4.7 Seminary Histories

Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY

Kinghorn, Kenneth C. The Story of Asbury Theological Seminary. Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2010.

Shipps, Howard Fenimore. A Short History of Asbury Theological Seminary. Originally Published in 1963. Revised electronic version available. Wilmore, KY: First Fruits Press, 2013. https://place.asburyseminary.edu/firstfruitsheritagematerial/23/

Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA

A People’s History of the Boston University School of Theology. https://www.bu.edu/sth-history/graduates/beginnings/

Cameron, Richard M. Boston University School of Theology, 1839-1968. Boston: Boston University School of Theology, 1968.

Candler School of Theology (Emory University), Atlanta, GA

Candler History. Candler School of Theology. https://candler.emory.edu/about-candler/candler-history/

Bowen, Boone M. Candler School of Theology: Sixty Years of Service. Atlanta: Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 1974.

Hauk, Gary S. Religion and Reason Joined: Candler at One Hundred. Covington, GA: Bookhouse Group, Inc., 2014.

Drew University, The Theological School, Madison, NJ

Cunningham, John T., Margaret M. Kiernan, and Regina Diverio. University in the Forest: The Story of Drew University. [Hagerstown, MD]: Phoenix Color Corp., 2002.

Cunningham, John T., and Regina Diverio. Drew University. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000.

Mission and History. Drew University. https://drew.edu/about/mission-history/

Richey, Russell E. “Drew Theological Seminary and American Methodism: Some Reflections.” In Scholarship, Sacraments and Service, Historical Studies in the Protestant Tradition: Essays in Honor of Bard Thompson, edited by Daniel B. Clendenin and W. David Buschart, 89-104. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990.

Duke University, The Divinity School, Durham, NC

Cushman, Robert E. “Fifty Years of Theology and Theological Education at Duke.” Duke Divinity School Review 42/1 (Winter 1977): 3-22.

Duke Divinity School. The Founding of Duke Divinity School. https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/uarchives/history/articles/divinity

Durden, Robert Franklin. The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1993.

Gammon Theological Seminary (Interdenominational Theological Center), Atlanta, GA

Gammon Theological Seminary. History. https://gammon-itc.org/history/

Richardson, Harry V. Walk Together, Children: The Story of the Birth and Growth of the Interdenominational Theological Center. Atlanta: ITC Press, 1981.

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL

Cosgrove, Charles H. Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago: A Dual Biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and Seminary Founder Eliza Clark Garrett. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2020.

Eller, Paul H. Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1873-1973, Shaping Ministry. Naperville, IL: Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1973.

Our History. https://www.garrett.edu/about/our-history/

Norwood, Frederick A. Dawn to Midday at Garrett. Evanston, IL: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1978.

Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO

Templin, J. Alton, ed. An Intellectual History of the Iliff School of Theology: A Centennial Tribute, 1892-1992. Denver: Iliff School of Theology, 1992.

Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Allen, Joseph L. Perkins School of Theology: A Centennial History. Dallas, T: Southern Methodist University Press, 2011.

Grimes, Lewis Howard. A History of the Perkins School of Theology. Edited by Roger Loyd. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993.

Perkins School of Theology. History. https://www.smu.edu/perkins/about/history

Theologische Hochschule Reutlingen School of Theology

Klaiber, Walter, and Michel Weyer, ed. Festschrift 125 Jahre Theologisches Seminar der Evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche, 1858-1983. Reutlingen: Theologisches Seminar der Evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche, 1983.

The History of Our School. https://www.th-reutlingen.de/en/the-school/the-history-of-our-school/

United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH

United Theological Seminary Centennial Celebration: A Collection of Essays. United Theological Seminary Bulletin 72/1 (January 1973). Dayton, OH: Union Theological Seminary, 1973.

United Theological Seminary. Celebrating 150 Years. https://united.edu/150-years/

United Theological Seminary. Our History. https://united.edu/history/

Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, TN

Conkin, Paul K. Gone with the Ivy: A Biography of Vanderbilt University. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1985.

Johnson, Dale A. Vanderbilt Divinity School: Education, Contest, and Change. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002.

Thompson, Bard. Vanderbilt Divinity School: A History. Nashville: VanderbiltUniversity, 1960.

Vanderbilt Divinity School. About VDS. https://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/about/

Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC

Chandler, Douglas R. Pilgrimage of Faith: A Centennial History of Wesley Theological Seminary, 1882-1982. Edited by C. C. Goen. Cabin John, MD: Seven Locks Press, 1984.

Wesley Theological Seminary. About Wesley Theological Seminary. https://www.wesleyseminary.edu/aboutus/