This post is written in conjunction with the “Becoming a Public Scholar” course and is directed by Monica A. Coleman. In Becoming a Public Scholar, we have discussed what makes a public scholar, specifically, a religious public scholar. A public scholar is not only well educated, and an expert in his or her field, there [...]

This post is written in conjunction with the “Religion and Law in the U.S.” course dialogue project and is directed by Grace Yia-Hei Kao. In a recent unanimous and precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling, a “ministerial exception” was given to Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School regarding employment discrimination.  Cheryl Perich, a “called teacher” at Hosanna-Tabor, [...]

Author, public theologian and CST trustee Brian McLaren joins pastor and stand-up comedienne Jane Voigts and Kenpo Karate Black Belt and Bishop Gran Hagiya to discuss: “Where is the Church going?” CST Dean Philip Clayton will be moderating for the evening. All are invited to a highly entertaining and provocative discussion of trends in American [...]

Professor Najeeba Syeed-Miller teaches interreligious education at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Lincoln University. She is a prolific practitioner and effective educator in the area of conflict resolution among communities of ethnic and religious diversity. Her involvements range widely, including conducting gang interventions, implementing diversity training in universities and public agencies, conflict resolution in [...]

Feminism and Religion Grace Yia-Hei Kao is Associate Professor of Ethics at Claremont School of Theology in the Claremont Lincoln University Consortium. She is the author of Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World (Georgetown University Press, 2011) and is working on a second book manuscript on Asian American Christian Ethics. This blog post was [...]

Two CST professors of theology, Monica Coleman and Philip Clayton, recently participated in a debate about the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) at last week’s American Academy of Religion conference in San Francisco.  They were joined by theologians Catherine Keller, Michael Lodahl, Marit Trelstad, and Richard Rice. Both CST theologians identify [...]

  Some of the Claremont School of Theology faculty made excellent contributions to the Patheos online symposium, “Does Seminary Have a Future?.”  This is an important topic for all seminaries to consider, and it has been an especially urgent one for CST as we recently launched Claremont Lincoln University in partnership with other religious educators.  [...]

President of Claremont School of Theology, Rev. Dr. Jerry D. Campbell is an ordained Elder of The United Methodist Church who has a long career in the administration in theological schools and higher education. He has served as head librarian for both University of Southern California and Duke University, as well as Perkins School of [...]

The Irish philosopher and theologian Peter Rollins, an important voice in the emergent church movement, recently dropped in at Claremont School of Theology for an engaging evening of theological discussion in the wake of the release of his newest book, “Insurrection: To Believe is Human – To Doubt, Divine”.  Fortunately for all of you, we [...]

Holly Cardone Stauffer is the Church Administrator at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church in La Crescenta, CA and a second year M.Div student at Claremont School of Theology. Wild Goose, Big Tent, Soularize…and I am sure there have been many others. Since at least the mid-1990s, these gatherings of Emergent Christians all over [...]