Disambiguation: This page refers to Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, an ecumenical seminary affiliated with Columbia University. For the Presbyterian-related seminary in Richmond, Virginia, see Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education. It is not to be confused with the similarly named United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in New Brighton, Minnesota (affiliated with the United Church of Christ), United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH (affiliated with the United Methodist Church), and Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, New York (affiliated with the Unification Church). Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education is an institution of the Presbyterian Church (USA). ... New Brighton is a city located in Ramsey County, Minnesota. ... Emblem of the UCC The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the merger of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. ... Downtown Dayton, Ohio, as seen from across the Great Miami River Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist, the largest mainline, and, after the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. ... The Unification Theological Seminary, located in Barrytown, New York, began its first classes in September 1975. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The tower at Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan, in New York City. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is currently affiliated with Columbia University. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1224x1632, 279 KB)Photographed and uploaded by user:Geographer. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1224x1632, 279 KB)Photographed and uploaded by user:Geographer. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... A seminary is a specialized university-like institution for the purpose of instructing students in religion, often in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City and a member of the Ivy League. ...

During the late-19th Century, Union Theological Seminary (UTS) became one of the leading centers of liberal Christianity in the United States.

UTS currently employs several prominent theologians on its faculty. Dr. Joseph Hough, the current President, is an important Christian Democratic Socialist. Dr. Jim Cone is one of the founders of liberation theology and is especially important in the development of African-American theology. Dr. Gary Dorrien is a leading church historian and social ethicist. Dr. James Forbes, the senior pastor of Riverside Church, is an associate professor at the school. Liberation theology is an important, sometimes controversial school of theological thought. ... James Forbes is the name of several notable men: James Forbes, (c. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Harry Emerson Fosdick worked as a professor at UTS throughout his tenure at Riverside Church. Later, Reinhold Neibuhr and Paul Tillich made UTS the center of liberal Christianity in the post-War period. As liberalism lost ground to Orthodoxy after the 1960s, UTS ran into financial difficulties, and shrank significantly. Eventually, the school entered into certain agreements with Columbia University, which helped give the school financial stability. The seminary is now affiliated with Columbia. Harry Emerson Fosdick (1879-1969) was the most prominent liberal baptist minister of the early 20th Century. ... Reinhold Neibuhr was a theologian and social activist writing during the time of World War II and following. ...

The school confers Master of Arts, Master of Divinity, S.T.M, Th.D and Ph.D. degrees. The school has long been associated with ecumenism. A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Master of Divinity is a common degree among theological seminaries and is considered the minimum academic requirement for ordination into pastoral ministry. ... A Th. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Å“cumenism) (IPA: ) is derived from the Greek oikoumene, which means the inhabited world. In its broadest meaning ecumenism is the religious initiative towards world-wide unity. ...

List of founders

• Charles Butler (NYU) (1802-97)

Charles Butler, (1802–1897) was an American lawyer and philanthropist. ...

Theologians

• William Greenough Thayer Shedd — professor of sacred literature (1863-1874) and of systematic theology (1874-1890)
• Charles Augustus Briggs — professor of Hebrew and cognate languages (1874-1891) and of Biblical theology (1891-1904); an important early leader of the Modernist movement
• Reinhold Niebuhr — professor of Applied Christianity - Christian social ethics - (1892-1971), author of the influential The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941), and the Serenity Prayer (popularized through the Twelve-step program).
• James Cone, Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology - Founder of Black Liberation Theology
• Paul Tillich, German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher (1886 – 1965)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and theologian and participant in the resistance movement against Nazism, engaged in post-graduate studies at UTS.

William Greenough Thayer Shedd (June 21, 1820 - November 17, 1894), American Presbyterian, was born in Acton, Massachusetts. ... Charles Augustus Briggs (January 15, 1841 - 1913), American Hebrew scholar and theologian, was born in New York City. ... Modernism, modernist Christianity, and liberalism are labels applied to proponents of a school of Christian thought which rose as a direct challenge to more conservative traditional Christian orthodoxy. ... Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was a Protestant theologian best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the reality of modern politics and diplomacy. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The Serenity Prayer is a prayer written by Confessing Church figure and Union Theological Seminary professor Reinhold Niebuhr in 1926 or 1932, according to records from Alcoholics Anonymous as the ending to a longer prayer. ... It has been suggested that Acting out be merged into this article or section. ... Liberation theology is an important, sometimes controversial school of theological thought. ... Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. ... Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German religious leader and participant in the resistance movement against Nazism. ...

External links

• Union Theological Seminary webpage