The Unification Theological Seminary, located in Barrytown, New York, began its first classes in September 1975. Serving the Unification Church through graduate education in theology and sponsoring ecumenical conferences, the seminary has had three presidents: David Kim (1975-94), Theodore Shimmyo (1994-2000) and Dr. Tyler Hendricks (2000 to date). It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with BCworld. ...

Renowned scholars such as Harvey Cox, Herbert Richardson, Richard Quebedeaux, M. Darroll Bryant, Ninian Smart, Frederick Sontag taught courses there or spoken at its seminars and inter-religious forums.

Unification Theological Seminary is not to be confused with Union Theological Seminary (an independent college of theology in New York City), despite their sharing the same acronym. Union Theological Seminary is an independent college of theology, located in Manhattan, in New York City. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ...

External link

• Seminary's website