Claremont School of Theology Receives $10 Million Pledge
The Claremont School of Theology in Claremont,
California, has announced a $10 million pledge from David L. and Joan R.
Lincoln for a project to promote interreligious cooperation and ethical
integrity in the training of religious leaders.
The Claremont University Project will
promote a model of theological education in which students are educated
rigorously and intensively in their own religious traditions while being
taught to recognize the legitimacy and integrity of other traditions.
The project will establish a consortium of graduate schools representing
traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and
Buddhism. Participating schools will offer professional religious
education in their traditions while contributing to an interreligious
curriculum for master's and doctoral programs in ethics, scriptures,
spiritual counseling, and other academic and practical areas.
Joan Lincoln is a ceramic artist, writer, arts advocate, and former
mayor of Paradise Valley, Arizona, while David Lincoln is a businessman
whose family fortune was made through the Lincoln Electric Co. David Lincoln has been a
trustee of the school since 2003.
"Joan and I are particularly pleased with the idea of creating a
multi-faith university that reflects the power and potential of the
'Golden Rule,' which many faith communities have in common," said David
Lincoln. "We believe the outcome of this kind of education will be
respect among religions and the ability to better address global
problems where religious collaboration and cooperation are needed to
reach solutions and repair the world."
“Joan and David Lincoln Pledge $10 Million to the
Claremont University Project.”
Claremont School of Theology Press Release
2/11/10.
Primary Subject: Religion
Secondary Subject(s): Higher Education
Location(s): California, Claremont, National
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