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Faculty Seminars

Since 2004, more than 120 seminary professors, presidents and educators have engaged each other on the use of multifaith education in the formation of a religious leader through Auburn's annual faculty development seminars. Faculty have come from the widest array of evangelical, mainline, and nondenominational Protestant seminaries, Catholic seminaries, and Rabbinical schools from every movement, as well as from emergent Muslim and Buddhist seminary-like institutions.

Auburn is currently preparing resources to help seminary faculty meet the new Association of Theological Schools accreditation requirements in multifaith education, under the banner of Christian Hospitality. Those resources will be made available online in the Spring of 2013. If you would like to be notified when they become available, please contact Rabbi Justus Baird.

You may also find the following resources useful:

  1. The Auburn study "Beyond World Religions: the State of Multifaith Education in American Theological Schools"
  2. The evaluation report, "Educating Relgious Leaders for a Multi-religious World: Outcomes and Learning"
  3. The Interfaith Observer, "Seminaries Buzzing with Interfaith Studies" (September 2012)
  4. Colloquy (magazine of the Association of Theological Schools), "Reaching Beyond Ourselves: ATS Schools Respond to Multifaith Context." (begins on page 4 of the Fall 2011 issue)

Recent Faculty Seminars

  • Fall 2012: Atlanta, GA, hosted by Candler School of Theology
  • Fall 2011: Los Angeles, CA, hosted by Fuller Seminary in Pasadena
  • Spring 2011: Bay Area, CA, hosted by the Graduate Theological Union in Oakland
  • Fall 2010: Chicago, IL, hosted by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
  • 2004-2010: New York, NY

Each seminar features collegial discussion about the role of learning about other faiths in the formation process of a religious leader, reflections on the pedagogy on teaching other faiths, and results from the recently released Auburn study on the state of multifaith education in American theological schools. These seminars are generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Learn more about the state of the field through the recently published report Beyond World Religions and tell us if you'd like to hear more about upcoming faculty seminars by contacting 

Read about Auburn's multifaith initiatives for theological schools in Sojourner's Magazine.
   
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