Rev. Jerry Campbell

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In 2006, I was selected as the sixth president of Claremont School of Theology. My professional life has been spent in educational administration, including senior positions at University of Southern California and Duke University. My Ph.D. is in American History, where I focused on the development of U.S. biblical criticism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Morehouse, Martin and the Methodists

(6) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 11:38 AM

Last week, I had the opportunity to sit and soak in the famous Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. I'm an ordained United Methodist educator, and I've been in countless college chapels, ranging from the mundane to the spectacular. The Morehouse chapel isn't an architectural wonder, but...

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An Email to President Obama Regarding Your National Prayer Breakfast Address

(2) Comments | Posted February 7, 2012 | 1:36 PM

From: Jerry D. Campbell
To: President Obama
Subject: National Prayer Breakfast

Dear President Obama,

I'm sorry to say that my invitation to this year's National Prayer Breakfast must have gotten lost in the mail. But I heard about your speech, saw the pictures and

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Claremont Lincoln University: Learning at the World's First Interfaith College

(26) Comments | Posted September 7, 2011 | 12:46 PM

A rabbi, a minister, and an imam meet together for a year and something amazing happens...

In June of 2010, the three of us, Rev. Jerry Campbell, Imam Jihad Turk and Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, announced an agreement for our respective institutions to co-create the world's first inter-religious university --...

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