We gather in solidarity with the 11th Hour Calling - an interfaith collection of communities across the country who gather at the 11th hour on the 11th day of each month to call attention to the urgency of our ecological crisis.

Join the Santa Clara University’s Tech and the Human Spirit initiative for a conversation with Chinese and Western thinkers about the implications of the AI revolution for our understanding of the human person. Speakers include: Thomas ​Banchoff​ (Georgetown University), Daniel A. Bell (Shandong University), Sor-Hoon Tan (Singapore Management University), Bishop Paul Tighe (Pontifical Council for Culture), and Robin R. Wang (Loyola Marymount University).

This year, CDSP’s annual Youth Ministry Symposium will examine confirmation and formation practices that support youth, intergenerational groups, and the mission and spiritual growth of congregations. The event, which is open to all, is designed for youth ministers and volunteers, clergy, camp leaders, and directors of education and formation. The keynote speakers are Dr. Lisa Kimball and Dr. Jacob Sorensen.

In this forum, PhD student Beena Kallely and JST STD Candidate Louis Leveil will offer presentations on theo-ethics and eco-interreligious dialogue in the Indian context. PhD Candidate Pravina Rodrigues will give a response. A delicious lunch of Asian cuisine is included. Please RSVP to asia-project@ses.gtu.edu by Thursday, March 14.

Rev. Rhina Ramos is an activist, former labor attorney, and founder of Ministerio Latino. Rev. Ramos will discuss Oscar Romero's legacy as a fountain of hope and inspiration for the people of El Salvador and beyond. Come join us as we explore what can happen when faith meets resistance – and deep and genuine transformation takes place. Lunch is provided.

The annual Surjit Singh Lecture in Comparative Religious Thought and Culture fosters interreligious and cross-cultural communication and understanding, without compromising the integrity and essential telos of a religion or a culture. Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), will give a lecture entitled "How Religious Education Can Make America Great: Reflections on Diversity, Tribalism and Interfaith Leadership."

Every Third Thursday of the month, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive offers complimentary admission for a lecture on a current exhibition by GTU staff, faculty and students. The March talk will be with Dr. Michelle Summers (CARe/Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley) about the exhibition "Get Dancin': Selections from the Collection".

Climate justice may be the foremost moral challenge of the 21st century. While caused primarily by high-consuming people, climate change is wreaking death and destruction first and foremost on impoverished people who also are disproportionately people of color. What does religion bring to this question? This presentation aims at interdisciplinary and inter-religious inquiry into these burning questions.

The GTU Library presents a new photographic exhibition by Blaine Ellis, "Technicians of the Sacred." The exhibition, running from February 15 to May 31, 2019, features striking black and white photographs of sacred spaces throughout the world. The opening reception with the artist will be held on March 21.

Dr. Matthew Thomas will offer a talk based on his recent publication, Paul's 'Works of the Law' in the Perspective of Second Century Reception, for which he was awarded Jesus Creed "Book of the Year". Q&A and a light reception to follow.

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble musicians perform new compositions by students from Oakland School for the Arts. Student composers will also perform in some of the new works. Music was written and developed as part of LCCE’s Music From the Inside Out workshop series at OSA. The event is free but with limited availability; RSVP is required.

The Asia Project at GTU cordially invites students to join our luncheon with Dr. Peter Phan. Dr. Phan is a world renowned theoloigan at Georgetown University, where he is currently holding the Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought. Dr. Phan will share his personal journey of studying theology, recent publications, and projects. Delicious Asian lunch will be served. Please contact Marinda Chan at asia-project@ses.gtu.edu to make your reservation by April 1.

This lecture seeks a common foundation for interreligious dialogue, especially in Asia. The first part reviews six attempts at articulating a common foundation for dialogue among religions, and the second part eleborates an Asian "pneumatology." Dr. Susan Abraham, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean at PSR, will respond. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public; please RSVP.

What does this moment in history demand of us as Jewish educators and how might we sharpen our skills to rise to the occasion? This seminar will explore a variety of tools, theories and stances that we can use in building cultures of learning that will not only respond to, but lift up the communities in which we teach and the surrounding culture. This is a two-day workshop (April 7, 2-6pm; April 8, 9:30am-12pm). RSVP is required for attendance on one or both days of the workshop by e-mailing cjs@gtu.edu.

Naomi Seidman is Chancellor Jackman Professor of the Arts in the Department for the Study of Religion and the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto, and formerly of the Center for Jewish Studies at the GTU in Berkeley. She will give a series of three lectures on the relationship between language, translation, and psychoanalysis in the work of Sigmund Freud. A reception follows the last lecture (on April 16). RSVP is requested for each lecture.

Joshua M. Moritz, 2019 Russell Fellow, will speak on the vital role of science in youth ministry. Moritz teaches in the Philosophy Department of the University of San Francisco, is Managing Editor of Theology and Science, and serves as the Director of Christian Formation at Berkeley Covenant Church. The event at 7pm on April 10 is the Fellow's Public Forum Lecture; it is free and open to the public. The event from 1-5pm on April 13 is the Annual Russell Family Research Conference; respondents include Greg Cootsona, Rachelle Hayes, and others (TBA). Registration is required. These events are part of the 2019 Russell Family Fellowship in Religion and Science. 

Rev. James Cleveland was a musician, pastor, preacher, and founder of the Gospel Music Workshop (GMWA); he is particularly known for his 1963 song, "Peace Be Still." Popular memory of Rev. Cleveland is mired in the public secret of his sexuality; yet, Cleveland’s legacy is larger than his identity as it offers to us lessons of accompaniment, and a sankofa spirituality in the service of social medicine. This talk will be offered by Johari Jabir, PhD, Associate Professor of African American Studies at The University of Illinois at Chicago and PSR alumnus. A reception will follow.

Join the choirs of Temple Sinai in Oakland and St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Berkeley as we explore the power of the Psalm texts. The event features Cantor Ilene Keys, Choir Director George Anton Emblom, and the Mizmor Shir! musicians. For more information, please contact Cantor Keys at haznkeys@hotmail.com.

Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, Associate Professor Systematic Theology & Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School, will give this year's Berkeley Palmer Lecture. This lecture will explore how Christians should understand and respond to the racial antagonism of the western world. The racial problems of the western world emerged from Christian beginnings and we have a responsibility and an opportunity to address them through our life of faith. 

From the mountains of Mexico to a coffee shop in Seattle, this narrative takes us through a Mexican coffee co-op's entire value chain of coffee-making and trading to reveal how complex this highly globalized market has become. Fr. Stephen Pitts, S.J. and laywoman Christina Rossini have been instrumental in bringing this Mexican co-op's coffee to the U.S. market. Join us for a film screening, followed by a Q&A session with Pitts and Rossini. Coffee will be available for purchase.

Workshop participants will learn foot massage within the context of anointing. (Anointing with oil was used in ancient times as medicine to heal and comfort someone in danger.) In this workshop, we will learn a simple healing massage sequence that can be offered anywhere and to almost anyone in any condition. On Holy Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 11am-3pm, workshop participants will provide foot massages to homeless and marginally housed men and women in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco as gestures of respect and loving acts of service. Please visit website for information on how to register.