Department of Religion at Claremont Graduate University

RRR's passing marks the end of a tremendous era at Claremont, particular in the world of WSR/WGSR. We're holding in our hearts all those who worked directly with Rosemary over the years and who are heartbroken to be bereft.

Rosemary Radford Ruether, 1936-2022 Rosemary Radford Ruether, 1936-2022Catholic Feminist Theologian Pioneering Catholic feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether,  accompanied by her daughters Mimi and Becky, died peacefully …

It is with great sadness that we report that our colleague Dr. Anselm Min passed away yesterday, August 10th 2020, after a long illness. May his memory be for a blessing.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies: Systematic Theology

The Department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic university, invites applications for two full-time tenure track assistant professor positions in Systematic Theology, to begin Fall 2021. The specialization within the area of systematic theology is open, but we will give particular attention to candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas: Sacraments and Liturgy, Christology, Ecclesiology, Liberation Theology, Black Theologies, and Latinx Theologies. Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate an intersectional analysis of race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, etc. Candidates should demonstrate not only potential for excellent teaching, but also promise in sustained research and scholarly publication, and service to the department, College, University, and profession.

Required qualifications include completion of the doctoral degree by the time of appointment, evidence of potential for effective and excellent university-level teaching primarily at the undergraduate level, and evidence of an agenda for scholarship and promise of peer-reviewed publication in systematic theology.
The application deadline is October 1, 2020. For information on the department, visit https://www.scu.edu/religiousstudies; the full posting for this position, including application instructions, is available through https://www.scu.edu/hr/careers/.

Along with welcoming Dr. Guzman in the History Department, the Department of Religion is pleased to welcome Dr. Kevin Wolfe to our department this fall!

Professor Wolfe, a specialist in African-American political philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, earned his PhD in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Princeton University, where he studied with Jeff Stout, Eddie Glaude, Jr., and Cornel West. ⁣Professor Wolfe’s interests in and work on (to name but a few) Theology, Niezsche, the Frankfurt School, Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies, and Africana Studies makes him a perfect addition to a department, and a School that prizes deep scholarly expertise, as well as interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, and the application of insights gained in academic scholarship to the pressing issues of our times. ⁣⁣

The faculty of the Department of Religion at Claremont Graduate University stand in solidarity with those who protest police brutality. We stand in solidarity with the calls for police reforms and demilitarization of the police, and with those who demand justice for Black lives.
Black lives matter, today and every day.

As philosophers, theologians, historians, and cultural interpreters, we recognize and decry the grave injustices perpetrated against people of color in this country. Recent events are a poignant reminder to us that too many of our fellow citizens are neither seen nor heard, and we commit to doing a better job -- in our scholarship as well as in our teaching -- of recognizing and calling out systemic injustices. That commitment includes pursuing the transformation in our society and culture at all levels--systemic and otherwise. We must, and shall, change unspoken “ground rules" and speak "truth to power."

President Trump demeaned the faith and practice of an Episcopal congregation when he harmed the bodies of protestors brazenly cleared from his path in pursuit of a recent photo opportunity. As scholars of religion, we are attentive to the ways religious traditions are experienced by those who embrace them, and therefore, we support the clergy and congregants of St John's Episcopal Church whose community the President flagrantly disrespected.

Congratulations to CGU Religion alumnus Rubén Dupertuis for this honor! So well deserved!!

Rubén R. Dupertuis, Ph.D. | Inside.Trinity.edu Rubén R. Dupertuis joined the Religion Department in 2006 as an Assistant Professor. He received a B.A in English Literature from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in Theological Studies from Claremont School of Theology, and a Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christian Literature from Claremont ...

Congratulations to Shane Ackerman for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation today! Well done, Dr. Ackerman!

Earlier today CGU President Len Jessup issued a campus update. CGU will fully transition to online class instruction following our one-week spring break. Beginning March 23, all instruction will be conducted in an online format for the remainder of the semester.⁣
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Students can find more information and updates about CGU procedures and the coronavirus at cgu.edu/emergency.

Join us tomorrow night for a Mormon Studies lecture with Benjamin E. Park. In this discussion, Park will discuss his new book "Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier."

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mormon-studies-lecture-kingdom-of-nauvoo-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-religious-empire-on-the-american-tickets-95304264621

A nice piece on the need for a certain kind of "religious literacy" today:

What is it we most need to understand about religion today?: A Response to the American Academy of Religion’s Religious Literacy Guidelines by Thomas A. Lewis – Religion and Its Publics

Don't miss our Mormon Studies Lecture with Dr. David Walker from UC Santa Barbara this Thursday!

The 41st Claremont Philosophy of Religion Conference is underway!