The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is pleased to announce that Dr. Rita D. Sherma will be recognized
as the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer on
November 7, 2024.
Toward a Holy Ecology: A New Book Conversation with Author Rabbi Ellen Bernstein
Please join us for a special CJS event featuring a conversation with author Rabbi Ellen Bernstein on her new book Toward a Holy Ecology: Reading the Song of Songs in the Age of Climate Crisis (Monkfish 2024). Rabbi Bernstein will be in discussion with Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University.
More information and registration links coming soon.
The Plenary Address will be delivered by Dr. Rita Sherma, Co-Chair of Sustainability 360, Director of the Center for Dharma Studies, and Associate Professor of Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union
"Religions may disagree on many things, but each contains philosophical or theological orientations that can be interpreted and applied in ways that protect the Earth," says CDS Director and Sustainability 360 Co-Chair Dr.
Faiths in Conversation: Hinduism & Justice | Dr. Rita Sherma & Dr. Jonathan Wyn Schofer
This Faiths in Conversation series webinar on "Hinduism & Justice" features a conversation between CDS Director Dr. Rita D. Sherma and UT-Austin Associate Professor of Religious Studies Dr. Jonathan Wyn Schofer.
Harvard University Symposium on Love in World Religions | Part I: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, & Judaism
CDS was delighted to participate in the Harvard Human Flourishing Program to explore the significance and diverse perceptions of love in four religions.
The GTU has partnered with Radical Love Live to produce a podcast on the theme of “Connection and Unity.” Based out of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, Radical Love Live is a safe place to talk about spirituality in all its forms with the goal of building bridges across spectrums of belief, traditions, and practice through discussion, interviews, music, and shared practice. On April 26th, Dr. Rita D.
In this online event, Dr. Rita Sherma and Dr. Devin Phillip Zuber co-chairs of the GTU’s Sustainability 360 Initiative, reflect on how this current great disruption has pushed us to return to our roots, and to reengage and reread the texts we love that have so formatively shaped us. Dr.
