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Princeton Theological Seminary

January 21, 2023

Not to be confused with Princeton University.

Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church,[4] is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), it is the second-oldest seminary in the United States.[5][6] It is also the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church.

Princeton Theological Seminary
TypeSeminary
Established1812; 211 years ago (1812)
AffiliationPresbyterian Church (USA)
Endowment$1.459 billion (2022)[1]
PresidentJonathan L. Walton
Academic staff
44 (Full-time) and 23 (Part-time)[2]
Students364 (graduate students)[3]
Location
Princeton
,
New Jersey
,
United States
CampusSuburban, 23 acres (93,000 m²)
Websitewww.ptsem.edu

Princeton Seminary has long been influential in theological studies, with many leading biblical scholars, theologians, and clergy among its faculty and alumni. In addition, it operates one of the largest theological libraries in the world and maintains a number of special collections, including the Karl Barth Research Collection in the Center for Barth Studies. The seminary also manages an endowment of $1.13 billion,[7] making it the third-wealthiest institution of higher learning in the state of New Jersey—after Princeton University and Rutgers University.[8]

In the 1980s, Princeton Seminary enrolled about 900 students but today, the Seminary enrolls approximately 333 students.[9] While around 26 percent of them are candidates for ministry specifically in the Presbyterian Church, the majority are completing such candidature in other denominations, pursuing careers in academia across a number of different disciplines, or receiving training for other, non-theological fields altogether.[10][11]

Seminarians hold academic reciprocity with Princeton University as well as the Westminster Choir College of Rider University, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Jewish Theological Seminary, and the School of Social Work at Rutgers University. The institution also has an ongoing relationship with the Center of Theological Inquiry.[12]

History

 
Princeton Seminary in the 1800s

The plan to establish a theological seminary in Princeton was in the interests of advancing and extending the theological curriculum. The educational intention was to go beyond the liberal arts course by setting up a postgraduate, professional school in theology. The plan met with enthusiastic approval on the part of authorities at the College of New Jersey, later to become Princeton University, for they were coming to see that specialized training in theology required more attention than they could give. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church established The Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey in 1812, with the support of the directors of the nearby College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), as the second graduate theological school in the United States. The Seminary remains an institution of the Presbyterian Church (USA), being the largest of the ten theological seminaries affiliated with the 1.2-million-member denomination.[5][13]

In 1812, the seminary boasted three students and Archibald Alexander as its first professor. By 1815 the number of students had gradually increased and work began on a building: Alexander Hall was designed by John McComb Jr., a New York architect, and opened in 1817. The original cupola was added in 1827, but it burned in 1913 and was replaced in 1926. The building was simply called "Seminary" until 1893, when it was officially named Alexander Hall. Since its founding, Princeton Seminary has graduated approximately 14,000 men and women who have served the church in many capacities, from pastoral ministry and pastoral care to missionary work, Christian education and leadership in the academy and business.

 
Princeton Seminary class of 1922 (9314078919)

The seminary was made famous during the 19th and early 20th centuries for its defense of Calvinistic Presbyterianism, a tradition that became known as Princeton Theology and greatly influenced Evangelicalism during the period. Some of the institution's figures active in this movement included Charles Hodge, B.B. Warfield, J. Gresham Machen, and Geerhardus Vos.

Liberalism and split

In response to the increasing influence of theological liberalism in the 1920s and the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy at the institution, several theologians left to form the Westminster Theological Seminary under the leadership of J. Gresham Machen. The college was later the center of the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy of the 1920s and 1930s.[14] In 1929, the seminary was reorganized along modernist lines, and in response, Machen, along with three of his colleagues: Oswald T. Allis, Robert Dick Wilson and Cornelius Van Til, resigned, with Machen, Allis and Wilson founding Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. In 1958, Princeton became a seminary of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., following a merger between the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the United Presbyterian Church of North America, and in 1983, it would become a seminary of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) after the merger between the UPCUSA and the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.

Ties to slavery

In 2019, the Seminary announced that it would spend $27 million on "scholarships and other initiatives to address its historical ties to slavery".[15]

2022 President

Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton was announced to become the next president of Princeton Theological Seminary. Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton will begin his tenure starting January 1, 2023. The appointing of Rev. Jonathan Lee Walton as the next president marks a historical event as he will serve as the first black president since the establishment in 1812. [16]

Academics

 
Stuart Hall. The main classroom building of the Princeton Theological Seminary, designed by William Appleton Potter in Venetian Gothic style. Built in 1876.

Princeton Theological Seminary has been accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) since 1938 and by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education since 1968.[17][18]

Degree programs

Libraries

The Wright Library is a destination for visiting scholars from around the world. The current library building was completed in 2013 and was renamed on October 13, 2021 after Theodore S. Wright, the first African American to graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary.[20] The library has over 1,252,503 bound volumes, pamphlets, and microfilms.[21] It currently receives about 2,100 journals, annual reports of church bodies and learned societies, bulletins, transactions, and periodically issued indices, abstracts, and bibliographies. The Libraries are:

Rankings

Given its status as an autonomous postgraduate institution, Princeton Seminary does not appear in most global or national rankings for universities and colleges. As a graduate school, however, it does see such ranking on occasion. In 2020, it was ranked #53 nationwide – tied with University of Iowa and University of Florida – for the field of history by the U.S. News & World Report.[25] It was also rated at A+ by the American rankings and review company Niche in 2020.[26] The journal First Things, an organ of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York, ranked Princeton Seminary fifth among American graduate programs in theology, in 2012.[27]

Student life

According to The Princeton Review, as of 2020 the gender breakdown of the student body falls into 60% identifying as male and 40% as female, with a total enrollment of 530.[28]

Seminary Chapel

 
Miller Chapel
Main article: Miller Chapel

Built in 1834, Princeton Seminary's chapel was named to honor Samuel Miller, the second professor at the Seminary. It was designed in the Greek Revival style by Charles Steadman, who also designed the nearby Nassau Presbyterian Church. Originally located beside Alexander Hall, it was moved in 1933 toward the center of the campus, its steps now leading down onto the Seminary's main quad. Miller Chapel underwent a complete renovation in 2000, with the addition of the Joe R. Engle Organ.[29]

On January 18, 2022, members of the Association of Black Seminarians physically removed the sign naming the chapel "Miller Chapel" and held a protest calling for the trustees to rename the chapel because of Samuel Miller's direct ties to slavery.[30] On January 25, 2022, the Board of Trustees of Princeton Seminary voted to rename Miller Chapel in light of the protest. "This decision followed thoughtful deliberation by the Board of Trustees, and it is part of their commitment to the ongoing work of confession and repentance that was part of the historical audit on slavery."[31]

Navigating the Waters

In 2011, Princeton Theological Seminary's Office of Multicultural Relations and The Kaleidoscope Institute worked together to initiate an effort known as "Navigating the Waters," a program designed to promote cultural proficiency and diversity competency in faculty, staff, and students.[32]

Research

Center for Barth Studies

 
Alexander Hall. The original building of the Princeton Theological Seminary, patterned after Nassau Hall, and designed by John McComb, Jr. Built in 1814.

The Center for Barth Studies was established at Princeton Seminary in 1997 and is administered by a board of seminary faculty. The Center sponsors conferences, research opportunities, discussion groups, and publications that seek to advance understanding of the theology of Karl Barth (1886–1968), the German Swiss professor and pastor widely regarded as the greatest theologian of the 20th century. The Karl Barth Research Collection, part of Special Collections in the Princeton Theological Seminary Libraries, supports the scholarly activities of the Center for Barth Studies. The Karl Barth Research Collection is acquiring an exhaustive collection of writings by and about Karl Barth. Although many volumes are still needed, the Research Collection has already acquired Barth's most important works in German and English, several first editions, and an original hand-written manuscript by Karl Barth.[33]

Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology

The heart of the Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology is the Abraham Kuyper Collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism in the library's Special Collections, which focuses on the theology and history of Dutch Reformed Protestantism since the nineteenth century and features a sizable assemblage of primary and secondary sources by and about Abraham Kuyper. The center maintains in partnership with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam an online database of secondary literature about Abraham Kuyper.

The center has also established an annual event organized to award the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life, during which the recipient delivers an address. The Abraham Kuyper Consultation, a series of further lectures, takes place on the following day.

In 2017, there was a controversy surrounding the plan to award the Kuyper Prize to Tim Keller, then Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. A group of students and faculty protested that Keller should not receive the award due to his non-affirming views regarding LGBTQ and women clergy.[34] President Barnes initially defended awarding Keller the prize before changing his position.[35] Keller withdrew himself from consideration for the prize and still delivered his lecture. While drawing support from some quarters, the decision to not award Keller the prize also drew criticism in the Wall Street Journal[36] and Washington Post.[37]

Center of Theological Inquiry

In 1978, Princeton Theological Seminary's Board of Trustees established the Center of Theological Inquiry' (CTI) as an independent, ecumenical institution for advanced theological research, "to inquire into the relationship between theological disciplines, [and of these with] ... both human and natural sciences, to inquire into the relationship between diverse religious traditions ..., to inquire into the present state of religious consciousness in the modern world, and to examine such other facets of religion in the modern world as may be appropriate ..." Today, the center has its own board, funding, mission and staff, yet maintains close relations with Princeton Theological Seminary. The present director is William Storrar and the director of research is Robin Lovin.

Journals

 
Princeton Theological Review, Volume 1, Number 1 (1903)

Theology Today is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal of Christian theology founded in 1944.

Koinonia Journal is published annually by doctoral students at Princeton Theological Seminary. The publication and its annual forum promote written and face-to-face interdisciplinary discussion about issues in theology and the study of religion. It is distributed to well over 100 libraries worldwide.

Princeton Theological Review is a student-run, annual and online journal that exists to serve students within the Princeton Theological Seminary body as well as the wider theological community. It is distributed to well over 100 libraries worldwide.

Seminary Lectureships

 
KAGAWA Toyohiko Princeton Theological Seminary
  • Abraham Kuyper Lecture and Prize, held in April. In 2017, Princeton Theological Seminary reversed its decision to award the Kuyper Prize to Tim Keller after a group of alumni voiced their objection to the choice due to Keller belonging to a denomination (Presbyterian Church in America) that ordain neither women nor practicing homosexuals. However, the seminary did allow Keller to deliver the Kuyper Lecture without receiving the Kuyper Prize.[38]
  • The Alexander Thompson Lecture, held biannually in March.
  • The Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture, held biannually in November.
  • Dr. Geddes W. Hanson Lecture, held biannually, fall semester.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, held in February.
  • Dr. Sang Hyun Lee Lecture, held biannually, spring semester.
  • The Donald Macleod/Short Hills Community Congregational Church Preaching Lectureship, held biannually, fall semester.
  • Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Evangelist and Social Worker; Lecture held triennially spring semester.
  • Students' Lectureship on Missions, held biannually, fall semester.
  • The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture, held in April.
  • The Levi P. Stone Lectures, held biannually in October. Brings an internationally distinguished scholar to the seminary each year to deliver a series of public lectures. Created in 1871 by Levi P. Stone of Orange, New Jersey, a director and also a trustee of the seminary. Previous lecturers include Samuel Colcord Bartlett (1882), Samuel H. Kellogg (1892), Abraham Kuyper (1898), Henry Collin Minton (1902), Herman Bavinck (1908), Archibald Thomas Robertson (1915), Henry E. Dosker (1918), Louis Berkhof (1921), Valentine Hepp (1930), Hendrik Kraemer (1958), Karl Menninger (1969) and Nicholas Wolterstorff (1998).
  • Students' Lectureship on Missions, held in October.
  • The Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures, held biannually in March, are a series of lectures which honor the memory of Annie Kinkead Warfield, wife of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, distinguished professor of theology at the seminary from 1887 to 1921. Previous distinguished lecturers include Karl Barth (1962), John Howard Yoder (1980), T. F. Torrance (1981), and Colin Gunton (1993).
  • Women in Church and Ministry Lecture, held in February.

Frederick Buechner Prize

Acclaimed writer and theologian Frederick Buechner has long standing ties to Princeton Theological Seminary and the seminary has honored him with the creation of the Buechner Prize for Writing. Princeton sponsored and hosted the Buechner Writing Workshop in June 2015. Also, Princeton Theological Seminary has given copies of Buechner's Telling the Truth to students as part of their graduation.

People

Principals and Presidents of Princeton Theological Seminary

 
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Prior to the creation of the office of President in 1902, the seminary was governed by the principal.

The Principals
The Presidents
 
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Notable faculty (past and present)

See also: Category:Princeton Theological Seminary faculty

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Princeton Theological Seminary alumni

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Further reading

  • David B. Calhoun, History of Princeton Seminary. In Two Volumes. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1996.
  • James Moorhead, Princeton Seminary in American Religion and Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012.
  • Richard Osmer and Gordon Mikoski, With Piety and Learning: The History of Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary 1812-2012. Lit Verlag, 2012.

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Not to be confused with Princeton University Princeton Theological Seminary PTSem officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church 4 is a private school of theology in Princeton New Jersey Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA and the College of New Jersey now Princeton University it is the second oldest seminary in the United States 5 6 It is also the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church Princeton Theological SeminaryTypeSeminaryEstablished1812 211 years ago 1812 AffiliationPresbyterian Church USA Endowment 1 459 billion 2022 1 PresidentJonathan L WaltonAcademic staff44 Full time and 23 Part time 2 Students364 graduate students 3 LocationPrinceton New Jersey United StatesCampusSuburban 23 acres 93 000 m Websitewww wbr ptsem wbr eduPrinceton Seminary has long been influential in theological studies with many leading biblical scholars theologians and clergy among its faculty and alumni In addition it operates one of the largest theological libraries in the world and maintains a number of special collections including the Karl Barth Research Collection in the Center for Barth Studies The seminary also manages an endowment of 1 13 billion 7 making it the third wealthiest institution of higher learning in the state of New Jersey after Princeton University and Rutgers University 8 In the 1980s Princeton Seminary enrolled about 900 students but today the Seminary enrolls approximately 333 students 9 While around 26 percent of them are candidates for ministry specifically in the Presbyterian Church the majority are completing such candidature in other denominations pursuing careers in academia across a number of different disciplines or receiving training for other non theological fields altogether 10 11 Seminarians hold academic reciprocity with Princeton University as well as the Westminster Choir College of Rider University New Brunswick Theological Seminary Jewish Theological Seminary and the School of Social Work at Rutgers University The institution also has an ongoing relationship with the Center of Theological Inquiry 12 Contents 1 History 1 1 Liberalism and split 1 2 Ties to slavery 1 3 2022 President 2 Academics 2 1 Degree programs 2 2 Libraries 2 3 Rankings 3 Student life 3 1 Seminary Chapel 3 2 Navigating the Waters 4 Research 4 1 Center for Barth Studies 4 2 Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology 4 3 Center of Theological Inquiry 4 4 Journals 4 5 Seminary Lectureships 4 6 Frederick Buechner Prize 5 People 5 1 Principals and Presidents of Princeton Theological Seminary 5 2 Notable faculty past and present 5 3 Notable alumni 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory Edit Princeton Seminary in the 1800s The plan to establish a theological seminary in Princeton was in the interests of advancing and extending the theological curriculum The educational intention was to go beyond the liberal arts course by setting up a postgraduate professional school in theology The plan met with enthusiastic approval on the part of authorities at the College of New Jersey later to become Princeton University for they were coming to see that specialized training in theology required more attention than they could give The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church established The Theological Seminary at Princeton New Jersey in 1812 with the support of the directors of the nearby College of New Jersey now Princeton University as the second graduate theological school in the United States The Seminary remains an institution of the Presbyterian Church USA being the largest of the ten theological seminaries affiliated with the 1 2 million member denomination 5 13 In 1812 the seminary boasted three students and Archibald Alexander as its first professor By 1815 the number of students had gradually increased and work began on a building Alexander Hall was designed by John McComb Jr a New York architect and opened in 1817 The original cupola was added in 1827 but it burned in 1913 and was replaced in 1926 The building was simply called Seminary until 1893 when it was officially named Alexander Hall Since its founding Princeton Seminary has graduated approximately 14 000 men and women who have served the church in many capacities from pastoral ministry and pastoral care to missionary work Christian education and leadership in the academy and business Princeton Seminary class of 1922 9314078919 The seminary was made famous during the 19th and early 20th centuries for its defense of Calvinistic Presbyterianism a tradition that became known as Princeton Theology and greatly influenced Evangelicalism during the period Some of the institution s figures active in this movement included Charles Hodge B B Warfield J Gresham Machen and Geerhardus Vos Liberalism and split Edit In response to the increasing influence of theological liberalism in the 1920s and the Fundamentalist Modernist Controversy at the institution several theologians left to form the Westminster Theological Seminary under the leadership of J Gresham Machen The college was later the center of the Fundamentalist Modernist Controversy of the 1920s and 1930s 14 In 1929 the seminary was reorganized along modernist lines and in response Machen along with three of his colleagues Oswald T Allis Robert Dick Wilson and Cornelius Van Til resigned with Machen Allis and Wilson founding Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside Pennsylvania In 1958 Princeton became a seminary of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A following a merger between the Presbyterian Church in the U S A and the United Presbyterian Church of North America and in 1983 it would become a seminary of the Presbyterian Church U S A after the merger between the UPCUSA and the Presbyterian Church in the U S Ties to slavery Edit In 2019 the Seminary announced that it would spend 27 million on scholarships and other initiatives to address its historical ties to slavery 15 2022 President Edit Rev Jonathan Lee Walton was announced to become the next president of Princeton Theological Seminary Rev Jonathan Lee Walton will begin his tenure starting January 1 2023 The appointing of Rev Jonathan Lee Walton as the next president marks a historical event as he will serve as the first black president since the establishment in 1812 16 Academics Edit Stuart Hall The main classroom building of the Princeton Theological Seminary designed by William Appleton Potter in Venetian Gothic style Built in 1876 Princeton Theological Seminary has been accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools ATS since 1938 and by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education since 1968 17 18 Degree programs Edit Master of Divinity M Div Masters of Arts MA Master of Arts in Theological Studies MATS Master of Theology Th M Doctor of Ministry D Min offered from 1975 to 2005 having been replaced with Ph D in Practical Theology Doctor of Philosophy Ph D although the Doctor of Theology was previously awarded Dual M Div MA in Christian Education with foci in Youth amp Young Adults Teaching Ministry or Spiritual Development Dual M Div MSW in partnership with Rutgers School of Social Work 19 Libraries Edit The Wright Library is a destination for visiting scholars from around the world The current library building was completed in 2013 and was renamed on October 13 2021 after Theodore S Wright the first African American to graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary 20 The library has over 1 252 503 bound volumes pamphlets and microfilms 21 It currently receives about 2 100 journals annual reports of church bodies and learned societies bulletins transactions and periodically issued indices abstracts and bibliographies The Libraries are Princeton Theological Seminary Library The Wright Library was opened in 2013 and holds the bulk of the seminary s collection The library is also home to the Center for Barth Studies 22 the Reigner Reading Room 23 and special collections including the Abraham Kuyper collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism and personal libraries of theologians like Ashbel Green William Buell Sprague Joseph Addison Alexander Alexander Balloch Grosart William Henry Green Samuel Miller and B B Warfield 24 Speer Library opened in 1957 and named in honor of the renowned missionary statesman Robert E Speer It was closed in late 2010 and was replaced by the new library Henry Luce III Library dedicated in 1994 and named in honor of a distinguished trustee Henry W Luce has 350 000 volumes and 250 readers This library merged with Wright Library in 2013 Rankings Edit Given its status as an autonomous postgraduate institution Princeton Seminary does not appear in most global or national rankings for universities and colleges As a graduate school however it does see such ranking on occasion In 2020 it was ranked 53 nationwide tied with University of Iowa and University of Florida for the field of history by the U S News amp World Report 25 It was also rated at A by the American rankings and review company Niche in 2020 26 The journal First Things an organ of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York ranked Princeton Seminary fifth among American graduate programs in theology in 2012 27 Student life EditAccording to The Princeton Review as of 2020 the gender breakdown of the student body falls into 60 identifying as male and 40 as female with a total enrollment of 530 28 Seminary Chapel Edit Miller Chapel Main article Miller Chapel Built in 1834 Princeton Seminary s chapel was named to honor Samuel Miller the second professor at the Seminary It was designed in the Greek Revival style by Charles Steadman who also designed the nearby Nassau Presbyterian Church Originally located beside Alexander Hall it was moved in 1933 toward the center of the campus its steps now leading down onto the Seminary s main quad Miller Chapel underwent a complete renovation in 2000 with the addition of the Joe R Engle Organ 29 On January 18 2022 members of the Association of Black Seminarians physically removed the sign naming the chapel Miller Chapel and held a protest calling for the trustees to rename the chapel because of Samuel Miller s direct ties to slavery 30 On January 25 2022 the Board of Trustees of Princeton Seminary voted to rename Miller Chapel in light of the protest This decision followed thoughtful deliberation by the Board of Trustees and it is part of their commitment to the ongoing work of confession and repentance that was part of the historical audit on slavery 31 Navigating the Waters Edit In 2011 Princeton Theological Seminary s Office of Multicultural Relations and The Kaleidoscope Institute worked together to initiate an effort known as Navigating the Waters a program designed to promote cultural proficiency and diversity competency in faculty staff and students 32 Research EditCenter for Barth Studies Edit Alexander Hall The original building of the Princeton Theological Seminary patterned after Nassau Hall and designed by John McComb Jr Built in 1814 The Center for Barth Studies was established at Princeton Seminary in 1997 and is administered by a board of seminary faculty The Center sponsors conferences research opportunities discussion groups and publications that seek to advance understanding of the theology of Karl Barth 1886 1968 the German Swiss professor and pastor widely regarded as the greatest theologian of the 20th century The Karl Barth Research Collection part of Special Collections in the Princeton Theological Seminary Libraries supports the scholarly activities of the Center for Barth Studies The Karl Barth Research Collection is acquiring an exhaustive collection of writings by and about Karl Barth Although many volumes are still needed the Research Collection has already acquired Barth s most important works in German and English several first editions and an original hand written manuscript by Karl Barth 33 Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology Edit The heart of the Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology is the Abraham Kuyper Collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism in the library s Special Collections which focuses on the theology and history of Dutch Reformed Protestantism since the nineteenth century and features a sizable assemblage of primary and secondary sources by and about Abraham Kuyper The center maintains in partnership with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam an online database of secondary literature about Abraham Kuyper The center has also established an annual event organized to award the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life during which the recipient delivers an address The Abraham Kuyper Consultation a series of further lectures takes place on the following day In 2017 there was a controversy surrounding the plan to award the Kuyper Prize to Tim Keller then Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City A group of students and faculty protested that Keller should not receive the award due to his non affirming views regarding LGBTQ and women clergy 34 President Barnes initially defended awarding Keller the prize before changing his position 35 Keller withdrew himself from consideration for the prize and still delivered his lecture While drawing support from some quarters the decision to not award Keller the prize also drew criticism in the Wall Street Journal 36 and Washington Post 37 Center of Theological Inquiry Edit In 1978 Princeton Theological Seminary s Board of Trustees established the Center of Theological Inquiry CTI as an independent ecumenical institution for advanced theological research to inquire into the relationship between theological disciplines and of these with both human and natural sciences to inquire into the relationship between diverse religious traditions to inquire into the present state of religious consciousness in the modern world and to examine such other facets of religion in the modern world as may be appropriate Today the center has its own board funding mission and staff yet maintains close relations with Princeton Theological Seminary The present director is William Storrar and the director of research is Robin Lovin Journals Edit Princeton Theological Review Volume 1 Number 1 1903 Theology Today is a peer reviewed quarterly journal of Christian theology founded in 1944 Koinonia Journal is published annually by doctoral students at Princeton Theological Seminary The publication and its annual forum promote written and face to face interdisciplinary discussion about issues in theology and the study of religion It is distributed to well over 100 libraries worldwide Princeton Theological Review is a student run annual and online journal that exists to serve students within the Princeton Theological Seminary body as well as the wider theological community It is distributed to well over 100 libraries worldwide Seminary Lectureships Edit KAGAWA Toyohiko Princeton Theological Seminary Abraham Kuyper Lecture and Prize held in April In 2017 Princeton Theological Seminary reversed its decision to award the Kuyper Prize to Tim Keller after a group of alumni voiced their objection to the choice due to Keller belonging to a denomination Presbyterian Church in America that ordain neither women nor practicing homosexuals However the seminary did allow Keller to deliver the Kuyper Lecture without receiving the Kuyper Prize 38 The Alexander Thompson Lecture held biannually in March The Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture held biannually in November Dr Geddes W Hanson Lecture held biannually fall semester Dr Martin Luther King Jr Lecture held in February Dr Sang Hyun Lee Lecture held biannually spring semester The Donald Macleod Short Hills Community Congregational Church Preaching Lectureship held biannually fall semester Toyohiko Kagawa Japanese Evangelist and Social Worker Lecture held triennially spring semester Students Lectureship on Missions held biannually fall semester The Princeton Lectures on Youth Church and Culture held in April The Levi P Stone Lectures held biannually in October Brings an internationally distinguished scholar to the seminary each year to deliver a series of public lectures Created in 1871 by Levi P Stone of Orange New Jersey a director and also a trustee of the seminary Previous lecturers include Samuel Colcord Bartlett 1882 Samuel H Kellogg 1892 Abraham Kuyper 1898 Henry Collin Minton 1902 Herman Bavinck 1908 Archibald Thomas Robertson 1915 Henry E Dosker 1918 Louis Berkhof 1921 Valentine Hepp 1930 Hendrik Kraemer 1958 Karl Menninger 1969 and Nicholas Wolterstorff 1998 Students Lectureship on Missions held in October The Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures held biannually in March are a series of lectures which honor the memory of Annie Kinkead Warfield wife of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield distinguished professor of theology at the seminary from 1887 to 1921 Previous distinguished lecturers include Karl Barth 1962 John Howard Yoder 1980 T F Torrance 1981 and Colin Gunton 1993 Women in Church and Ministry Lecture held in February Frederick Buechner Prize Edit Acclaimed writer and theologian Frederick Buechner has long standing ties to Princeton Theological Seminary and the seminary has honored him with the creation of the Buechner Prize for Writing Princeton sponsored and hosted the Buechner Writing Workshop in June 2015 Also Princeton Theological Seminary has given copies of Buechner s Telling the Truth to students as part of their graduation People EditPrincipals and Presidents of Princeton Theological Seminary Edit Theological Seminary Princeton Brown Hall NYPL b11707651 G90F457 009ZF Prior to the creation of the office of President in 1902 the seminary was governed by the principal The PrincipalsArchibald Alexander 1812 1850 Charles Hodge 1851 1878 Archibald Alexander Hodge 1878 1886 B B Warfield 1887 1902 The Presidents VIEW OF FRONT ENTRANCE Princeton Theological Seminary Mercer Street Princeton Mercer County NJ HABS NJ 11 PRINT 18A 4Francis Landey Patton 1902 1913 J Ross Stevenson 1914 1936 John A Mackay 1936 1959 James I McCord 1959 1983 Thomas W Gillespie 1983 2004 Iain R Torrance 2004 2012 M Craig Barnes 2013 2023 39 Jonathan L Walton 2023 Notable faculty past and present Edit See also Category Princeton Theological Seminary faculty Diogenes Allen Dale C Allison Bernhard Anderson William Park Armstrong Emil Brunner Donald Eric Capps James H Charlesworth Ellen Charry F W Dobbs Allsopp Freda Gardner L Gordon Graham George Hendry John Hick Archibald Alexander Hodge Charles Hodge Elmer G Homrighausen George Hunsinger James Franklin Kay J Gresham Machen Bruce L McCormack Bruce Metzger Patrick D Miller Samuel Miller Otto Piper Luis N Rivera Pagan J J M Roberts Katharine Doob Sakenfeld C L Seow Richard Shaull Mark S Smith Max L Stackhouse Loren Stuckenbruck Mark Lewis Taylor Wentzel van Huyssteen Geerhardus Vos B B Warfield Robert Dick Wilson Robert Jenson Notable alumni Edit See also Category Princeton Theological Seminary alumni James Waddel Alexander 1823 William Patterson Alexander missionary to Hawaii Oswald T Allis 1905 Rubem Alves 1968 theologian Gleason Archer 1945 evangelical theologian Albert Barnes 1823 Howard Baskerville Louis Berkhof 1904 Loraine Boettner 1929 Greg Boyd 1987 James Montgomery Boice 1963 William Whiting Borden Dave Brat 1990 Randolph Macon College professor and Congressional candidate in Virginia s 7th District 40 Robert Jefferson Breckinridge 1832 G Thompson Brown 1950 missionary founder of Honam Theological Academy now Honam Theological University and Seminary Hugh M Browne 1878 educator principal of the Institute for Colored Youth Ernest T Campbell pastor Riverside Church Eugene Cho 1997 president of Bread for the World Hunter Corbett was a pioneer American missionary to Yantai Shandong China Jack Cottrell John Finley Crowe 1815 founder of Hanover College Michael Simpson Culbertson 1844 missionary to China Kathy Dawson Associate Professor of Christian Education and Director of M A P T Program at Columbia Theological Seminary Association of Presbyterian Church Educators 2015 Educator of the Year William Dembski Philosopher Mathematician and Intelligent Design advocate 1995 John H Eastwood 1941 US Army Air Corps chaplain 464th Bombardment Group in World War II Sherwood Eddy 1896 missionary to India YMCA leader author educator Bart D Ehrman 1985 professor and writer Anna Carter Florence 2000 George Forell David Otis Fuller Robert A J Gagnon 1993 George Washington Gale 1819 founder of Knox College Jim Garlow pastor of Skyline Church James Leo Garrett Jr 1949 theologian William H Gray Pennsylvania politician 1970 William Henry Green 1846 Francis James Grimke 1878 African American Presbyterian pastor co founder of the NAACP Phineas Gurley Abraham Lincoln s pastor Kyung Chik Han 1929 founder of Young Nak Presbyterian Church and winner of the Templeton Prize George C Heckman president of Hanover College 1870 79 Charles Hodge 1819 Elmer George Homrighausen 1924 William Imbrie missionary to Japan Sheldon Jackson 1858 Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States including Alaska Thornwell Jacobs 1899 founder of Oglethorpe University Richard A Jensen 1962 theologian and author William Hallock Johnson 1898 theologian and president of Lincoln University Pennsylvania Elizabeth Johnson New Testament Scholar J Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary Toyohiko Kagawa 1916 Margaret Grun Kibben 1986 and 2002 received MDiv and DMin first female chaplain of the US House of Representatives Guy Kratzer 1968 Pennsylvania State Senator Kimberly Bracken Long 1990 Presbyterian pastor author Associate Professor of Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary Elijah P Lovejoy 1834 first American martyr for freedom of the press Presbyterian pastor and publisher of an abolitionist newspaper in Alton Illinois killed while defending the press from an angry mob Clarence Macartney 1905 John Gresham Machen 1905 founder of Westminster Theological Seminary George Leslie Mackay Canadian missionary to Taiwan John Maclean Jr 1818 president of Princeton University Allan MacRae 1927 founder of Faith Theological Seminary and Biblical Theological Seminary Basil Manly Jr 1847 Carl McIntire fundamentalist attended briefly as a student but transferred to Westminster Theological Seminary in 1929 as a result of Fundamentalist Modernist Controversy David McKinney publisher Bruce Metzger 1938 Samuel H Moffett 1942 missionary educator John Monteith 1816 first president of the University of Michigan Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg educator 1839 John Murray theologian John Williamson Nevin 1826 John Livingstone Nevius missionary to China Harold Ockenga prominent figure in 1950s Neo Evangelicalism attended briefly as a student but transferred to Westminster Theological Seminary in 1929 as a result of Fundamentalist Modernist controversy Kathleen M O Connor Francis Landey Patton 1865 Abune Paulos Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Bradley Phillips 1849 member of the Wisconsin State Assembly William Swan Plumer 1826 Presbyterian clergyman author and educator James Reeb 1953 Civil Rights martyr George S Rentz ordained in 1909 Navy chaplain during World War I and World War II Jana Riess 1994 Jay Richards Stanley P Saunders 1990 Samuel Simon Schmucker 1820 Louis P Sheldon 1960 Robert B Sloan 1973 educator DeForest Soaries William Buell Sprague 1819 Ned B Stonehouse 1927 Loren Stuckenbruck Lorna Taylor Charles Templeton Canadian journalist Timothy Tennent 1991 Mark L Tidd US Navy Admiral 25th Chief of Chaplains Conrad Tillard born 1964 Master of Theology Baptist minister radio host author civil rights activist and politician Henry van Dyke 1874 Cornelius Van Til 1924 presuppositional apologist taught briefly but later followed Machen to Westminster Theological Seminary in 1929 Geerhardus Vos 1885 Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield 1876 Neil Clark Warren Victor Paul Wierwille Th M founding president of The Way International biblical research teaching and fellowship ministry in New Knoxville Ohio Ralph D Winter B Div founder of US Center for World Mission and William Carey International University Theodore S Wright 1828 First African American graduate John C Young 1828 pastor and 4th president of Centre CollegeReferences Edit As of June 22 2022 ATS Data Tables 2021 2022 and 2011 2012 xlsx Report College Navigator Princeton Theological Seminary College Navigator Princeton Theological Seminary Moore William E 1907 The Presbyterian Digest of 1907 Philadelphia Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work a b History of the Seminary Official Website Princeton Theological Seminary Archived from the original on 2017 06 09 Dear Mr Mudd Princeton Theological Seminary Mudd Manuscript Library Blog Princeton University 28 October 2015 Archived from the original 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not his lecture The Christian Century Archived from the original on 2017 10 28 Retrieved 2017 10 27 Thorp Case 2017 03 23 A Seminary Snubs a Presbyterian Pastor Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Archived from the original on 2017 10 28 Retrieved 2017 10 27 Service Jeff Chu Religion News 2017 04 12 Perspective Princeton seminarians were outraged over Tim Keller Here s Keller s point I wanted my peers to hear Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Archived from the original on 2017 10 28 Retrieved 2017 10 27 Princeton Theological Seminary reverses decision to honor Redeemer s Tim Keller 22 March 2017 Rodgers Ann 9 October 2012 Shadyside Presbyterian Church pastor Barnes named president of Princeton seminary Pittsburgh Post Gazette Archived from the original on 16 October 2012 Retrieved 20 October 2012 Meet Dave Dave Brat Republican for Congress Archived from the original on 2019 01 14 Retrieved 2015 12 10 Further reading EditDavid B Calhoun History of Princeton Seminary In Two Volumes Carlisle 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