From: Sayyid M. Syeed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:33 PM
To: Mohammed Elsanousi
Subject: Teaching position in Claremont School, Muslims welcome

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم

Professor in Interreligious Education

Claremont School of Theology wishes to welcome to our faculty a creative and productive scholar and teacher in Interreligious Education, preferably a person who has experiential grounding in a tradition other than Christianity. The position is full-time and tenured/tenure-track (rank open). Responsibilities include teaching and advising in M.Div., M.A., D.Min., and Ph.D. programs; research and scholarship; service to the School; and service to the profession, religious communities, and other contexts.  

Applicants should have a Ph.D. or Th.D. (doctoral candidates will be considered), teaching experience, a record of scholarship, and practical experience in interreligious education and dialogue.

The successful candidate will be able to teach interreligious education and religious formation at the master’s level, prepare students for ministerial vocations, and provide academic guidance for doctoral students in religious education. Further, the successful candidate will enjoy engaging religious and cultural diversity, and will strive with us to explore, for example, issues related to colonialism, race/racism, gender/sexism, globalization, sexual identity, and interreligious dialogue. 

Claremont School of Theology is an ecumenical and interreligious institution that 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-religious world of the twenty-first century. Faculty, staff, and students represent several religious traditions, more than thirty Christian denominations, and a rich ethnic and international diversity. We seek a scholar-practitioner who will work collegially with us as we continue to form the School into an interreligious university (see www.cst.edu/UniversityProject for a description of the “university project”). Rank and salary will be determined by qualifications and experience. 

Application Process:  The position is available July 1, 2010, pending budgetary approval. Evaluation of applications will begin October 1, 2009, and the position will remain open until filled. Applicants are requested to send a letter of application, vita, one article or book (or dissertation) chapter, one course syllabus or course design, and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of 3-5 references to Dean Susan Nelson, Claremont School of Theology, 1325 North College Ave., Claremont, CA  91711.  www.cst.edu.  AA/EOE.

Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed,
National Director
Office for Interfaith & Community Alliances
Islamic Society of North America
Phone 202-544-5656 Fax 202-544-6636
110 Maryland Ave NE,  Suite 304
Washington DC 20002
www.ISNA.net