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 were able to record it and make it available here. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. About Peter Rollins (from his official website): Peter Rollins is a... Read more

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 the country have been deconstructing Christianity from a largely post-evangelical perspective, and then reconstructing more inclusive, progressive faith communities that incorporate traditional and fresh ways... Read more

Bo Sanders is a pastor, coffee shop theologian, tattoo evangelist, and a soccer fan. He is also a PhD Student at Claremont School of Theology in Practical Theology: Religious Education. He is a co-host of Homebrewed Christianity where he also blogs religiously. I emerged out of an Evangelical upbringing where Josh McDowell’s Evidence that Demands a Verdict was quoted more than most books in the Bible. I went to the Billy Graham school of evangelism and while I could go on,... Read more

Hannah Heinzekehr is a student at Claremont School of Theology, pursuing a Master’s Degree in Community Development and Theology. She works as a Church Relations Associate for Mennonite Mission Network. Last week, I headed south to San Diego for the Soularize conference: a self-proclaimed “three day ‘learning party’ that will stretch your mind, fill your heart, and encourage you toward the future.” At this mid-point in the semester, a time when much is required of diligent master’s degree students, the... Read more

Philip Clayton is the Dean of Claremont School of Theology and Provost of Claremont Lincoln University. Clayton earned a joint Ph.D. in Religious Studies and Philosophy from Yale University and has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Munich. He has published over twenty books and hundreds of academic and popular articles. The final Soularize event took place last week in San Diego. I’m calling for a New Orleans-style jazz funeral, complete with... Read more

Claremont Lincoln University continues to gain national recognition for its innovative and controversial approach to religious education.  The school was recently featured in a video on “multi-faith religious education” at Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, which includes footage of this year’s convocation ceremony, as well as interviews with students and faculty.  In the short film (embedded below), CLU provost Philip Clayton explains the vision for the new school: “When you train rabbis in one school, pastors in another, imams in another,... Read more

John B. Cobb, Jr., Ph.D., has held many positions including Ingraham Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology, Avery Professor at the Claremont Graduate School, Fullbright Professor at the University of Mainz, Visiting Professor at Vanderbilt, Harvard, and Chicago Divinity Schools. His writings include: Christ in a Pluralistic Age; God and the World; and co-author with Herman Daly of For the Common Good which was co-winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. This post originally... Read more

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 originally published at Feminism and Religion, an online forum for contemporary scholars of women and religion to gather for community and intellectual collaboration. Whatever your take is on... Read more

Claremont School of Theology is a founding member of a new multireligious consortium that is embarking on a bold 21st century experiment to desegregate religious education.  At this year’s convocation ceremony, the vision of the newly established Claremont Lincoln University was powerfully presented.  Hopefully you can take a few minutes to watch the moving video of this important event:   Read more