the 2-3 year process of moving to and embedding with Willamette. In 2021, following years of legal battles between the Claremont Consortium, the Claremont School of Theology decided to "maintain its presence in Southern California with its main campus located in Claremont, while also retaining a partnership in Salem with Willamette". CST is home to the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center (ABMC), a research center devoted to the documentary history of Judaism and Christianity. It also houses the Center for Process Studies (CPS), a joint faculty center of Claremont School of Theology and the Claremont Graduate University. The CPS promotes a "relational approach" found in process thought, specifically process theology. CST also has a strong representation of students and faculty from all along the Pacific Rim. It houses the Center for Pacific and Asian-American Ministries (CPAAM), which provides ministerial education and other services to enhance ministry to Pacific and Asian American constituencies of all denominations. Among the non-Methodist institutions sharing the CST campus are the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont and the Disciples Seminary Foundation. Accreditation The school is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. , the commission had the Claremont School of Theology listed as "Accredited with Notice of Concern" related to a commission action from February 2020. The school is also accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS). Notable faculty Jon Berquist Philip Clayton John B. Cobb (emeritus) Monica Coleman (emerita) Jane Dempsey Douglass Roland Faber David Ray Griffin (emeritus) Rolf Knierim (emeritus) Burton L. Mack (emeritus) Dennis R. MacDonald James M. Robinson (emeritus) Rosemary Radford Ruether James A. Sanders (emeritus) Deepak Shimkhada (adjunct) Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki (emerita) Marvin A. Sweeney Notable alumni David Augsburger Michel Weber Thomas Jay Oord Robert B. "Bobs" Watson Rosemary Radford Ruether Mary Elizabeth Moore Tripp Fuller References External links United Methodist seminaries Seminaries and theological colleges in California Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Educational institutions established in 1885 Claremont, California San Gabriel Valley 1885 establishments in California