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New Book by Dr. Rolf Nolasco Offers Unique Look at Queer Identity Anchored as God's Beloved

Dr. Rolf Nolasco
The latest book from Dr. Rolf Nolasco, professor of pastoral theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, offers a unique look at what it means for queer people to locate and anchor their identity as a beloved child of God. God’s Beloved Queer: Identity, Spirituality, and Practice draws from a wide range of disciplines—pastoral theology, spirituality, counseling psychology, affective neuroscience, anthropology—to offer a more nuanced description of what it means for queer folks to be sacred icons of God like everyone else. It also explores with penetrating detail the inner psychological and spiritual terrain of queer lives, along with spiritual practices that will help support their flourishing.
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Nov 06

North Central College Creates Formal Partnership with Garrett-Evangelical

Ceremonial Signing
November 1, 2019 — North Central College has united with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (GETS) to offer students the unique opportunity to take graduate-level courses in religious studies while completing their undergraduate degrees.
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Scholars to examine the life and work of James Cone, founder of black theology

James Cone Gathering
October 17, 2019 — The late James Hal Cone was the founder of black theology and a graduate of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University. Fifty years after the publication of his seminal text, “Black Theology and Black Power,” the University’s department of religious studies will host a two-day conference to examine his body of work within the humanities and black critical thought.
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Garrett-Evangelical Receives Wabash Center Grant for “Mapping ‘Race’ Across the Curriculum” Project

A white and red tree with Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology underneath | Purple Stained Glass "G"
October 1, 2019 — The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion has awarded Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary a $5,000 grant for a “Mapping ‘Race’ Across the Curriculum” project. The project will conduct a “syllabus mapping” to identify and classify the ways in which critical consciousness of race is infused in the seminary’s Master of Divinity (MDiv) curriculum, especially in the required courses and core distribution electives.
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Blount and Lee Co-Edit New Book on Justice for Children and Youth

Book Cover for Let Your Light Shine: Mobilizing for Justice with Children and Youth
September 5, 2019 — It is “for such a time as this” that Let Your Light Shine: Mobilizing for Justice with Children and Youth, a new book edited by Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary professors, Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount and Rev. Dr. Virginia A. Lee, has emerged. From broken immigration policies, hunger, school shootings, mass incarceration, human trafficking, failing schools, and child soldiers in wars worldwide, the harsh realities our children are living in cannot be ignored.
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Garrett-Evangelical and Northwestern University to Host Conference Celebrating 50th Anniversary of James Hal Cone’s Black Theology & Black Power

James Cone in Chapel
September 3, 2019 — On November 1-2, 2019, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University will host scholars, religious leaders, and activists for “Black Theology and Black Power: Retrospect and Prospect”, a conference reflecting on James Hal Cone’s seminal work, Black Theology & Black Power, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the book’s publication.
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