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Catholic Theological Union (CTU) is a private Roman Catholic graduate school of theology in Chicago, Illinois. 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 Catholic Church.^[5] CTU is run and staffed by religious and lay men and women. International students constitute nearly one third of the student body.^[6]

History

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-three religious communities.^[7]

Notable current faculty

• Steven P. Millies, Professor of Public Theology with expertise in religion and public life in the United States and religion and politics
• Antonio D. Sison, C.Pp.S., Professor of Systematic Theology with scholarly expertise in inculturation and theology and film studies
• Laurie Brink, O.P., Professor of New Testament Studies with expertise in Pauline studies, biblical spirituality, and the spirituality of Roman Catholic women religious
• Roger Schroeder, S.V.D., Professor of Intercultural Studies and Ministry with expertise in contextual theology, missiology, and the study of religious life
• Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Professor of Hispanic Theology and Ministry with scholarly expertise in Latin@ theologies as well as theology and béisbol
• C. Vanessa White, Associate Professor of Spirituality and Ministry with expertise in Black Catholic studies, African American spirituality, practical theology, and theologies of personal well-being and self-care.
• Richard Fragomeni, Professor of Liturgy and Preaching, with expertise in homiletics, preaching and presiding, and Roman Catholic hagiology
• Barbara E. Reid, O.P., current President of Catholic Theological Union and Professor of New Testament Studies with expertise in feminist exegesis
• Malka Z. Simkovich, Associate Professor of Biblical Literature and Languages with expertise in Second Temple Judaism and Rabbinic literature especially in the Intertestamental Period
• Syed Atif Rizwan, Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies with expertise in the history of early Islamic jurisprudence, hadith studies, comparative Christian-Muslim ethics, and contemporary criminal justice reform
• Robin Ryan, C.P. Professor of Systematic Theology with expertise in theologies of suffering and theologies of priesthood

Notable former theologians and faculty

• Stephen B. Bevans, S.V.D., scholar of mission and culture
• John Dominic Crossan, scholar of the New Testament
• Edward Foley, O.F.M. Cap., scholar of spirituality, liturgy, and music
• Mark R. Francis, C.S.V., former president of CTU and scholar of liturgy and culture
• John Jefferson Gros, F.S.C., scholar of Christian ecumenical studies (Adjunct Faculty Member)
• Leslie J. Hoppe, O.F.M., scholar of the Old Testament
• Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., scholar of systematic theology and spirituality
• Kevin J. Madigan, scholar of church history
• John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., scholar of social ethics
• Robert J. Schreiter, C.Pp.S., scholar of theology and culture
• Donald Senior, C.P., former president of CTU and New Testament scholar
• Wayne Robert Teasdale, scholar and practitioner of interreligious dialogue (adjunct faculty member)
• Zachary Hayes, O.F.M., professor of systematic theology

Library

The main library of CTU is the Paul Bechtold Library, named after CTU's founding president.^[8] The library holds hundreds of thousands of books^[9] as well as an archive of records with information related to CTU.^[10] Distinctive collections in the library include in Catholic religious communities, dialogue across ecumenical and inter-religious lines, and pastoral theology.^[11]

Publications

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

References

External links

• Official website

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