saul gonzalez reports on the theological schools that is claremont lincoln university. . >> the korean-american drummers leading a line of professors. a new expertiment in education began this fall. this was the opening of southern california's claremont lincoln university which describes itself as america's first interreligious school of theology that put the pastors, rabbis and muslim imams on one campus. the school's philosophy was captured in the opening remarks of muslim-american scholar. a professor at claremont. >> the diversity of human kind is not a sign. it is a sign of god's creation and the beauty of humanity is in our very differences. >> what do you hope to accomplish here at claremont-lincoln. what is the grand vision? >> you have to get beyond people defining religions by the traditional walls. >> phillip clayton sees the school as offering an alternative to traditional religious education. >> when you train rabbis in one school and pastors in another and imams in another, they create an united states versus them mentality. what if we create something that has not been done. let

this was the opening of southern california's claremont/lincoln university which describes itself as america's first interreligious school of theology, one that pastors, rabbi, and eventually muslim imams have on one campus. the school's philosophy was captured in the opening remarks of muslim american religious scholar jiba sayyid miller, a professor at claremont. >> the diversity of humankind is not a curse from god. it is a sign of god's creation and the beauty of humanity is in our very differences. >> reporter: what do you hope to accomplish here at claremont/lincoln? what's the grand vision? >> you have to get beyond the point of people defining their religions by the traditional walls. >> reporter: phillip leighton is claire monday lincoln's provost. he sees the school as offering an alternative to traditional religious education. >> when you train rabbis in one school, pastors in another, imams in another, you put them out into communities, they create an "us versus them" mentality. what if we do something that's never been done before. let's train them the same classroom. le