Larry Golemon

Larry Abbott Golemon is the Executive Director of the Washington Theological Consortium--a community of Catholic, Protestant, and historic Black theological schools with partners in Islamic, Jewish, Spirituality and Biblical studies. As a researcher, Dr. Golemon was an associate for the national study of theological education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and co-authored their findings in Educating Clergy (2006). He taught at Dominican University of California and the GTU, and directed their research project entitled “Sacred Visions and the Social Good,” which explored religion in public life among Buddhists, Sufis, Native Americans, and faith-based Catholic and Protestant parishes. While at the Alban Institute in Virginia, he directed the Narrative Leadership project, which explored story-based transformation of congregational life. He also coordinated the “Ecumenical Project” at Virginia Theological Seminary, which identified capacities and new possibilities for ecumenical teaching and learning. He continues to write in theological education, with a new book (Oxford, 2021) that explores how Protestants, Catholics, and Jews have educated clergy for American society, specifically as culture-builders in religious and public life.

Dr. Golemon comes from an ecumenical family (Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant) and he has studied in ecumenical institutions for most of his degrees. He received a B.A. in History from Stanford University, a Master of Divinity and a Master of Sacred Theology from the Yale Divinity School, a ThM from Columbia Theological Seminary, and a PhD in contemporary theology from Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion. He has served the wider church in a variety of capacities: youth minister, local pastor, college and seminary professor, missionary, and researcher. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister (PCUSA).