Chicago Theological Seminary

170 YEARS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

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CELEBRATING 170 YEARS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

For 170 years, Chicago Theological Seminary has pushed at the boundaries of theological education. Ours is an on-going legacy of progressive firsts and historic social justice. Today, CTS continues to push its boundaries beyond those of traditional seminaries and other conferrers of MDiv degrees.

Our mission is to create greater justice in today’s world. Collaborating with new communities. Establishing fresh areas of study. Opening our minds to different ways of thinking. Living into our beliefs more sincerely. CTS is transforming theological education. It all starts here.

Recent Events

Every year CTS hosts a number of exciting lectures, Wednesday Gatherings and other events. In case you weren't able to attend, here's a chance to see what you missed. This is the NEW site.

Wednesday Gathering: Labor Rights, LGBTQ...
Andre LaCocque Lecture and Rabbi Herman ...
Wednesday Gathering: Reimagining Interfa...
Building New Tables: Queering Womanist a...
Wednesday Gathering: Interreligious chap...
Kenneth B. Smith 2026 Lecture...
Spring Convocation...
Wednesday Gathering-Hanukkah season....
Wednesday Gathering: Dismantling Christi...
Victor Obenhaus Fall Lecture...
Wednesday Gathering- Immigration Communi...
170th Anniversary Celebration & C. Shelb...
CTS/Bayan Fall Symposium...
Wednesday Gathering’s: Daring Faith in...
CTS Fall Convocation 2025-26...
2025 Castañeda Jennings Lecture...
Wednesday Gatherings: In Times Like Thes...
Wednesday Gatherings: Ramadan: The Spiri...
Victor Obenhaus Lecture: Benevolent Empi...
Wednesday Gatherings: Lessons Learned wi...
Wednesday Gatherings: Caring for Black W...
Wednesday Gatherings: Being a Spiritual ...
Wednesday Gatherings: Reparations: A His...
Wednesday Gatherings: A Festschrift in M...
Wednesday Gatherings: Book Talk: "Surfac...
2025 Andre LaCocque Lecture and Schaalma...
CTS 2021 Commencement...
Book Buzz: Hedges and Hong, May 4, 2021...
Science for Seminaries Lecture, April 29...
2021 Castañeda-Jennings Lecture...
IRI Spring Lecture with Wajahat Ali, 3/3...
CTS Public Square Lecture 2021 with Kama...
Professor Christophe Ringer - Necropolit...
IRI event: Black Voices of Transformatio...
Strengthening Our Leaders - Listening Se...
"American Muslim" Discussion...
Retirement Liturgy and Celebration of Re...
2021 C. Shelby Rooks Lecture...
2022 André LaCocque Interreligious Lect...
2022 Castañeda-Jennings Lecture: "Ghost...
The Bodhi Christo Path: Conversations wi...
Commencement 2022...
Victor Obenhaus Lecture Series: Leenah S...
The Chicago Interfaith Trolley Tour...
2023 André LaCocque Lecture and Schaalm...
Faith on the Frontlines: Womanist Theolo...
Un-Sutured Reading: A Critical Task for ...
2023 Castañeda-Jennings Lecture...
2023 C. Shelby Rooks Lecture and Award...
Wednesday Gathering: Faith & Philanthrop...

Our 7 Neighbors Podcast

Under the backdrop of our nation’s 250th anniversary, Our Seven Neighbors, season 5, hosted by Reza Aslan, explores the long, contested history of religious diversity in the United States—not as a feel-good celebration of pluralism, but as a hard-won achievement forged through conflict, exclusion, resistance, and moral struggle.