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Philip Clayton

As a scholar, Philip Clayton works at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and science. Although he continues to work on fundamental questions that arise within each of these fields and at their intersections, his more recent focus has turned increasingly to the intersection of climate science, ethics, religion, and social philosophy, or ecotheology. 

Clayton is the Ingraham Chair (emeritus) at Claremont School of Theology, where he founded the PhD program in comparative theologies and philosophies. After receiving the PhD from Yale University, Dr. Clayton taught at Williams College and the California State University, as well as holding guest professorships at the University of Munich, the University of Cambridge, and Harvard University. He has published several dozen books and some 350 articles.

Philip is the founding president of the Institute for Ecological Civilization, now known as the EcoCivilization Coalition (EcoCiv.org). Philip and Andrew Schwartz founded EcoCiv in 2015 after…