Our faculty also brings a dramatic range of academic and cultural experience to the classroom. They contribute personal insight and cutting-edge scholarship not only in fields related to Christian theological discourse, but also in Native American spiritualities, Eastern religious traditions, Islam and Judaism.

The following pages address the ways these layers of diversity contribute to an enriching academic and social environment in the classroom, in relationships among students and faculty, in our common worship life and in our international, interfaith and ecumenical ties.

Imagine taking a class on “Theology and Economics” with students from Korea, Belize, South Africa and Japan – students from countries that are wrestling with the consequences of excessive developing-world debt.

Imagine taking a Worship class with students who are Baptist and Quaker, United Church of Christ and Presbyterian, African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Scientist with the dramatic range of music, prayer and preaching styles in those traditions.

Imagine learning pastoral care in a multicultural classroom in which students—be you a Korean woman, a gay man, a person of color or a survivor of violence—are invited to speak personally, clearly and prophetically about suffering and renewal.

All of these encounters contribute to the CTS experience, inside and outside the classroom. CTS draws students from more than 20 denominations and faith traditions. Our students are female and male; African-American, Latino/a, and European-American; Australian, South African, Philippino, Indian, Korean and Indonesian; lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual; age 21 to age 67. They are artists, preachers, musicians, scholars, youth leaders, business professionals, activists, health care providers, counselors, contemplatives... and the list goes on.