Bryn Athyn College

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Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Motto: Intellectually Liberal. Morally Conservative. Spiritually Bold.
Established: 1877
Type: Private
Endowment: US $320,200,000
Faculty: 56
Undergraduates: 136
Postgraduates: 9
Location: Bryn Athyn, PA, USA
Campus: Suburban, 130 acres
Colors: Red and White
Mascot: Lion
Website: www.brynathyn.edu

Bryn Athyn College is a small private liberal-arts college located in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia. The college is religiously affiliated to the General Church of New Jerusalem, a Swedenborgian church with a heterodox Christian theology. The college is located in the midst of a religious community and the General Church's ecclesiastical organization. Bryn Athyn College is known particularly for its large endowment, low faculty/student ratio, international student diversity and its unique religious faith. It has the second highest endowment per student subsidy in the nation and in the world behind Princeton University.

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[edit] History

Bryn Athyn College was founded in 1877.

[edit] Religion

Bryn Athyn College is unique in that it is the only Swedenborgian College in the world. The college distinguishes itself from the church by stating on its web page, "The theology of the New Church fuels our mission, but we are not a church. We are a liberal arts college with a religious mission to spread the teachings of the New Church through intellectual engagement and academic channels.[1]"

Education is of special value in the New Church. Swedenborgian Scripture teaches, "A man ought to become imbued with sciences and knowledges, because through them he learns how to think; afterwards how to understand what is true and good, and at length how to be wise." [2]

[edit] Facilities

Bryn Athyn College has a number of educational facilities: the Swedenborg Library; Pendleton Hall; Childs Hall Dormitory (for men); Grant Hall Dormitory (for women); Asplundh Field House; Cairnwood Mansion; Bryn Athyn Cathedral, and Glencairn Museum. In addition to this, the college has four athletic fields, six tennis courts, and an ice rink.

[edit] Mission Statement

"Bryn Athyn College of the New Church serves as an intellectual center for all who desire to pursue a higher education in the liberal arts and sciences, enriched and structured by the Old and New Testaments and the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. The purpose of this education is to enhance students’ civil, moral, and spiritual life, as well as to contribute to human spiritual welfare.[3]"

[edit] Architecture and Significant Places

Within the Bryn Athyn community and adjacent to the college campus, are the following notable structures:

[edit] Majors offered

Bachelor Degrees:

  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Biology/biological sciences, general
  • English Language and literature, general
  • English Language and literature/letters
  • English/language arts teacher education
  • History Teacher education
  • History, general
  • Multi/interdisciplenary studies
  • Religion/religious studies

Associate Degrees:

  • Liberal arts and sciences/liberal studies

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