The chaplains invited for the 2012 Season will once again represent intended theological, denominational, gender, racial and ethnic diversity, as well as ministerial context. As always, the Department of Religion’s commitment to diversity in gender, race and theological perspective is clear. The philosophy of the Department of Religion, from the beginning, has embraced and manifested the belief that an expression of these diversities is key to Chautauqua’s future.

WEEK ONE—JUNE 24-JULY 2

The Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones
Dean Emeritus, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

WEEK TWO—JULY 1-6

Rev. Oliver (Buzz) Thomas
minister, attorney, journalist, author; executive director of the Great Schools Partnership

WEEK THREE—JULY 8- July 13

Rev. Dr. Mark Labberton
professor, Fuller Theological Seminary

WEEK FOUR—JULY 15- July 20

Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor
priest; professor of religion, Piedmont College, Georgia

WEEK FIVE—JULY 22- July 27

Rev. Dr. Marvin McMickle
president, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

WEEK SIX—JULY 29-AUGUST 3

The Rev. Dr. Kenneth W. Chalker
senior pastor, University Circle United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio

WEEK SEVEN—AUGUST 5 - August 8

Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts
pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church;president, the State University of New York College at Old Westbury

WEEK EIGHT—AUGUST 12 - August 17

The Very Rev. Tracey Lind
Dean,Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio

WEEK NINE—AUGUST 19 - August 24

The Rev. Dr. Joel Hunter
senior pastor, Northland, “A Church Distributed” – a congregation of 15,000 that worships at four sites in Central Florida and at more than 1,000 sites worldwide via interactive webcast.

WEEK NINE, Final Sunday: August 26

Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
director, Chautauqua Institution Department of Religion