Marion Grau - Graduate Theological Union

Professor: Marion Grau

Department: Philosophy

College: Graduate Theological Union

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ST2070
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Grau is a PHENOMENAL professor. She expects a great deal from her students and is ON TOP of her stuff. If you want to work hard and engage material DEEPLY, she's for you.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ST2171
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best prof I've had at the GTU. She is engaging and interesting and brings a lot of varied voices into the conversation. She demands a lot of work, but she is available for whatever assistance you need. She loves to teach, and it shows.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: THEOL01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you want an easy A, move on. If you want to engage the material, work hard, read a lot and really understand the subject, Grau is for you. I will take her again.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: THEO2431
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Outstanding professor. Her classes are not easy - she makes us think. Requires a lot of reading. It's nice to actually have to work for grades! I didn't always agree with her, but she respected that. The comment about being anti-Jewish is nonsense.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ST5000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Perhaps the best theology professor I've had, Dr. Grau assigns a lot of interesting readings, keeps the classroom engaged and energetic, and utilizes a sharp mind. She brings a multitude of contemporary hermeneutics into play. (One rater said Grau is "dangerous" for the church. If critical thinking is dangerous, then bring on the danger.)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CDSP000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Beware, this teach is trouble for the church.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: THEOSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher, very interested in students, and also very aware of the different cultural understandings of God and theology. Emphasis on reading many non-white voices and constructing theologies that include varying points of view. All of the readings were relevant and papers were graded fairly. She was available to help with papers also.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: THEO2431
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Energetic, intense, interested in student opinions, class really challenges pre-conceived ideas about theology and the world