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Skylight, Fall 2017 Skylight News and Notes from the GTU Fall 2017 Knowledge & Diversity The Center for Islamic Studies Celebrates Ten Years ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Scholarship as GTU Begins Riddell Gift Supports Spiritual Practice Presidential Search Student Scholarships Page 8 Page 13 Page 18 Fall 2017 1 News and Notes from the GTU • Fall 2017 President: Riess Potterveld Dean & Vice President for Academic Affairs: Uriah Y. Kim Vice President for Finance & Administration: Skylight Steven G. Argyris Library Director: Clay-Edward Dixon Dean of Students and Vice President for COVER Student Affairs: Kathleen Kook Skylight Editor: Doug Davidson 4 Knowledge & Diversity: The Center for Islamic Designer: Ellen Moore Osborne Studies Celebrates Ten Years by Munir Jiwa We welcome your feedback. Please send comments, suggestions, alum updates, or address changes to [email protected]. FEATURES Graduate Theological Union 8 Academic Life and Scholarship as Spiritual 2400 Ridge Road Practice Berkeley, CA 94709 510-649-2400 by Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM www.gtu.edu 12 Scientific Practice as Spiritual Experience Member Schools American Baptist Seminary of the West by Robert John Russell Church Divinity School of the Pacific Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology 14 Humility at the Heart of Interreligious Education Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara by Henry S. Kuo University Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary of California 16 Beyond Tolerance to Communion Lutheran University Pacific School of Religion by Pravina Rodrigues San Francisco Theological Seminary 18 Riddells Support GTU Scholarships with Starr King School for the Ministry GTU Centers and Affiliates $5.7M Estate Gift Asia Project Black Church/Africana Religious Studies DEPARTMENTS Center for the Arts & Religion Center for Islamic Studies 3 From the President *Center for Swedenborgian Studies Francisco J. Ayala Center for Theology and 19 Art @ the GTU the Natural Sciences *Institute of Buddhist Studies Mira and Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies 22 Alumni News and Notes *New College Berkeley *Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute On the Cover: A reflection of the GTU library’s skylight is captured in the glass Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies of this display case that’s part of the Knowledge & Diversity exhibition celebrat- *School of Applied Theology Sikh Studies Initiative ing the 10th anniversary of the Center for Islamic Studies. Featured in this dis- Women’s Studies in Religion play are Islamic patterns, and a Chinese font-style Arabic calligraphy that reads “Al-Ilm Noor” (“Knowledge is Light”). Artwork by Haji Noor Deen. *GTU Affiliates Skylight is printed on recycled and recyclable paper using soy ink. 2 Skylight From the President elcome to Skylight, the new and enliven conversations. At its Wpublication of the Graduate meeting in October, the GTU board Theological Union. of trustees was asked to consider the At the heart of the library that candidacy of two schools seeking to all GTU scholars share is a skylight become member schools of the GTU: through which natural light pours the Institute of Buddhist Studies into the building. This skylight (currently a GTU Affiliate) and provides the inspiration for our new Zaytuna College, the first Muslim GTU logo, which adorns these pages, undergraduate liberal arts college in our letterhead, and our newly rede- the United States, which will soon signed website. For an interreligious be starting an MA degree program. and educational center, light stream- These are the first schools to seek ing in and illuminating our learning member school status at the GTU space and human engagements seems since the 1960s. One of our strengths appropriate. The logo’s intersecting is the diversity that infuses every- lines suggest the converging paths thing we do, and the board voted to and diversity found here, as well as open this conversation. the energy that flows into and out of the GTU through its many programs have announced that I will be and activities. I retiring at the end of June 2018 at The development of our new logo was part of a age 75. I have joyfully been part of what I consider a rebranding process that began more than a year ago fertile period in the GTU’s history. I am convinced with focus groups sharing their experiences of the that this school is uniquely poised to present the GTU and what it contributes to its students, faculty, most forward-looking and substantive reflection and local communities, and the wider world. Eventually, scholarship on issues of theology, ethics, and social over many months, their feedback also led us to devel- justice. Our students are extraordinary and fully in- op a new tagline, linked to our familiar GTU acronym: volved in the world they are intent upon improving. Grow in knowledge. A search committee representing many import- Thrive in spirit. ant constituencies is already busy searching for the Unite in solutions. next president of the GTU. I am certain many out- Our rebranding and website redesign represent standing candidates will be attracted to the oppor- efforts to convey our message in fresh ways amid a tunity to lead this unique institution into the future. world of whirling change and generational shifts. But I am grateful for the outstanding faculty, staff, and the GTU has been interreligious for a long time. This trustees I have had opportunity to work with during issue highlights our Center for Islamic Studies as it my tenure, and for the faithful financial support of all celebrates its tenth anniversary. In 2018, our Center our donors without whose generosity these dreams for Jewish Studies will celebrate its fiftieth anniversa- could not come to fruition. ry. The GTU continues to grow as more of the world’s great religious traditions take their seat at the table Fall 2017 3 Knowledge & Diversity: The Center for Islamic Studies Celebrates Ten Years Munir Jiwa of the Islamic tradition within the diverse, multireligious context of the Graduate Theological Union. CIS focuses research and scholarship on Islamic texts and traditions in contemporary contexts, supporting students pursuing Islamic studies at the master’s and doctoral levels, offering a certificate in Islamic studies, and providing graduate level courses on Islam and Muslims for students throughout the GTU consortium and the University of California, Berkeley. The Center works collaboratively with other GTU centers and member schools, and partners with a wide range of in- stitutions and organizations in the Bay Area, nationally, and throughout the world. nter the GTU library this fall, and you’ll see Escrolls of sacred texts, inspired art covering the walls, Our Students: Scholars, Leaders, and Activists and display cases highlighting the work of students, gradu- For ten years, the Center for Islamic Studies has provid- ates, faculty, and visiting scholars in Islamic studies at the ed a home at the GTU where scholars and students of many Graduate Theological Union. This illuminating exhibition, faiths can learn about the richness of the Islamic tradition entitled Knowledge & Diversity, marks the tenth anniversary and the diversity of Muslims in their theological, historical, of the founding of the Center for Islamic Studies at the GTU, and cultural contexts. CIS students contribute significantly and celebrates the many people who have contributed to the to the interreligious environment that characterizes the Center’s development and flourishing in its first decade. GTU. While the Center continues to provide introductory The themes of knowledge and diversity, so pertinent to and advanced courses in Islamic studies for students in the work of the Center for Islamic Studies, are rooted in the degree programs across the entire GTU consortium and UC Qur’an. The first verse revealed to the Prophet Muhammad Berkeley, we especially celebrate the accomplishments of begins with “Iqra” (“Read/Recite”), establishing knowledge those GTU students and graduates whose scholarly work has as central to the Islamic tradition (Q 96:1-5). In another focused on the Islamic tradition during the past decade. verse, we are reminded of our diversity and that we were Today, 14 PhD students and 8 MA students are pursuing created from a male and a female, and made into nations and degrees in Islamic studies at CIS/GTU and 3 more are cur- tribes, so that we may know one another (Q 49:13). rently working toward a certificate in Islamic studies. During Since its founding in 2007, the Center for Islamic Studies our first ten years, we’ve seen 9 students complete the cer- has sought to deepen scholarly engagement with the wisdom tificate in Islamic studies, 19 graduate with an MA in Islamic 4 Skylight Our 45 CIS MA and PhD students and graduates, along with CIS faculty and visiting scholars, are representative of the global diversity of the Islamic tradition; they come from 17 different countries and speak, read, or write in 32 languages! CIS graduates at the 2017 GTU Commencement studies, and 4 who have completed their PhD in association programs, forums, and public events, which have attracted with our Center. Our 45 MA and PhD students and graduates, thousands of participants. along with CIS faculty and visiting scholars, are representa- Grants from several major foundations have enabled tive of the global diversity of the Islamic tradition; they come us to share in the rich potential of our region’s resources from 17 different countries and speak, read, or write in 32 to build networks among local Muslim organizations and languages! engage local communities in support of interreligious pro- In May 2017, CIS students and graduates organized the gramming. In 2009, a grant from the Carnegie Corporation First Annual CIS/GTU Islamic Studies Symposium, Schol- seeking to address media and public policy questions con- arship, Leadership, Activism: Islamic Studies at the Gradu- cerning Islam and Muslims led to an important conference ate Theological Union.
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