Educating Leaders to Advocate Freedom
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Iliff is a community of multi-belonging
At Iliff, we honor spiritual traditions that recognize the inherent dignity of all people. The diverse identities of our students, faculty and staff enrich the classroom and broaden the scope of our scholarship. Students from a range of religious, spiritual, and secular backgrounds thrive at Iliff, working across lines of difference to advocate freedom.
We are a community of many stories, united by our abiding desire to build a more just future.
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Helping people enhance and develop inclusive and justice-oriented ministries in the 21st century responsive to particular contexts and communities. Ideal for students pursuing ordination.
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Where are they now: Death Care Collective
One of the most creative parts of the work of the Foundations of Death Care training program is helping the students find a place to begin to put what they are learning, experiencing and anticipating into practice.
A Reflection on the Memorial Gathering
On October 24, 2025, the Iliff School of Theology hosted a Memorial Site Ground Blessing Ceremony led by Lenape Elders from across the U.S. and Canada that gathered guests from the Denver community and nearby Native American Reservations.
Statement from President Butler
Juneteenth, a combination of June and the 19th day of the month, commemorates and celebrates the end of the War Between the States and the total emancipation of enslaved Africans in America.









