkeley
Elizabeth Drescher (GTU Ph.D. '09), Santa Clara University
223 Moses, UC Berkeley
Arthur Holder, GTU Dean, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the John Dillenberger Professor of Christian Spirituality, will speak on Religious Experience as Sacred Text at the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library's Annual Reading of the Sacred Texts.
What does it really mean when you tell someone that "I can read you like a book"? What makes the "book" of human experience into a truly sacred text? When does experience become a challenge to the authority of the text, or a substitute for it? This lecture will explore the complex relationship of religious experience to sacred text in the history of Christian spirituality, from the ancient period of stone tablets to the current digital age.
Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Lecture at 7:00 pm. A reception will precede the lecture at 6:30 pm.
Fred Parrella and Sally Vance Trembath, both Religious Studies faculty members at Santa Clara University, will speak.
WSR hosts the panel Envisioning the Future of Theology & Ethics: A Womanist Perspective
Chapel of the Great Commission, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Sunstone West is a symposium sponsored by Sunstone Magazine, a publication dedicated to Mormon experience, scholarship, issues, and art.
All sessions will be held at Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley. One session will be dedicated to Mormon Studies at the GTU and the Academy. Arthur Holder (GTU), doctoral student Michael Reed, and Sheila Taylor (GTU Ph.D. '11) are plenary speakers with Robert Rees (GTU) moderating. Taylor and Rees are featured speakers throughout the symposium.
Join WSR on March 15th for a Coffee Conversation with Monica Coleman, Keri Day, and Andrea White on March 15th from 10:00- 11:30am in the GTU Dinner Boardroom.
Sr. Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ - Sacraments and Chicken Soup: Sacramental Living in a Post-Conciliar Church
Join in a Green Tea Conversation on Women's Leadership and Islam in China with Courtney Bruntz.
Courtney is a Ph.D. student at Graduate Theological Union. She worked as a Visiting Instructor of English and American Culture at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei, PRC for two years. Currently she is teaching a course, Women in Chinese Islam, at the GTU with the Newhall Grant.
Bring your lunch. Tea&snack will be provided. Free and open to the public
Pacific School of Religion, Mudd 103
First Congregational Church of Oakland The CLGS Coalition of Welcoming Congregations and Our Family Coalition will screen Brother Outsider at First Congregational Church of Oakland (2501 Harrison St, Oakland, 94611).
Preach It! is a preaching festival highlighting student preachers from the Graduate Theological Union. Six different categories will each feature six preachers. The day will culminate with a Preach-Off featuring one student from each group. Student preachers will be assessed by panels of homiletic professors and Bay area pastors.
Please join CLGS for this special lecture, Transgender Identities & Spiritual Traditions in Asia & the Pacific with Pauline Park this coming Tuesday, April 2 at the PSR Chapel.
Reception starts at 6:30pm and Lecture starts at 7pm.
Presented by the Olive Tree Initiative Month of Ideas
What is a Jewish State? - Visions of Nationalism Part 1
Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman - Rabbi of Berkeley Hillel Professor Yaacov Yadgar - UC Berkeley Political Science, Visiting Israeli Scholar
54 Barrows, UC Berkeley
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WSR Cafe series presents: Dr. Ghazala Anwar "Khadija: A Model Worthy of Emulation".
Please join us on April 4th at 10:30am on the 1st floor of the GTU Le Conte Building (2565 Le Conte Ave.)
The Pacific Coast Theological Society (PCTS) invites you to attend its Spring Meeting on Friday, April 5 from 1:30-8:30 pm and Saturday, April 6 from 9:00 am–12:00 pm in Classroom "B" at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley.
Saturday, April 6th
5:30 pm Vigil Mass, 6:30 pm Alemany Awards Reception and Dinner in the Cathedral Events Center
Mangalam Research Center, 2018 Allston Way, Berkeley
The Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute presents the Manolis Distinguished Lecture for 2013: The Ethics of Theosis – Two lectures by Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou of Fordham University.
April 9, 2013, 7pm: The Ascetics of War: The Undoing and Redoing of Virtue at the Valley Life Sciences Building, Room 2060, University of California, Berkeley.
Tuesday evening, this will be further explored using modern warfare as the focus.
April 8, 2013, 7pm: Orthodox Liberalism: The Politics of Divine-Human Communion at the Dennison Refectory, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709. Reception to follow.
Monday evening, Dr. Papanikolaou will explore the general issue of the political implications of an Orthodox Christian mindset.
Varieties of Medieval Jewish Literature:The Annual Koret Symposium
This conference will examine the varieties of Hebrew literature produced in the medieval period, ranging from poetry, translation, pietistic and legal writings, midrash, travel literature, narrative, and historical chronicle.
Tuesday, April 9, 8:30am-6:30pm
8:30 Welcome
James L. Taylor, University of San Francisco
Professor Minlib Dalih, O.P.
Part of Encountering Islam: Ministry in the Church and the Dominican Tradition
Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley
The San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) will host the annual T.V. Moore Lecture series on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12. The distinguished speaker for this year's event is Rev. Dr. Andrea C. White, Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, and Associated Faculty in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Graduate Division of Religion.
Worth 2 Units.
Histories of Palestinian Nationalism - Visions of Nationalism Part 2
Professor Khalil Barhoum - Stanford University Professor of Literature, Culture, and Languages Jackie Husary - National General Coordinator for the Palestinian Youth Movement Omar Shakir - JD candidate, Stanford Law School, Fulbright Scholar (Syria), 2007-2008, Founding President, Stanford Students for Palestinian Equal Rights
24 Wheeler, UC Berkeley
Keynote speaker Dr. Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania
Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
Research suggests that a majority of Christian youth doubt their faith, but few ever talk about it. They are often left on their own struggling with religious doubt.
Youth ministers, clergy, seminarians and laity are invited to the first Youth Ministry Celebration Day, sponsored by CDSP and the Diocese of California. Well known speaker, Andrew Zirschky, will present his research and offer suggestions for using doubt to engage youth, followed by a panel discussion of local youth ministry leaders.
Islam & Authors series at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), conversation with author Peter Gottschalk.
Screening and DVD Release Party with film-directors Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan
Doug Adams Gallery/Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Take 20-30 minutes out of your busy schedule for some self-care and join us. There will be Reiki, healing touch, shamanic healing, and opportunities for meditation to be offered for students, faculty and staff of the GTU and the surrounding community. Be kind to yourself!
To be held 7-9pm in Mudd 100, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley
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Hal Sanks, S.J. (JST-SCU) will speak.
Critical Discourses on Islamophobia: Symbols, Images and Representations
Sponsored by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project of the Center for Race and Gender at UC Berkeley; co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies
Location: UC Berkeley - Booth Auditorium, Boalt Law School
Join us for a talk and discussion with Dossie Easton, co-author of The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures (2009), about polyamory and spirituality.
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley
In keeping with the tradition of the past 10 years, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir will host their biennial traditional all day Music Workshops, this year featuring "Singing Your Blues" a workshop led by Faye Carol, at the Islamic Cultural Center in Oakland. Registration is available at www.oigc.org.
Rev. Dr. James McDonald, president of San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS), will lead 30 Marin County churches and organizations for the 17th annual Marin Crop Walk On Sunday, April 21, in San Rafael. The annual walk seeks to raise awareness of hunger related issues throughout the world.
Avivah Zornberg was born in London and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father was a Rabbi and the head of the Rabbinical Court. Zornberg studied with him from childhood; he was her most important teacher of Torah. She holds a BA and PhD in English Literature from Cambridge University. After teaching English literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, she turned to teaching Torah. For the past twenty-five years, she has taught Torah in Jerusalem at Matan, Yakar, Pardes and the Jerusalem College for Adults. Dr.
Presenters include Robert John Russell, Founder and Director of the Cente
Archbishop John R. Quinn - Vatican II: A Light for the Church in a Darkened World
Location TBA
Doug Adams Gallery and Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Beer, pizza, and prizes!
Lecture and Discussion with Braden Molhoek
Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Chapel, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
5:30pm Reception, 6:30pm Lecture
Part of a Lecture Series titled "Is There Such a Thing as the Jewish People? Rethinking Jewish Membership for a Global Era"
featuring Jewish Studies Scholar, Professor and Author, Noam Pianko
Osher Marin JCC Visiting Scholar Noam Pianko, Jewish Studies scholar, professor and author of "Zionism and the Roads Not Taken: Rawidowicz, Kaplan, Kohn" will explore probing questions about peoplehood; past, present, and future to reassess the possibilities and limitations of Jewish collectivity today.
Vegetarian lunch will be provided
Keynote: "Being Fully Human", Dr. William Chittick, Stony Brook University
The Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley and Buddhist Ministry Initiative, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge cordially invite you this weekend to:
Dharma At Times Of Need: The Interface of Chaplaincy and Ministry
Islam & Authors series at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), conversation with author Dr. William Chittick.
Workshop on Reading the Qur'an by Carl Ernst, UNC - Chapel Hill
Keynote: The Theological Implications of Bracketing Faith in the Academic Study of the Qur'an
In this workshop we will look at steps and some strategies of bringing your congregation to a place of inclusion of transgender people through awareness, understanding, allyship, and advocacy. This workshop touches on the typical "Trans 101" work but goes deeper. This workshop is cosponsored by the Coalition of Welcoming Congregations and will be presented by Lee Whittaker.
Join us for our graduation exercises held at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary's Chapel of the Cross (2770 Marin Avenue, Berkeley). Reception to follow.
Marilyn Matevia, Ph.D. candidate in Ethics and Social Theory, and Robert Russell, Professor of Theology and Science and Director of the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, will speak. The faculty member receiving the Sarlo Excellence in Teaching Award will also be announced.
Parking is extremely limited.
The San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) Auxiliary invites you to attend Seminary For A Day, an annual event in which the Bay Area community can enjoy time on the seminary's historic campus, learn from esteemed lecturers, and connect with members of the SFTS community. Seminary for a Day will be held Friday, May 10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Alexander Hall, and will include two lectures, a worship service, and lunch. Please click here to register for this event.
Join in a Green Tea Conversation with Mee-Yin Mary Yuen on "Migrant Women Workers in Hong Kong and Catholic Ethical Response."
Mee-Yin Mary Yuen, from Hong Kong, China, is currently a PhD student in IDS area with focus on Christian social ethics, Chinese Confucian ethics, and Asian theology. She taught Catholic social ethics in several religious institutions in Hong Kong. She worked in the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese before and has engaged in the social justice ministry at local and Asian levels for many years.
You are cordially invited to come celebrate the upcoming graduation of GTU students of color and international students. All are welcome!
Please RSVP by May 6 to email@example.com with the number of guests attending.
Light refreshments to follow.
Olga Louchakova, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Comparative Religion
Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA
Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP - The Laity and the Secular Vocation of the Church
Save the Date for this celebration of CLGS!!
Location and other details TBA
Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) will present "The Church and the Moral and Spiritual Future of America," a public panel discussion with its three 2013 honorary degree recipients: Sr. Simone Campbell (pictured), Bishop Mark Hollingsworth and Bonnie Anderson. CDSP President Mark Richardson will moderate the panel.
The event is free and open to the public.
Doug Adams Gallery (inside the Badè Museum of Biblical Archeology), Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles, Theology of Liberation and Islamic Revival in Granada, Spain
The GTU community and public are invited to a special reception to honor our departing president, James A. Donahue. Beginning July 1, he will be president of St. Mary's College of California in Moraga.
Come by to wish Jim well in his new endeavor.
The real stories that can change our lives come from the mythic, archetypal world of the soul. What are the stories that are needed at this time, to help awaken us from the collective nightmare of materialism that is destroying our ecosystem? How can we work to bring these transformative stories into our communities and our daily life?
Islamic Workshop Art, "Geometry and Islamic Art: Explorations of Number, Shape, and the Nature of Space", a presentation by the Center for Islamic Studies (GTU) visiting scholar, Carol Bier.
On display in the library are paintings depicting the story of Antar & Abla based on a pre-6th Century Epic Bedouin Poem.
Currently on display in the library are selections from our New Religious Movements Research Collections. The GTU was one of the first institutions to formally study the evolving nature of new religious organizations, from Hare Krishna to the Unification Church.. These materials are from our 10 main NRM archival collections.
An Urban Retreat on Environmental Justice
Join us for 2 days of study, dialogue, ritual celebrations, food, music, art and community-building celebrating the Spirit of Life. Our Annual Symposium connects all Starr King School's students, faculty, staff, trustees, graduates and communities as we cultivate multi-religious, counter-oppressive, just and sustainable communities.
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Meet with President Riess Potterveld for a chance to ask questions and voice concerns about current developments at the GTU. Courtesy of the Student Advisory Committee.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Dinner Board Room, GTU Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Doctoral students only. Not open to the public.
Do you know why John Adams said, "Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite society, I mean Hell"? Do you know which biblical verse is inscribed on the Liberty Bell?
Randi Wren (GTU MA student in Jewish Studies) will speak on her research in commemoration of the signing of the United States Constitution in September 1787.
Light refreshments will be served.
GTU Student Lounge (first floor), 2465 LeConte Avenue, Berkeley
Denniston Commons (Refectory)
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley
There will be a brief program at 4:00 pm, including the installation of Riess Potterveld as acting President of the GTU and the introduction of new faculty and visiting scholars.
If you have questions, please contact Angela Muñoz in the Dean's Office at email@example.com or 510/649-2440.
Free and open to the public.
Presented by UC Berkeley's Institutions and Governance Program
How do American and European courts confront the problem of reconciling secular democratic principles with increasingly assertive faith identities? The aim of the workshop is to bring together a small group of distinguished judges, scholars and advocates to discuss the tensions between faith-based practices and secular ideals.
International House at UC Berkeley, Chevron Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Shibley Telhami (GTU M.A. '78), Anwar Sadat Chair, University of Maryland
The Flora Lamson Hewlett Library's annual book sale will be held in Henry Mayo Newhall Plaza from 10 am to 3 pm on Monday September 30.
Books will generally be $2.00 for hard covers and $1.00 for paperbacks. Some books may be priced slightly higher.
The books are received over the previous year from gift donations. Each year the sale is held on or near the feastday of St. Jerome, the patron saint of libraries.
The GTU library is extending its current exhibition, The Life and Times of Edith Stein, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: An Archival Exhibit , thorugh February 28, 2014. The exhibit opened on October 1.
A discussion with
Worth 1.0 unit
Madrasa/Midrasha Day of Learning sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies
Rizwan Mawani, Educator and Scholar, MA Student, Center for Islamic Studies, GTU
Francesco Spagnolo, Curator at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Carol Bier (moderator), Islamic Art Historian, Visiting Scholar, Center for Islamic Studies, GTU
Location: GTU Library, Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Pacific School of Religion Quad, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Join us in celebrating this year's National Coming Out Day with refreshments, music, and community. There will also be a CLGS Library book giveaway that includes a vast selection of gender and sexuality centered fiction and nonfiction books.
Sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at Pacific School of Religion www.clgs.org
author of "Who Will Die Last: Stories of Life in Israel"
Richard Dinner Board Room
2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
Join in a Green Tea Conversation with Sungrae Kim. Sungrae is a Ph.D. student at Graduate Theological Union. He's been working as the Program Coordinator of Asia Project for two years.
Currently he is co-teaching a course, Issues in Interreligious Dialogue with Dr. Judith Berling, at the GTU with the Newhall Grant.
Encountering Islam: Ministry in the Church and the Dominican Tradition
"The Qur'an in Muslim Faith and Practice", lecture by Dr. Mahan Mirza, Zaytuna College
The libriary is currently exhibiting recent paintings by Jim Morphesis, entitled Roses and Wounds. The paintings will be on display through November 24, 2013.
An opening reception and conversation with the artist and Peter Selz will be held on Thursday, October 24, 6-7:30 pm, in the Dinner board room in the library.
The exhibition is made possible by the Jane Dillenberger Fine Arts Endowment Fund.
Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street (btwn. 3rd and 4th Streets), San Francisco, CA 94103
Join in a Green Tea Conversation with Dr. Takahico Kameyama. Dr. Kameyama is a post-doctoral research fellow of IBS/GTU. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Ryukoku University, Japan in 2012. His research interest includes Japanese Esoteric Buddhist schools such as Shingon and Tendai.
Thursday, October 31
Dr. William Short, Dean and Professor of Christian Spirituality at FST will deliver the 2013 Distinguished Faculty Lecture entitled "From Paris to Alcalá: The Franciscan School and the University, 1219-1533."
Visting scholar, Carol Bier, to present at Panel Discussion: A Common Thread: Spiritual Narrative and the Textile Medium hosted by the Center for the Arts, Religion and Education (CARE).
with Judy Klitsner
The stories of Noah and Jonah share a remarkable number of details, including: water, boats, a divinely-decreed catastrophe, and a prophet's desperate need to escape. These comparisons will lead us to a surprising inverse relationship between the stories, including opposing views on the question: is it really possible for human beings to change?
Join the ABSW community for their second Baptist-Muslim Dialogue event, featuring leaders from our neighboring Muslim communities of education in Berkeley, including:
Interested in Master's programs at the GTU? Know someone who is?
Come and be a part of a special event designed for prospective master's level students to learn about the range of study options the GTU offers. Join us to meet member school representatives, students, and faculty. Light refreshments provided.
Richard S. Dinner Boardroom, GTU Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
To RSVP or for more info, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or 510/649-2460.
Hosted by the GTU Dean's Office.
Dinner Board Room (GTU Library, 3rd floor)
DSPT Professor of Philosophy and Theology Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC and JST Professor of Christology and Cultures Dr. Thomas Cattoi will discuss the growing importance of interreligious dialogue for the Catholic Church from the publication of Nostra Aetate to the present.
Jesuit School of Theology, 1735 Le Roy Avenue, Berkeley
Since 2008, CDSP has hosted an annual colloquium of the Associated Parishes for Liturgy and MIssion (APLM). This year, Professor David Holeton, professor of liturgics on the Hussite Theological Faculty at Charles University in Prague, will speak on "An Agenda for Prayer Book Revision."
Recuperations of Andalusi Music presentation by Charles Hirschkind - Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Director, Program in Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley hosted by the Center for the Arts, Religion and Education (CARE).
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and a Professor of Theology walk into a room ... what happens next? Find out! Join us for a great conversation as Dr. Jay Johnson interviews the Sisters about theology, spirituality, good works, and great fun. Of course there will be refreshments!
PSR Mudd Building Room 100
CIS Director, Munir Jiwa, to present KAICIID Dialogue Center's Global Forum hosts The Image of the Other: Interreligious and Intercultural Education
Location: Vienna, Austria
Alumni, faculty, and students are invited to join us as we celebrate and also honor our Alum of the Year, Uriah Kim (Ph.D. '04) during the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature.
Maryland Ballroom, Salon F, Renaissance Harborplace, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore
Workshop: Interfaith Dialogue in a Plural Society: The View from the Academy
Hosted by The Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver at Simon Fraser University.
Location: Simon Fraser University - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Asia Project presents,
Green Tea Conversation
Christians in Pakistan - The Missing Discourse
Join in a Green Tea Conversation with Mohammad Waqas Sajjad. Mohammad is a PhD student a s a Fullbright scholar from Pakistanis at the Graduate Theological Union. His academic focus is institutionalized Sunni groups in Pakistan. Mohammad's presentation will be commented by Dr. Munir Jiwa, director of Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU.
Dr. George Sabra, President, Near East School of Theology (NEST)
Graduate Theological Union, Dinner Board Room (GTU Library, 3rd floor), 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
International Islamophobia Conference : The Epistemic, Racial, Cultural and Structural Exclusionary Measures in France and Europe
Location: Paris, France - further details TBA
Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley IRDP (Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project) and CADIS (Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologiques), Paris
Media Influence on Public Perception of Religion, "Encountering the Other: Examining the Issues That Blind or Divide Us" presented by the San Francisco Interfaith Council.
Featured Presenters
Munir Jiwa, Ph.D.
Director and Assoicate Professor, Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union
Rabbi Douglas Kahn
Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council
2014 Convocation of the College of Fellows
Dominican School of Philsophy & Theology, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley
Public presentations by members of the DSPT College of Fellows, followed by reception. RSVP here, space is limited. Presentations will be streamed live.
Speakers include:
About the Exhibition:
Black History Month
Film Screening, By Dawn's Early Light: Chris Jackson's Journey to Islam
"Islam as a Template for Jewish Self-Understanding: Theology, Scholarship, and Politics in European Jewish Imagination, 1833 to 1933" presentation by Dr. Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College.
GTU Library Dinner Board Room
2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709
In recognition of Black History Month, Zaytuna College presents a lecture by Professor Fatimah Jackson, a distinguished American Muslim scholar at North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and researcher of African and African American populations, as well as the social and ethical ramifications of genetics.
7pm Thursday, February 27
Free admission.
Main Auditorium, Zaytuna College 2401 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley
Robert John Russell and Dr. Ted Peters of the GTU Center for Theology and Natural Sciences will be featured at the 22nd annual Reading of the Sacred Texts. The lecture is set for Monday evening, March 3, in the Dinner Board Room. The reception begins at 6:30, followed by the lecture at 7:00. A book sale and signing follow the lecture.
Join WSR in celebrating Women's History Month by attending this panel on the history of Women's Studies at the Graduate Theological Union on Friday March 7th in the Dinner Boardroom from 12-1:30. Panelists will discuss the Center for Women's Studies as well as our own Women's Studies in Religion Certificate Program. Panel will be followed by a reception.
Worth 2 Units
A Symposium in Honor of Chana Kronfeld
Join us for this conference celebrating the publication of a festschrift put together by Chana Kronfeld's students, exploring the question of the distinctive Berkeley approach to Jewish literature. Sponsored by CJS and the UCB Center for Jewish Studies.
Cultural Equity: Ways of Looking at Islamic Art, presentation by Carol Bier
Location: Pacific School of Religion (PSR), Mudd 103
Meet our students, scholars, learn about our programs, and get involved!
GTU Library, Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA
This debate, an academic tradition that goes back to 1948, will explore with utmost rigor and close attention to relevant sources the ultimate question--which is better: The latke? Or the hamantasch?
Presented by the GTU's Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California-Berkeley.
with Rossitza Schroeder, Assistant Professor of Arts and Religion, Pacific School of Religion
Asia Project
Green Tea Conversation: Australian Aboriginal Religion and The Art of Sacred Sites
(Worth 1 Unit)
Co-Sponsored by the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
Naftali Cohn studies the texts and culture of Jews in Classical to Late Antiquity, focusing especially on the group known as the rabbis, who produced texts that became canonical and foundational for subsequent Jewish literature and practice. His research centers on the late-second or early-third century law collection known as the Mishnah, which he reads using the critical lenses of ritual theory, narratology, memory/historiography, feminist theory, and poststructuralist critical theory in general.
Chapel of the Great Commission, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley.
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Alexander Hall, 40 Kensington Rd., San Anselmo, CA 94960
Six religion scholars will explore the different ways in which people come to know God. Each scholar will present their research and then answer questions from the audience. A roundtable discussion will follow the individual presentations.
Graduate Student Colloquium in Scripture, Interpretation and Practice
University of Virginia
Plenary Speaker: Laurie Zoloth (Ph.D. '93), Northwestern University
Call for Papers
Join us in person or via live stream this Saturday, April 5, 8:15 a.m.- 7:30 p.m. PT for the inaugural academic Zaytuna College conference on "Islamic Higher Education in the West: Challenges and Opportunities."
Worth 2.0 units
San Francisco Theological Seminary, Montgomery Chapel, 5 Richmond Rd., San Anselmo, CA 94960
A workshop to explore the spiritual, psychological and moral issues involved in deciding to turn towards death. Featuring pastoral theologian & noted author Dr. Herbert Anderson, who has taught at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Princeton Seminary, Fuller, and Yale Divinity School.
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Register at https://tinyurl.com/divineart
This three day event celebrating the work of Daniel Boyarin will be held at both University of California Berkeley and at the Graduate Theological Union.
On April 8th: UCB Law School 4:00PM-8:30PM
On April 9th: 2401 Ridge Road, Easton Hall 9:00AM-5:30PM
On April 10th: UCB Law School Goldberg Room 297 9:00AM-1:00PM
Friday, April 11, 7:00 pm at San Francisco Theological Seminary, Scott Hall, 101 Seminary Rd., San Anselmo.
Saturday, April 12, 7:00 pm at Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley.
Asia Project
Join in a conversation with Dr. Sam Park. Dr. Park is an Associate Professor of Preaching and Director of D. Min Program at ABSW. His teaching and research interests include prophetic preaching, Korean preaching, multicultural preaching, narrative preaching, and preaching and rhetoric.
GTU Student Lounge, 2465 LeConte, Berkeley
In the Doug Adams Gallery at Pacific School of Religion.
Speaker: Luke Devine, Art & Religion GTU Doctoral Student
Part of the Brown Bag Lunch Series featuring students from the Art & Religion Area at GTU
GTU Library Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley CA
On the occasion of Jane Daggett Dillenberger's 98th birthday and the publication of her book with John Handley, The Religious Art of Pablo Picasso, select works of art are on display at the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library from May 6 through June 30, 2014. The art and other materials in her honor are from the Center for Arts, Religion and Education collection, as well as works from Dillenberger's personal collection and documents and images from the GTU Archives.
In the Doug Adams Gallery at Pacific School of Religion.
Book signing: 5-6pm. Refreshments, spanish guitar, and books for sale.
The GTU community is invited to participate in a friendly book swap and light breakfast to engage welcoming conversation and celebrate a successful semester.
In the Doug Adams Gallery at Pacific School of Religion.
CJS, Hedco Room, 2465 LeConte Ave, Berkeley, CA