GTUx Brochure

Where Religion Meets the World

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Spirituality x Transformation

GTU’s Pioneering Heritage & Spirit of Innovation GTUx represents a central component of GTU 2.0: the next stage of GTU’s commitment to fostering a spirit of innovation in religious and theological education. With GTUx, the GTU continues to shape the future of theological education, offering cutting-edge content that addresses some of today’s most pressing challenges through dynamic and accessible religious learning, as well as spiritual care and practice.

GTUx’s Mission GTUx thrives at the crossroads of global culture and interreligious life, learning, and leadership. GTUx extends the GTU’s campus and furthers its mission by serving as a dynamic digital learning resource for individuals and communities internationally to engage deeply with the world’s wisdom traditions.

GTUx encourages spiritually rooted study and engagement with the critical issues of our time to inspire transformational change for the creation of a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.

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Spirituality x Action

What We Do Discover  Connect

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Learn

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Transform

GTUx invites you to discover new ways of connecting with your purpose through online learning opportunities grounded in our world’s wisdom traditions, directly addressing today’s most pressing challenges to education access, justice, and more, guided by leading experts in religion, theology, and spirituality.

Participating in educational offerings that are as dynamic as they are timely, you are invited to connect with others who share your longing for a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.

Experiencing profound discovery and deep connection as a member of the GTUx network, explore the profound, tangible transformation that spiritual engagement through learning can bring to your life and the lives of others.

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Our Offerings Continuing the GTU’s tradition of offering ground-breaking interreligious and interdisciplinary study and dialogue, GTUx’s innovative offerings explore timely topics and perplexing issues through leading scholarship and engaging conversations. With GTUx, the GTU continues to break new ground, not only for its own students, but for the entire theological education sector.

Wisdom x Transformation Dr. Deena Aranoff instructs a global community of learners in the GTUx Original, The Lure of Power.

GTUx Originals

GTUx Collections

These on-demand, asynchronous modules are available for broad audiences, including professional development pathways for religious leaders and educators, spiritual care providers, Human Resource professionals, and more. With support, we will offer hundreds of GTUx originals, across a broad spectrum of pressing issues and relevant fields.

Each GTUx Original will offer diverse digital learning offerings and recommended resources, establishing a robust array of online educational tools.

Sample GTUx Originals include:  The Spirit of Justice, led by Dr. David Kyuman Kim  Greening Spirituality, led by Drs. Rita Sherma and Devin Zuber  The Lure of Power: Religion, Politics, Insurrection, led by Drs. Deena Aranoff, Valerie Miles-Tribble, Elizabeth Peña, and Devin Zuber

GTUx Virtual Events In addition to on-demand resources, GTUx will offer standalone lectures, seminars, workshops, and more virtual events to engage and equip the GTUx community.

GTUx Gallery The GTU’s Center for the Arts & Religion presents changing multimedia exhibitions on a wide variety of themes that demonstrate how the arts are inextricably linked to spirituality and religion.

Enterprise Partnerships Serving as a key resource and model of partnership for seminaries and theological schools across North America, GTUx will help advance the larger cause of theological education, enacting an even broader impact and transformation for the common good.

Community Building Encouraging connection in response to a growing hunger for community, GTUx will offer public seminars, blog posts, and “fireside chats,” all specialized by topics of interest.

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Our Impact GTUx has proven exceedingly popular with a growing number of participants since its launch in early 2021. More than 1,000 people are already engaging with topics ranging from justice in public life to environmental spirituality, with new learning opportunities being added.

The GTUx community is comprised of diverse individuals from varied backgrounds, all united by a shared set of values: 

Love of learning and pursuit of knowledge

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Hope for personal and social transformation

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Desire for greater connection

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Interest in embodied spiritual practices

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Willingness to collaborate for the common good

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Become Involved With support, GTUx has the potential to scale its offerings exponentially.

Learn more about how you can contribute to helping GTUx reach its full potential by contacting us at advancement@gtu.edu. Our Advancement team can help you explore the most impactful opportunities for your support.

We look forward to working together to create a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.

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