Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

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Seabury-Western Theological Seminary is a seminary of The Episcopal Church, located in Evanston, Illinois. It was formed in 1933 by a merger of Western Theological Seminary of Evanston (founded in 1883 in Chicago), and Seabury Divinity School of Faribault, Minnesota (founded in 1858). The new seminary endeavored to hold in tension the "High Church" and "Low Church" identities of its predecessors. However, for most of its history, SWTS occupied a place within Anglican churchmanship akin to that of The General Theological Seminary in New York: a liturgical bent toward Anglo-Catholic practices and an acceptance of modern theology and social tolerance.

As of the fall of 2008 the seminary stopped accepting seminarians for the traditional Master of Divinity degree. In 2009 Seabury's property was acquired by Northwestern University with Seabury allowed use of the property for five years. In January 2012 Seabury formally left the Evanston site, functionally ending its presence as residential seminary, and the various buildings are now used by the Northwestern University, moving its remaining offices to the national headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) near O'Hare Airport. In March 2012, the Boards of Seabury-Western and of Bexley Hall Seminary in Bexley, Ohio, voted to federate.[1]

See also

  • A. K. M. Adam (b. 1957), professor
  • James Lloyd Breck (1818–1876), founder of the school
  • Mark S. Sisk (b. 1942), president and dean, 1984–1998
  • Richard Thieme (b. 1944), alumnus

References

  1. ↑ "Roger Ferlo to Lead Federation of Seabury and Bexley". Retrieved 27 December 2012. 

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Coordinates: 42°03′25″N 87°40′40″W / 42.0569°N 87.6779°W / 42.0569; -87.6779

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