Talk:Princeton Theological Seminary

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[edit] Largest Library?

The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary (NYC) also seems to be the largest theological library aside from the Vatican. Their website claims "holdings of over 700,000 items" (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/libraries.html). Someone should look into this.

[edit] Archibald Alexander?

The book Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896, lists the name of the first professor as Adam Alexander. Any idea why there is the discrepancy? Badbilltucker 21:40, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Must be a mistake. The three main professors near the beginning of Princeton Seminary were Archibald Alexander, Charles Hodge, and Samuel Miller. --Whiteknox 16:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University affiliation?

There are some interesting comments/questions on the Princeton University mainpage and discussion page that are related to PTS. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vandy (talk • contribs) 01:01, September 26, 2005

I take it PTS is affiliated with Princeton University? This fact is never explicitly stated and should, if true as it presumably is, be articulated in the opening paragraph of the article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.206.149.227 (talk • contribs) 16:49, June 13, 2006

PTSEm is NOT affiliated with Prinston University at all. They were originally affiliated, but have been separate since the 1800's I think. I'll have to check on that. I have actually called Princeton University and asked this specific question and was met with a very firm "NO". It is VERY common for PTSEM students to refer to it as "Princeton" and to make out like ther are just at "Princeton's theology school". But PU has its own graduate school of religion. PU requires GRE scores for admission, PTSEM does not require any scores at all-only recs and a writing sample. It is a good school for what it does, I am sure, but they are not the same thing. I do believe that one gets privelidges at both campuses for certain things like using the library etc. But that is a pretty common thing for schools in the same town to do-have reciprocity for things like that.Eelmonkey 00:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)eelmonkey

REGARDING AFFILIATION:

It bears reminding that the name "Princeton" does not belong exclusively to the University. In 1896, the College of N.J. was renamed Princeton University after the town, not the other way around. Princeton Day School, Princeton High School: these are all properly "Princeton."

Whether rightly or wrongly, the primary intent in the beginning (1756) was to provide an educated ministry. All the classes were held in Nassau Hall. As with Yale and Harvard, the school became more secular which caused growing friction among the faculty. In 1812 the school divided in place. Which is the "real" Princeton? They both are. The University, be it granted, grew larger and better "known" than the Seminary...after all,it had more than one subject of study and a football team! Also the Seminary has no undergraduate college; all the students have undergraduate degrees from schools elsewhere (yes...even Princeton University). PTS remains one of the pre-eminent graduate-professional schools for ministry and a renowned graduate school of religion, largely Christianity. (The religion department at the University has a broader scope.) As is common with the earliest educational institutions in this country, the endowments and libraries of the University and Seminary are extremely large. Sept. 14, 2006; johnharnold2003@yahoo.com.

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REGARDING THE GRE

The GRE is required of Ph.D. applicants, but not for any of the master's programs. The same is true at Harvard's Divinity School which only requires the GRE for their Th.D. program. Yale Divinity School has no doctoral programs and the GRE is not required. It is required, however, for the Ph.D. in religious students at the "University" graduate school of Arts and Sciences. Oct. 24, 2006; johnharnold2003@yahoo.com

[edit] Chair of Systematic Theology

The Chair of Systematic Theology had several very notable figures in theology, namely Charles Hodge, A. A. Hodge, and B. B. Warfield (one professor described Warfield to me as on par with Augustine and Calvin). Should a separate page be created describing this chair, or should a subsection be added to the "History" section? I must admit that I am kind of confused as to the differences between the chair of systematic theology and the principalship; did these three figures in particular hold the chair as well as being principal at the same time, or was being the principal equivalent to holding the chair? --Whiteknox 16:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Empty sections

Just in case nobody noticed, the following sections are empty:

  • Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology
  • Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project
  • Institute for Youth Ministry
  • Journal: Theology Today

--Whiteknox 17:24, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Faculty

I don't believe, though I'm not certain, that Warren Carter and Harold Washington taught at PTS (at least, not on the regular faculty); both, I think got their degrees there.


Should George Hunsinger be included in the list of Notable Faculty members? He is Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a noted Barth scholar. From 1997 to 2001, he was director of the Center for Barth Studies at PTS. And in early 2006 he founded the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, now a leading antitorture group in the USA among religious organizations and NGOs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.24.113 (talk) 01:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)