Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of
theologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
, located in
ManhattanManhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.New York County, which has the same boundaries as the Borough of Manhattan , is the most densely populated county in the United States, with a 2008 population of 1,634,795...
between
Claremont AvenueClaremont Avenue is a relatively short street in the New York City borough of Manhattan that begins at 116th Street and runs north for a length of 11 blocks until Tiemann Place . The eastern side of Claremont Avenue features the heavily-fortified backside of the Barnard College campus...
and
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, 120th to 122nd Streets. The
seminaryA seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of higher education for instructing students , sometimes at the postgraduate level, in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, to prepare students for ordination as clergy or other ministry...
was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is currently affiliated with nearby
Columbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City...
.
The brick and limestone English Gothic architecture, by Francis R. Allen (1844 – 1931) and Collins, completed in 1910, includes the tower (
pictured), which adapts features of the crossing tower of
Durham CathedralThe Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred to as Durham Cathedral, in the city of Durham, England, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
.
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of
theologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
, located in
ManhattanManhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.New York County, which has the same boundaries as the Borough of Manhattan , is the most densely populated county in the United States, with a 2008 population of 1,634,795...
between
Claremont AvenueClaremont Avenue is a relatively short street in the New York City borough of Manhattan that begins at 116th Street and runs north for a length of 11 blocks until Tiemann Place . The eastern side of Claremont Avenue features the heavily-fortified backside of the Barnard College campus...
and
BroadwayBroadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, which runs the full length of Manhattan and continues into the Bronx. It is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is the English literal translation of...
, 120th to 122nd Streets. The
seminaryA seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of higher education for instructing students , sometimes at the postgraduate level, in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, to prepare students for ordination as clergy or other ministry...
was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is currently affiliated with nearby
Columbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City...
.
Campus
The brick and limestone English Gothic architecture, by Francis R. Allen (1844 – 1931) and Collins, completed in 1910, includes the tower (
pictured), which adapts features of the crossing tower of
Durham CathedralThe Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred to as Durham Cathedral, in the city of Durham, England, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The Bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093...
. The Seminary is also adjacent to
Teachers CollegeTeachers College, Columbia University is a top ranked graduate school of education in the United States...
,
Barnard CollegeBarnard College is a women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1902...
, the
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaThe Jewish Theological Seminary of America is the academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism.The Jewish Theological Seminary operates five schools: Albert A...
and the
Manhattan School of MusicThe Manhattan School of Music is one of the world's leading music conservatories located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
and has cross-registration and library access agreements with several of these schools. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1980. Due to declining enrollments, large sections of the campus are now on long-term lease to Columbia University.
History
The seminary was founded in 1836, and is one of the most prestigious divinity schools in the country. During the late-19th Century, Union Theological Seminary (UTS) became one of the leading centers of
liberal ChristianityLiberal Christianity, sometimes called liberal theology, is an umbrella term covering diverse, philosophically informed religious movements and ideas within Christianity from the late 18th century and onwards...
in the United States. Among its graduates were the historian of Christianity Arthur McGiffert, biblical scholar James Moffett,
Harry Emerson FosdickHarry Emerson Fosdick was an American clergyman. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Colgate University in 1900, and Union Theological Seminary in 1904. While attending Colgate University he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1903 at the...
, pastor of
Riverside ChurchThe Riverside Church in the City of New York is an interdenominational church in New York City, famous not only for its elaborate Gothic architecture—which includes the world's largest carillon—but also as a center for the promotion of progressive causes...
, who served as professor during his tenure there, and the Socialist leader
Norman ThomasNorman Mattoon Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.-Early years:...
. It is home to the
Burke Theological Library, which is the largest theological library in the Western Hemisphere and serves a national and international field of scholars, pastors, and students. It contains more than 700 thousand volumes, periodicals, manuscripts, scores, and rare historic material.
On July 1, 2008, prolific feminist theologian
Serene JonesSerene Jones is the president of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. She was formerly the Titus Street Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School, chair of the Gender, Woman, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University ....
became Union's first female president in its 172-year history, succeeding Joseph C. Hough, Jr.
"Union has a distinguished history among graduate theological institutions. Its faculty has always ranked among the best in the world and has included such luminaries as
Walter RauschenbuschWalter Rauschenbusch was a Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister. He was a key figure in the Social Gospel movement in the USA.-Evolution of Thought:...
,
Reinhold NiebuhrKarl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American theologian. A Protestant, he is best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy...
,
Paul TillichPaul Johannes Tillich was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was, along with his contemporaries Rudolf Bultmann , Karl Barth , and Reinhold Niebuhr , one of the four most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century...
,
Dietrich BonhoefferDietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer ( (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was also a participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, a founding member of the Confessing Church...
,
James ConeJames Cone may refer to:* James Hal Cone * James Cone...
, and others. Its students come from around the country and the world. The seminary is known for its progressive understanding of religion in general, and Christianity in particular, and has long been at the forefront of the great social movements in this nation's history."
Faculty
UTS currently employs several prominent theologians on its faculty. Dr. Serene Jones, the seminary's first female president, was inaugurated in November 2008. Dr. Joseph Hough, UTS' immediate past president, is an important Christian Democratic Socialist.
Henry Sloane CoffinHenry Sloane Coffin was president of the Union Theological Seminary, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, and one of the most famous ministers in the U.S....
was a past president. Dr.
James Hal ConeJames Hal Cone is an advocate of Black liberation theology, a theology grounded in the experience of African Americans, and related to other Christian liberation theologies. In 1969, his book Black Theology and Black Power provided a new way to articulate the distinctiveness of theology in the...
is one of the founders of
liberation theologyLiberation theology is a school of theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church. It emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed, particularly through political activism. Its theologians consider sin the root source of poverty, the sin in...
and is especially important in the development of African-American theology. Union has also been home to many prominent Womanist theologians such as Delores Williams. Dr.
Gary DorrienGary Dorrien is an American theologian and the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and Professor of Religion at Columbia University....
is a leading social ethicist. Dr.
James A. ForbesJames Alexander Forbes, Jr. is the Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church, an interdenominational church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. He was the first African American minister to lead this multicultural congregation, and served it for 18 years.- Early life and...
, the former senior pastor of the adjacent
Riverside ChurchThe Riverside Church in the City of New York is an interdenominational church in New York City, famous not only for its elaborate Gothic architecture—which includes the world's largest carillon—but also as a center for the promotion of progressive causes...
, is an adjunct professor at the seminary and had been a full-time, chaired professor before accepting the Riverside post.
Reinhold NiebuhrKarl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American theologian. A Protestant, he is best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy...
and
Paul TillichPaul Johannes Tillich was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was, along with his contemporaries Rudolf Bultmann , Karl Barth , and Reinhold Niebuhr , one of the four most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century...
made UTS the center of both liberal and neo-orthodox Protestantism in the post-War period. Prominent public intellectual Dr.
Cornel WestCornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, and civil rights activist, as well as a prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America...
commenced a promising academic career at UTS in 1977. As liberalism lost ground to conservatism after the 1960s (while neo-orthodoxy dissipated) and thus declined in prestige, UTS ran into financial difficulties, and shrank significantly, due to a reduced student base. Eventually, the school agreed to lease some of its buildings to Columbia University and to transfer ownership of and responsibility for the Burke Library to Columbia. These agreements helped stabilize the school's finances, which had been hobbled by increasing library costs and the need for substantial campus repairs.
Degrees
The school confers
Master of ArtsA Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic master degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English, Fine Arts, History, Nursing, Humanities, Geography, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a...
,
Master of DivinityIn the academic study of Christian theology, the Master of Divinity is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America...
,
Master of Sacred TheologyThe Master of Sacred Theology is a second level professional degree conferred by seminaries and theological colleges.One must normally have an M.Div. or an M.A. in a religious or theological field before being admitted to study for the S.T.M. The S.T.M...
,
Doctor of TheologyDoctor of Theology is a terminal academic degree in theology. It is a research degree, involving the publication of an original contribution to scholarship in the form of a dissertation, that is for most purposes the equivalent of a Doctor of Philosophy in Theology or a similar discipline...
,
Doctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated PhD , for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", or alternatively, DPhil, for the equivalent , is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities...
, and offers joint degree programs with
Columbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City...
. The school has long been associated with
ecumenismЁcumenism or Œcumenism now mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater religious unity or cooperation....
.
Notable current faculty
- Mary C. Boys — Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology
- Euan K. Cameron — Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History & Academic Dean. (1958-)
- David Carr — Professor of Old Testament; contributed to Genesis in the New Oxford Annotated Bible (New Revised Standard Version
The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, released in 1989, is a thorough revision of the Revised Standard Version .There are three editions of the NRSV:...
)
- James Cone
James Cone may refer to:* James Hal Cone * James Cone...
— Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology - Founder of Black Liberation TheologyLiberation theology is a school of theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church. It emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed, particularly through political activism. Its theologians consider sin the root source of poverty, the sin in...
.
- Gary Dorrien
Gary Dorrien is an American theologian and the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and Professor of Religion at Columbia University....
— Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics
- Roger Haight
Roger Haight is an American Jesuit theologian.He received his B.A. and the M.A. in Philosophy from Berchmans College, Cebu City, Philippines; his S.T.B. from Woodstock College, Maryland ; the M.A. in Theology and the Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Chicago; and the S.T.L...
— Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology
- Brigitte Kahl — Professor of New Testament
- Paul F. Knitter
Paul F. Knitter is the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He was formerly Emeritus Professor of Theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since publishing his acclaimed book, No Other Name? , Knitter has...
— Paul Tillich Professor of Theology
- Chung Hyun Kyung
Chung Hyun Kyung is a Korean Christian theologian. She is a lay theologian of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, and is also an Associate Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the U.S....
— Associate Professor of Ecumenical Theology
- Barbara Lundblad — Joe R. Engle Associate Professor of Preaching
- Daisy L. Machado — Professor of the History of Christianity; first U.S. Latina ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Christopher Morse
Christopher Morse is an American Christian theologian. He is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Theology and Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.-Education:...
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Theology & Ethics
- John Anthony McGuckin
John Anthony McGuckin is an Orthodox Christian scholar, priest, and poet.He was raised Roman Catholic and at 19 became a member of the Passionist religious order. In 1989 McGuckin became Greek Orthodox and was ordained a priest for the Romanian Orthodox Church, now serving at the in Manhattan...
— Professor of Early Church History
- Hal Taussig — Visiting Professor of New Testament
- Ann Belford Ulanov
Ann Belford Ulanov is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Memorial Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice.-Biography:...
— Christiane Brooks Johnson Memorial Professor of Psychiatry and Religion
- Janet Walton — Professor of Worship
Several of Union's members also teach in the Religious Studies department at Columbia University and at the
Teachers College, Columbia UniversityTeachers College, Columbia University is a top ranked graduate school of education in the United States...
, and the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Former theologians and faculty
- William Greenough Thayer Shedd
William Greenough Thayer Shedd , son of the Reverend Marshall Shedd and Eliza Thayer, was an American Presbyterian Theologian born in Acton, Massachusetts.In 1835 Shedd began his studies at the University of Vermont...
— professor of sacred literature (1863–1874) and of systematic theology (1874-1890).
- Charles Augustus Briggs
Charles Augustus Briggs , American Presbyterian scholar and theologian, was born in New York City, the son of Alanson Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian.-Life & Thought:...
— professor of Hebrew and cognate languages (1874–1891) and of Biblical theology (1891-1904); an important early leader of the Modernist movement.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American theologian. A Protestant, he is best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy...
(1892–1971) — professor of Applied Christianity - Christian social ethics -, author of the influential The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941), and the Serenity PrayerThe Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer, most commonly attributed to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. The prayer has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. In 2008, Yale Book of Quotations editor Fred R. Shapiro published evidence that...
(popularized through the Twelve-step programA twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems...
).
- Paul Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillich was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was, along with his contemporaries Rudolf Bultmann , Karl Barth , and Reinhold Niebuhr , one of the four most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century...
(1886–1965) — German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.
- John C. Bennett (theologian)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer ( (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was also a participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, a founding member of the Confessing Church...
(1906–1945) — a German Lutheran pastor and theologian and participant in the resistance movement against Nazism, engaged in post-graduate studies at UTS.
- John Macquarrie
John Macquarrie FBA TD was a Scottish-born theologian and philosopher. Timothy Bradshaw has described Macquarrie as "unquestionably Anglicanism's most distinguished systematic theologian in the second half of the twentieth century."John Macquarrie FBA TD (June 27, 1919 – May 28, 2007) was a...
— professor of Systematic Theology 1962–70, afterwards Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of OxfordThe University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world and is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back...
and Canon Residentiary of Christ Church, OxfordThis article is about the Oxford college. For other uses, see Christ Church or Christchurch .Christ Church , is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
1970–1986.
- Robert Pollack
Dr. Robert Pollack is an American biologist who studies the intersections between science and religion. He currently works at Columbia University, where he serves as the director of the university's Center for the Study of Science and Religion and lectures for its Center for Psychoanalytic Training...
— professor of Science and Religion
- Raymond E. Brown
Raymond Edward Brown , was an American Roman Catholic priest and Biblical scholar. He was regarded as a specialist concerning the hypothetical ‘Johannine community’, which he speculated contributed to the authorship of the Gospel of John, and he also wrote influential studies on the birth and...
(1928–1998) — One of America's preeminent New Testament scholars and member of Pontificial Bible Commission was professor in UTS for 23 years.
- Edward Robinson
Edward Robinson is the name of:*Edward Robinson *Edward Robinson director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1910 to 1931*Edward G...
Biblical scholar and discoverer of Robinson's Arch and HezekiahHezekiah was the 12th king of the Kingdom of Judah, not counting queen Athaliah's reign....
's Tunnel in Jerusalem.
- Dorothee Soelle Socially-engaged German theologian
- Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick was an American clergyman. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Colgate University in 1900, and Union Theological Seminary in 1904. While attending Colgate University he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1903 at the...
— First minister of Riverside ChurchThe Riverside Church in the City of New York is an interdenominational church in New York City, famous not only for its elaborate Gothic architecture—which includes the world's largest carillon—but also as a center for the promotion of progressive causes...
and professor of homiletics
- Roger Haight
Roger Haight is an American Jesuit theologian.He received his B.A. and the M.A. in Philosophy from Berchmans College, Cebu City, Philippines; his S.T.B. from Woodstock College, Maryland ; the M.A. in Theology and the Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Chicago; and the S.T.L...
, theologian banned from teaching by the Holy Office.
Notable alumni
- William Scott Ament
William Scott Ament was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1877, and was known as the "Father of Christian Endeavor in China." Ament became prominent as a result of his reported heroism during the Boxer Uprising and...
(Bachelor of DivinityIn Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
, 1877) — controversial American missionary to China (1877-1909).
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer ( (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was also a participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, a founding member of the Confessing Church...
— German Lutheran theologian and Nazi resister who did post-graduate work at Union
- Rubem Alves
Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst, was born on 15 September 1933, in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais.-Education:# Bachelor in Theology, Seminário Presbiteriano de Campinas, 1957....
— Brazilian theologian and writer
- Marcus Borg
Marcus J. Borg is an American Biblical scholar and author. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, holds a DPhil degree from Oxford University and is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, an endowed chair, at Oregon State University...
— Popular lecturer and writer, Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State UniversityOregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are over 200 academic degree programs offered through the university...
- Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner is an American writer and theologian. Born July 11, 1926 in New York City, he is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books thus far...
— Writer
- Frederick Buckley Newell
Frederick Buckley Newell was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1952.-Birth and Family:Frederick was born 11 March 1890 in Hartford, Connecticut. He married Emily Louise Lewis of Jersey City, New Jersey 15 January 1919. They had two children: Frederick Buckley Newell Jr, and...
(Bachelor of DivinityIn Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
, 1916) — BishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of The Methodist Church
- Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann is an American Old Testament scholar and author, born in Tilden, Nebraska the son of a Methodist minister. He was ordained in the United Church of Christ. Brueggemann received an A.B. from Elmhurst College , a B.D. from Eden Theological Seminary , a Th.D. from Union Theological...
— William Marcellus McPheeters professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological SeminaryColumbia Theological Seminary is one of the ten theological institutions affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . It is located in Decatur, Georgia.-Description:...
- Gladwyn M. Childs
Gladwyn Murray Childs was an American minister, missionary and anthropologist.-Early life:He was born in Endeavor, Wisconsin on 29 December 1896. He received his bachelor's degree from Pomona College, a BD and MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, where he knew William...
— Anthropologist and missionary
- Nelson Cruikshank
Nelson Hale Cruikshank was known nationally in the United States as an expert on Social Security, Medicare and policy on aging...
(Master of divinityIn the academic study of Christian theology, the Master of Divinity is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America...
, 1929) — Labor unionA trade union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas, such as working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labor contracts with employers...
activist and strategist responsible for the passage of MedicareMedicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria. The medicare program also funds residency training programs for the vast majority of physicians in the...
- David Dellinger
David Dellinger , one of the most influential American radicals of the 20th century, was a pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change.-Chicago Seven:...
— Noted American peace activist and member of the Chicago Seven.
- Helen Flanders Dunbar
Helen Flanders Dunbar — later known as H. Flanders Dunbar — is an important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine and psychobiology, as well as being an important advocate of physicians and clergy co-operating in their efforts to care for the sick.-Life:Eldest child of a well-to-do family —...
(B.D. 1927) — an important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine.
- Franklin I. Gamwell
Franklin I. Gamwell is a scholar of the philosophy of religion, Christian theology, and philosophical ethics. He is the Shailer Mathews Professor of Religious Ethics, the Philosophy of Religion, and Theology at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, where he also has served as dean...
— Shailer Mathews Professor of Religious Ethics, the Philosophy of Religion, and Theology at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago
- David P. Gushee — Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University
Mercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Mercer is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music,...
. Author of 9 books and over 70 articles
- Mark Hanson
Mark S. Hanson is the third, and current, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.The Rev. Mark S. Hanson was born in Minneapolis Minnesota on 2 December, 1946. He was raised in a Lutheran family in Minnesota. His father was a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church...
— current Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches and currently has about 4,633,887 baptized members...
.
- Dwight Hopkins
Dwight N. Hopkins is a professor of theology at the University of Chicago and an ordained American Baptist minister.When Hopkins is not teaching at the University of Chicago, he is teaching at Trinity United Church of Christ where his students expect to be treated as his university students...
— Professor of Theology at the Divinity School at the University of Chicago
- Myles Horton
Myles Horton was an American educator, socialist and cofounder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement . Horton taught and heavily influenced most of the era's leaders. They included Dr...
— Co-founder of the Highlander Center
- Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
Ada María Isasi-Díaz is professor of ethics and theology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. As a Hispanic theologian, she is an innovator of Hispanic theology in general and specifically of Mujerista theology...
— Professor of Ethics and Theology at Drew UniversityDrew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...
- Mark Juergensmeyer
Mark Juergensmeyer is professor of sociology and global studies, affiliate professor of religious studies, and director of the Center for Global and International Studies, at University of California, Santa Barbara. His primary research interests are religion, religious terrorism, nationalism, and...
— Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies and Global Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies.
- Norman J. Kansfield - President New Brunswick Theological Seminary 1993-2005. Senior Scholar in Residence, Theological School, Drew University.
- William Stewart MacColl — Former minister in Wilton, Connecticut and Northwoods Community Church in Houston, Texas and former chair of Planned Parenthood of Houston
- Andrew McLellan
Andrew Rankin Cowie McLellan CBE is a minister in the Church of Scotland. Since 2002 he has been Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland...
— former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandThe Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is an honorary role, held for 12 months.Meetings of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, held in May each year, are chaired by the Moderator...
- Bruce McLeod
The Very Reverend N. Bruce McLeod is a former Moderator of the United Church of Canada . He has a doctorate in preaching from Union Theological Seminary in New York....
(PhD) — Moderator of the United Church of Canada
- Andrea Smith
Andrea Lee Smith is a Cherokee intellectual, feminist, and anti-violence activist. Smith's work focuses on issues of violence against women of color and their communities, specifically Native American women...
— CherokeeThe Cherokee are a Native American people from the Southeastern United States...
intellectualAn intellectual is a person who uses his or her intelligence and analytical thinking, either in a professional or a personal capacity.-Terminology and endeavours:...
and anti-violence activist
- John Stoltenberg
John Stoltenberg is an American radical feminist activist, scholar, author, and magazine editor. He is the managing editor of AARP the Magazine, a bimonthly publication of the United States-based interest group AARP , a position he has held since 2004...
— feminist writer
- Norman Thomas
Norman Mattoon Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.-Early years:...
— American Socialist
- K. H. Ting
Ting Kuang-hsun , is a former Anglican Bishop in mainland China, who is now Chairperson emeritus of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement and President emeritus of the China Christian Council, the government-approved Protestant church in China...
— President emeritus of the Three-Self Patriotic MovementThe Three-Self Patriotic Movement or TSPM is the government-sanctioned Christian organization in the People's Republic of China...
and China Christian CouncilThe China Christian Council or CCC was founded in 1980 as an umbrella organization for all Protestant churches in the People's Republic of China with Bishop K. H. Ting as its president. It works to provide theological education and the publication of Bibles , hymnals , and other religious...
- Delores Williams — Womanist
Womanist theology is a religious movement which reconsiders the traditions, practices, scriptures, and theologies with a special lens to empower and liberate African women in America. Womanist theology associates with and departs from Feminist theology and Black theology...
theologian
- James David Manning
James David Manning is chief pastor at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in New York City. Manning grew up in Red Springs, North Carolina, and has been at ATLAH since 1981...
— Pastor of ATLAH World Missionary Church in HarlemHarlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands.Harlem has been defined by a series...
, New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
- Lynn de Silva
Lynn Alton de Silva was a Sri Lankan theologian and Methodist minister. He was the founder and editor of one of the first theological journals on Buddhist-Christian encounter called Dialogue , chief translator for the revision of the Old Testament of the Sinhalese Bible published as New Sinhala...
(Master of Sacred TheologyThe Master of Sacred Theology is a second level professional degree conferred by seminaries and theological colleges.One must normally have an M.Div. or an M.A. in a religious or theological field before being admitted to study for the S.T.M. The S.T.M...
) — Sri LankanSri Lankan can refer to:*Someone or something from the country of Sri Lanka.*SriLankan Airlines, formerly Air Lanka, the national airline of Sri Lanka....
theologian, former director of the Ecumenical Institute for Study and DialogueThe Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue , formerly called Study Center for Religion and Society, is an institute located in Colombo, Sri Lanka that is devoted to the study and interpretation of religious and social movements of people in Sri Lanka, in order to assist the Church in...
, Methodist minister, and a pioneer in promoting Buddhist-Christian dialogue
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