Catholic Theological Union (CTU) is a

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. It is one of the largest Catholic graduate schools of theology in the English speaking world and trains men and women for lay and ordained ministry within the

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. It was founded in 1968, when three religious institutes united their separate theology programs to form one school. The institution has since gained the sponsorship of twenty-four religious communities. CTU is run and staffed by religious men, religious sisters, and lay men and women. International students constitute nearly one third of the student body.We answered the call
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Notable current faculty

Steven P. Millies Steven P. Millies (born 1972) is an author and political theorist, and currently professor of public theology and director of The Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL. Before joining CTU in 2017, Millies held the Strom Thu ...

, scholar of

public theology Public theology is the Christian engagement and dialogue within the church and especially with the larger society. It seeks the welfare of the state and a fair society for all by engaging issues of common interest to build the common good. This is ...

Notable former theologians and faculty

* Stephen B. Bevans, S.V.D., scholar of mission and

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John Dominic Crossan John Dominic Crossan (born 17 February 1934) is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and emeritus professor at DePaul University. His res ...

, scholar of the New Testament * Edward Foley, O.F.M. Cap., scholar of

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, liturgy, and

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* John Jefferson Gros, F.S.C., scholar of Christian ecumenical studies ( Adjunct Faculty Member) *

Leslie J. Hoppe Leslie J. Hoppe (born 22 September 1944) is a Roman Catholic priest and Franciscan Old Testament scholar with a focus on Deuteronomy and Deuteronomic literature and is an expert in biblical studies. He is Carroll Stuhlmueller Distinguished Professo ...

, O.F.M., scholar of the Old Testament * Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., scholar of systematic theology and spirituality *

Kevin J. Madigan Kevin J. Madigan is a historian of Christianity who has taught at Harvard University since 2000. A member of the Faculty of Divinity, he has also served on Harvard's Committee on the Study of Religion, the Medieval Studies Committee, and the Cente ...

, scholar of

church history __NOTOC__ Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritua ...

* John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., scholar of

social ethics Macroethics (from the Greek prefix "makros-" meaning "large" and "ethos" meaning character) is a term coined in the late 20th century to distinguish large-scale ethics from individual ethics, or microethics. It is a type of applied ethics. Macroeth ...

* Wayne Robert Teasdale, scholar and practitioner of

interreligious dialogue Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e. "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is ...

(adjunct faculty member) * Zachary Hayes, O.F.M., professor of systematic theology

Publications

*''New Theology Review (NTR)'' *''Theophilus: The Student Journal of Catholic Theological Union''

References

External links

Official website
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