NEW STATEMENTS OF MISSION, VISION AND VALUES
At its March meeting, the Board of Trustees set in motion the Claremont
University Project.
This project is designed to add new programs to those currently represented
in the School of Theology in order to develop several additional schools
and eventually culminate in the creation of a university. The School of
Theology will remain a central feature of the emerging university.
These new statements of Mission, Vision, and Values were adopted
to shape the character of the multi-year project.
MISSION
An ecumenical and interfaith institution, Claremont School of Theology
seeks to instill students with the ethical integrity, religious intelligence,
and intercultural understanding necessary to become effective in thought
and action as spiritual leaders in the increasingly diverse, multi-faith
world of the 21st century.
VISION
In addition to being a leading school of theology training exemplary ministers
for service to their specific religious organizations, Claremont has a
vision of being a leading theological university where scholars and practitioners
of the world's religions can come together, learning and practicing how
to treat others as they would like to be treated. This will enable religious
organizations, leaders, and individuals, regardless of their matters of
perspective on faith, to work collectively to bring about harmony and
understanding at all levels - individual, organizational, and governmental.
VALUES
With a free and liberating spirit, Claremont nurtures a diverse international
community that passionately pursues intellectual rigor, vocational formation,
and responsible social engagement. We commit ourselves to think deeply,
act ethically, embrace diversity, work for justice and peace, and care
for the earth, its people, and its resources so that all life may flourish.
President Jerry Campbell is interested in your thoughts about these
statements and would appreciate your comments via email at president
@ cst.edu [remove spaces] or on his new blog, "The President's
Pen," at presidents-pen.blogspot.com
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