Claremont School of Theology president to lecture at La Sierra University

The Rev. Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, president of the Claremont School of Theology, will give this year’s Paul J. Landa Memorial Lecture on Sat., Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. The title of his presentation is “Asian American Biblical Interpretation: Asian and Asian American Hermeneutics, and Approaches to Biblical Instruction for the Churches.”

Kuan became the seventh president of Claremont School of Theology on July 1, 2013. His current research consists of Asian and Asian American Hermeneutics, as well as biblical instruction for the churches. He also currently serves on the University Senate of The United Methodist Church.

He began his career as an associate pastor in Malaysia. In 2002, he became an ordained elder and full member of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia. He has also served as Old Testament Editor for the multi-volume New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible.

Paul J. Landa taught at both Loma Linda University and La Sierra for 26 years. He is remembered as a professor of the history of Christianity and was also a futurist of great vision. He developed expertise in strategic planning for churches and educational institutions. Landa devoted his career to fostering a healthy conversation among church, campus, and community in which each informed and inspired the other.

La Sierra’s H.M.S. Richards Divinity School has held the Paul J. Landa Memorial Lecture in honor of Landa's work since 1999. There have been 16 lectures including speakers such as Philip Yancey and Robert Jewett. This year, the event will be held in the Troesh Conference Center in the Zapara School of Business. Admission is free. For further information call 951-785-2041.

La Sierra University is located at 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside. A campus map is available at https://lasierra.edu/campus-map/.