Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary
founding	1812
place	Princeton
state	New Jersey
country	United States
president	M. Craig Barnes
Students	518
Website	www.ptsem.edu

The Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) is a theological seminary in Princeton, New Jersey and the largest of the Ten Seminaries belonging to the Presbyterian Church (USA) . It is the second oldest seminary in the United States . It was founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander , under the collaboration of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church with the College of New Jersey ( Princeton University ).

Today the seminar has about 500 students. Only about 40% of students are candidates for service in the Presbyterian Church, while the majority either belong to other denominations, pursue an academic career, or choose non-theological professions. The seminar maintains academic partnerships with Princeton University , the Westminster Choir College of Rider University , the New Brunswick Theological Seminary , the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and the School of Social Work at Rutgers University . There is also a relationship with the Center of Theological Inquiry .

history

Princeton Seminary around 1800.

The plan to establish a theological seminary at Princeton arose from the development and progress of the theological curriculum . The goal was to found a graduate school for theology. The plan was enthusiastically received on the part of the College of New Jersey , later Princeton University, as it had already become clear to those responsible that specialized training in theology required more supervision than could be given at college. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church therefore founded The Theological Seminary at Princeton in 1812 with the assistance of the directors of the nearby College of New Jersey. The seminary became the second graduate school for theologians in the United States . To date, the seminary is an institution of the Presbyterian Church and the largest of the ten theological seminaries.

In 1812 the seminary had three students and the Reverend Archibald Alexander as its first professor. By 1815 the number of students had already increased and construction began: Alexander Hall was designed by John McComb, Jr. , a New York architect, and opened in 1817. A domed hall was added in 1827, but it burned down in 1913 and was replaced in 1926. Until 1893 the building was simply called "Seminary", only then was it renamed Alexander Hall. Since its inception, Princeton Seminary has graduated from approximately 14,000 men and women who have served in a wide variety of areas in church work.

The seminary became famous in the 19th and early 20th centuries for its defense of Calvinist Presbyterianism , a tradition known as Princeton Theology that had a great influence on the evangelical movement of the time. Well-known representatives of this direction included Charles Hodge , BB Warfield , J. Greshammachen and Geerhardus Vos . As liberation theology in the 1920s and the controversy between fundamentalism and modernism became more influential in schools, some theologians, under the leadership of J. Gresham Make, founded Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside , Pennsylvania . In the 1920s and 1930s the seminary was a center of fundamentalist-modernist controversy. In 1929 the seminary was restructured according to modernist principles. In 1958 the Princeton Seminary was transferred to the United Presbyterian Church in the USA after the Presbyterian Church in the USA and the United Presbyterian Church of North America had merged and in 1983 there was a further merger with the Presbyterian Church in the US Today the church bearing the seminary is called Presbyterian Church (USA)

degrees

At the seminary, the degrees Master of Divinity , M.Div. and Master of Arts , MA as well as the Doctor of Philosophy. A double qualification M.Div./MA in Christian Education is geared towards working with children and adolescents as well as religious training and spiritual development.

Facilities

Libraries

The Princeton Seminary Library has more than 1,252,503 books, tracts, and microfilms. The library is known, among other things, because the Karl Barth Research Collection is kept there in the Center for Barth Studies . It receives more than 2,000 magazines. There are several library departments:

• Princeton Theological Seminary Library ("The New Library"), opened in 2013, with most of the collection. There is also the Center for Barth Studies , the Reigner Reading Room , and special collections such as the Abraham Kuyper Collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism, as well as personal libraries of theologians such as Ashbel Green , William Buell Sprague , Joseph Addison Alexander , Alexander Balloch Grosart , William Henry Green , Samuel Miller , BB Warfield .
• Speer Library, opened in 1957 and named after the missionary statesman Robert E. Speer . This library was closed in 2010 and replaced by the new building.
• Henry Luce III Library, opened in 1994 and named after Henry Luce III with 350,000 volumes. This library was closed for renovations in 2013.

Miller Chapel

Miller Chapel

The Miller Chapel was built in 1834 and was named in honor of Samuel Miller. Miller had been the second professor in the class. The building was designed in the Greek Revival style by Charles Steadman , who also designed the nearby Nassau Presbyterian Church . The chapel was originally located next to the Alexander Hall , but was moved to the center of the campus in 1933. Miller Chapel was completely renovated in 2000 and the Joe R. Engle organ was installed.

Navigating the Waters

The “Navigating the Waters” program has been in place since 2011 to strengthen intercultural skills. This program is jointly developed by Princeton Theological Seminary's Office of Multicultural Relations and The Kaleidoscope Institute .

research

Center for Barth Studies

The Center for Barth Studies was established in 1997 and is operated by a working group of the seminar. The center organizes conferences, gives support for research work, discussion groups and publications to promote the theology of Karl Barth (1886–1968). The Karl Barth Research Collection is part of this effort. It has many important works by and about Karl Barth as well as a manuscript and is constantly trying to acquire additional material.

Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology

The Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology consists of the Abraham Kuyper Collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism in the library collection. The focus is on the varieties of Dutch Reformed theology since the 19th century and has a considerable collection of primary and secondary sources by and about Abraham Kuyper . In partnership with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the center maintains an online research platform: www.kuyperresearch.org. It also awards the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life every year and subsequently organizes the Abraham Kuyper Consultation .

Center of Theological Inquiry

In 1978 the Center of Theological Inquiry was established as an independent ecumenical institute for theological studies. The center is now completely independent, but has close ties with Princeton Theological Seminary. The current directors are William Storrar and Robin Lovin.

Journals

The seminar publishes Theology Today , Koinonia Journal, and Princeton Theological Review .

Seminary lectureships

• Abraham Kuyper Lecture and Prize, (April).
• The Alexander Thompson Lecture, biennially (March).
• The Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture, biennially (November).
• Dr. Geddes W. Hanson Lecture, biennially, (fall semester).
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, (February).
• Dr. Sang Hyun Lee Lecture, biennially, (spring semester).
• The Donald Macleod / Short Hills Community Congregational Church Preaching Lectureship, biennial, (fall semester).
• Toyohiko Kagawa , Japanese Evangelist and Social Worker; every three years (spring semester).
• Students' Lectureship on Missions, biennially, (fall semester).
• The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture, (April).
• The Levi P. Stone Lectures, biennially since 1871 (October). The speakers included Abraham Kuyper (1898) and Nicholas Wolterstorff .
• Students' Lectureship on Missions, (October).
• The Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures, biennially (March). The speakers included Karl Barth (1962), John Howard Yoder (1980), TF Torrance (1981) and Colin Gunton (1993).
• Women in Church and Ministry Lecture (February).

Frederick Buechner Prize

The Buechner Prize for Writing has been awarded in honor of Frederick Buechner since 2015 . Buechner's book Telling the Truth was given away to students on the occasion of graduation.

Personalities

Principals and Presidents

Before the office of president was created in 1902, the seminar was led by the principal.

Principals Archibald Alexander (1812-1850) Charles Hodge (1851-1878) Archibald Alexander Hodge (1878-1886) Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1887-1902) President Francis Landey Patton (1902-1913) J. Ross Stevenson (1914-1936) John A. Mackay (1936-1959) James I. McCord (1959-1983) Thomas W. Gillespie (1983-2004) Iain R. Torrance (2004-2012) M. Craig Barnes (2013–)	Well-known professors Diogenes Allen Bernard W. Anderson Emil Brunner Donald Eric Capps James H. Charlesworth Kenda Creasy Dean FW Dobbs-Allsopp Karlfried Froehlich Freda Gardner Henry Snyder Gehman Gordon Graham George Hendry John Hick Archibald Alexander Hodge Charles Hodge Elmer G. Homrighausen Josef Hromádka George Hunsinger James Franklin Kay Cleophus LaRue Paul Lehmann J. Gresham Do	Bruce L. McCormack Elsie A. McKee Bruce Butcher Patrick D. Miller Samuel Miller James Moorhead Thomas C. Oden Richard Osmer Otto Piper Luis N. Rivera-Pagan JJM Roberts Paul Rorem Katharine Doob Sakenfeld CL Seow Richard Shaull Mark S. Smith Max L. Stackhouse Loren Stuckenbruck Mark Lewis Taylor Wentzel van Huyssteen Geerhardus Vos Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield Robert Dick Wilson

See also: Category: Princeton Theological Seminary

Alumni

James Waddel Alexander , 1823 William Patterson Alexander , missionary in Hawaii Oswald Thompson Allis , 1905 Rubem Alves , 1968 Gleason Leonard Archer , 1945 Howard Baskerville Albert Barnes , 1823 Louis Berkhof , 1904 Loraine Boettner , 1929 Greg Boyd , 1987 James Montgomery Boice , 1963 William Whiting Borden Robert Jefferson Breckinridge , 1832 Dave Brat , 1990, Professor at Randolph-Macon College and Politician G. Thompson Brown , 1950, missionary, founder of the Honam Theological Academy (Honam Theological University & Seminary). Anna Carter Florence , 2000 Shane Claiborne Hunter Corbett , missionary in Yantai , Shandong China Jack Cottrell John Finley Crowe , 1815, founder of Hanover College Michael Simpson Culbertson , 1844, missionary in China Kathy Dawson , Associate Professor of Christian Education, Director of MAPT Program ( Columbia Theological Seminary ). William A. Dembski , philosopher, mathematician and advocate of intelligent design , 1995 John H. Eastwood , 1941, Chaplain of the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps Sherwood Eddy , 1896, missionary to India , YMCA leader, writer Bart D. Ehrman , 1985 George Trout David Otis Fuller Robert AJ Gagnon , 1993 George Washington Gale , 1819, founder of Knox College Jim Garlow , Skyline Church pastor James Leo Garrett Jr. , 1949 Thomas W. Gillespie , 1954 William H. Gray , 1970 William Henry Green , 1846 Francis James Grimké , 1878, African American Presbyterian pastor, co-founder of the NAACP Phineas Densmore Gurley , Abraham Lincoln's pastor Han Kyung-chik , 1929, founder of the Young Nak Presbyterian Church , winner of the Templeton Prize John Will Harris , Founder of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico Charles Hodge , 1819 Elmer George Homrighausen , 1924 William Imbrie , missionary in Japan Thornwell Jacobs , 1899, founder of Oglethorpe University Sheldon Jackson , 1858, missionary in the Western United States ( Alaska ) Richard A. Jensen , 1962 Elizabeth Johnson , J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary

Toyohiko Kagawa , 1916 Kimberly Bracken Long , 1990, Presbyterian Pastor, Associate Professor at Columbia Theological Seminary Elijah Parish Lovejoy , 1834, first American martyr for freedom of the press , Presbyterian pastor, editor of an abolitionist magazine in Alton Clarence E. Macartney , 1905 John Gresham Make , 1905, founder of Westminster Theological Seminary George Leslie Mackay , missionary in Taiwan John Maclean, Jr. , 1818, President of Princeton University Allan MacRae , 1927, founder of Faith Theological Seminary and Biblical Theological Seminary Basil Manly , 1847 David McKinney Bruce Metzger , 1938 Samuel H. Moffett , 1942, missionary John Monteith , 1816, first president of the University of Michigan Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg , 1839 John Murray John Williamson Nevin , 1826 John Livingstone Nevius , missionary in China Kathleen M. O'Connor Francis Landey Patton , 1865 Paulos , Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Bradley Phillips , 1849, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly William Swan Plumer , 1826 James Reeb , 1953, civil rights activist, murdered in 1965 George S. Rentz , 1909; United States Navy Chaplain Corps -Chaplain (1st / 2nd World War) Jana Riess , 1994 Jay W. Richards Stanley P. Saunders , 1990 Samuel Simon Schmucker , 1820 Louis P. Sheldon , 1960 Robert B. Sloan , 1973 DeForest Soaries William Buell Sprague , 1819 Ned Stonehouse , 1927 Loren Stuckenbruck Lorna Taylor Charles Templeton Timothy Tennent , 1991 Mark L. Tidd , United States Navy Admiral, 25th Chief of Chaplains Henry van Dyke , 1874 Cornelius Van Til , 1924 Geerhardus Vos , 1885 Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield , 1876 Neil Clark Warren Victor Paul Wierwille

literature

• David B. Calhoun: History of Princeton Seminary. In two volumes. Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA 1996.
• James Moorhead: Princeton Seminary in American Religion and Culture. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI 2012.
• Richard Osmer, Gordon Mikoski: With Piety and Learning: The History of Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary 1812-2012. Lit Verlag, Münster 2012.

Web links

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Footnotes

1. ^ Princeton Theological Seminary: Office of the President. 2019, accessed on November 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} History of the Seminary . Princeton Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2015. 
3. ↑ Dear Mr. Mudd: Princeton Theological Seminary . Princeton University.
4. ↑ ATS - Member Schools ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ PTS Statistics . Princeton Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2015. 
6. ↑ Untitled Page . Princeton Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 1, 2013. 
7. ↑ Summaries of Statistics - Comparative Summaries ( PDF ) PC (USA). 2013.
8. ^ Gary Steward: Princeton Seminary (1812-1929): Its Leaders' Lives and Works . Presbyterian & Reformed, Phillipsburg NJ 2014, ISBN 9781596383975 .
9. ↑ Princeton Seminary Library ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ^ Reigner Christian Education Resource Collection
11. ^ Princeton Theological Seminary Library
12. ^ About PTS . Princeton Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2015. 
13. ↑ Navigating the Waters . Princeton Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 15, 2012. 
14. ↑ Princeton Theological Seminary Library ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Libweb.ptsem.edu. Retrieved September 4, 2013. 
15. ^ Database of secondary literature about Abraham Kuyper
16. ^ The Center
17. ↑ "to inquire into the relationship between theological disciplines, [and of these with] ... both human and natural sciences, to inquire into the relationship between diverse religious traditions ..., to inquire into the present state of religious consciousness in the modern world, and to examine such other facets of religion in the modern world as may be appropriate ... "
18. ↑ Theology Today ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Founded in 1944 at Princeton Theological Seminary, Theology Today is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal of Christian theology. 
19. ↑ Koinonia Journal ( Memento of the original dated December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. is published annually by doctoral students at Princeton Theological Seminary. The publication and its annual forum promote written and face-to-face interdisciplinary discussion around issues in theology and the study of religion. 
20. ↑ Princeton Theological Review is a student run, annual and online journal that exists to serve students within the Princeton Theological Seminary body as well as the wider theological community.
21. ^ Shadyside Presbyterian Church pastor Barnes named president of Princeton seminary . In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , October 9, 2012. 
22. ↑ Meet Dave .

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