Graduate Theological Union

Graduate Theological Union

:"GTU redirects here. GTU can also refer to the IMSA racing category, Grand Touring Under or as in Chevrolet Beretta GTU.The Graduate Theological Union is a consortium of nine independent seminaries and schools of theology and eight program centers mainly in Berkeley, California as well as San Anselmo, CA. The close relationship among these schools is meant to encourage ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Students may take classes at any of the member schools, most of which are within a few city blocks of one another. The GTU offers the Ph.D., Th.D., and M.A. degrees, while each of the nine member schools offers the M.Div. degree in preparation for the ministry. The GTU maintains a single comprehensive library for all of its member schools. It was founded in the early 1960s and today serves approximately 1300 students.

Member schools

* American Baptist Seminary of the West
* The Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Episcopal)
* Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
* Franciscan School of Theology
* Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
* Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
* Pacific School of Religion (United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and United Methodist Church), including the Swedenborgian House of Studies
* San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian Church (USA))
* Starr King School for the Ministry (Unitarian Universalist)

Program centers

* Center for Jewish Studies
* Institute of Buddhist Studies
* Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
* Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education
* Center for the Study of Religion and Culture
* Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
* New College Berkeley
* School of Applied Theology

External links

* [http://www.gtu.edu/ Graduate Theological Union]
* [http://www.dspt.edu/ Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology]
* [http://www.fst.edu/ Franciscan School of Theology]
* [http://www.jstb.edu/ Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley]
* [http://www.psr.edu/ Pacific School of Religion]
* [http://www.plts.edu/ Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary]
* [http://www.sfts.edu/ San Francisco Theological Seminary]
* [http://www.absw.edu/ American Baptist Seminary of the West]
* [http://www.cdsp.edu/ Church Divinity School of the Pacific]
* [http://www.sksm.edu/ Starr King School for the Ministry]
* [http://www.shin-ibs.edu/ Institute of Buddhist Studies]


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