Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune, July 12, www.chicagotribune.com/news/religion/ct-met-multifaith-seminary-20100712,0,5774227.story
A Chicago seminary plans to pioneer a new way to train clergy in the context of many faiths other than their own. Meadville Lombard Theological School, a Unitarian Universalist seminary hopes to join Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Catholic and Protestant institutions to train clergy together, including offering some shared courses where there is common ground. Leaders say the interreligious approach heralds the future of theological education and could save financially strapped seminaries nationwide.