Somehow it is mid-October and fall is finally arriving in New England. This fall, the BTI Consortium staff will be inviting interested students to lunch to share comments (positive and critical) and ideas with us so we can better serve our 2,000 students across the consortium. Keep an eye out should an invitation come your way!
 
This semester, approximately 200 BTI Consortium students cross-registered for at least one course. The three most popular courses included Ancient Jewish Wisdom Literature (HDS, J. Levenson), Sociology of Religion (BU School of Theology, J. Cavillo), and Spiritual Foundations for Social Change (Hartford Seminary, S. Fowler). If your fall calendar was fully booked at your home school, please consider visiting another school this spring. We will begin posting the spring course offerings by the end of this month. We post them as soon as they are provided to us by the registrars, and we will keep you up to date in the cross registration portal.
 
In the meantime, we wish you all great learning experiences.
Ann McClenahan, Executive Director
Events Around the BTI Consortium
October 15, 2018
6:15 p.m. - Cocktail reception
7:30 p.m. - Installation Ceremony ( view the speakers)
9:00 p.m. - Celebratory dessert reception following program

Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA 02459

Please join us in the Community Room at Boston University School of Theology as we welcome Dr. Kathleen Cahalan, Professor of Practical Theology at St. John's University School of Theology & Seminary, as she delivers a lecture entitled "The Grammar of Vocation: Changing the Way We Talk about Our Callings." The reception begins at 5:30pm, with lecture to follow. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact   cpt@bu.edu .


Please join us as we celebrate the publication of the new and timely anthology , Words to Live By: Sacred Sources for Interreligious Engagement ( Orbis Books). The evening will include a panel discussion and comments from among the book contributors, many of whom are members of the BTI Consortium!
Panel: Dr. Francis X. Clooney, Dr. Celene Ibrahim,
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Moore, and Dr. Jennifer Howe Peace
Reflections: Rabbi Or Rose and Rev. Soren Hessler
Happening This Month
Presented by Hartford Seminary
Monday, October 15, 2pm
Presented by Boston College Theology Department, Jesuit Institute, C21 Center & UGBC
Monday, October 15, 5pm
Presented by Boston University School of Theology Library
Tuesday, October 16, 4-5pm: Dean Bryan Stone
Wednesday, October 17, 1-2pm: PhD Student Kathryn House
Presented by Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College
Tuesday, October 16, 5:30-7pm
Presented by Center for Human Rights and International Justice and Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Tuesday, October 16, 7-8:30pm
Presented by the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Thursday, October 18, 5:30-7pm
Religions and the Practice of Peace, Harvard Divinity School
Thursday, October 18, 6-8:30pm
Presented by Orthodox Theological Society in America
Thursday, October 18 - Saturday, October 20
Presented by Patristica Bostoniensia, a Colloquium of the BTI Consortium
Thursday, October 18, 7:30-9pm
Presented by Religions and the Practice of Peace, Harvard Divinity School
Friday, October 19, 10:30am-12:30pm
Presented by the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Women's Group and the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium
October 20, 9am
Presented by Boston University School of Theology
Tuesday, October 23, 12:15pm
Presented by the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Tuesday, October 23, 5-6:30pm
Presented by Boston University School of Theology Library
Tuesday, October 23, 12:30-1:30pm: Dr. Wesley Wildman
Wednesday, October 24, 1-2pm: PhD Student Kate Common
Presented by BLC Institute, Hebrew College, and the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program
Wednesday, October 24, 9am-4:30pm
Presented by the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Thursday, October 25 & Friday, October 26
Presented by Hartford Seminary
Thursday, October 25, 7-8:30pm
Presented by St. John's Seminary, Archdiocese of Boston Office of Chaplaincy Programs, The Catholic Health Foundation
Thursday, October 25, 8:30am-2pm
Presented by Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Friday, October 26, 3-4:30pm
Presented by Hebrew College
Sunday, October 28 - Wednesday, October 31
Presented by Religions and the Practice of Peace, Harvard Divinity School
Thursday, November 1, 6-8:30pm
Presented by Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Thursday, November 1, 7-9pm
Classifieds and Calls for Papers/Conferences
Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame
Applications due October 15, 2018
Journal of Interreligious Studies
Submissions due January 15, 2019
International Catacombs Society
Applications due January 15, 2019
BTI Consortium Newsletter - Fall Publication Schedule
As you may have noticed, this fall we are providing newsletters every two weeks on Monday morning. We'll be able to highlight more events and announcements more often on this new schedule. Deadlines for submission are at noon the Thursday prior to publication. Our next newsletter goes out October 29, and the submission deadline is noon on October 25. Email btinews@bostontheological.org to submit an event or announcement.
CROSS-REGISTER
There are ton of new courses that could be a perfect fit for your interests. You might end up meeting colleagues who are asking similar questions and doing similar research. Over 90% of BTI students who cross-register would highly recommend it to a friend or colleague. Get out there!
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