The Vanderbilt Divinity School is one of only four university-based
interdenominational institutions in the United States, and the only
one in the South. As such, its history provides a distinct vantage
point for viewing what has occurred in theological education since
the latter part of the nineteenth century. In this book, the
contributors explore the school's history in terms of four main
themes:
Engagement with southern culture, present from the beginnings of
the university but taking on special significance in the
mid-twentieth century around the issue of race;
The transition from an institution of the church (Methodist) to an
independent and interdenominational school with a liberal
Protestant orientation;
The development of the modern research university, evident in the
establishment of a graduate program in religion in addition to its
program for the profession of ministry;
From the 1950s, a growing concern with diversity and inclusivity,
in keeping with national and international issues and developments
both religious and cultural, which has broadened the school's sense
of ecumenism and deepened its commitments to social justice.
Conflict has played an important part in shaping the history of the
Vanderbilt Divinity School, from struggles over initial visions to
questions of financial support and institutional control, from
local debates over academic freedom to national issues of social
justice. Especially noteworthy are the transformations the school
has undergone since 1960: the "James Lawson affair," where the
divinity school faculty resigned over the expulsion of an African
American graduate student who was organizing local lunch counter
sit-ins; the impact of social change on the school since the late
1960s; and the contributions of women and African Americans,
including their appointment to the faculty.
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