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'''Vanderbilt Divinity School''' is a university-based interdenominational theological school based at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. It is one of only four such schools in the U.S., and is the only such school located in the [[Southern U.S.]][http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/history.html]
==Early History==
Vanderbilt Divinity School was founded in [[1875]] as the Biblical Department, and related to the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]], one predecessor of the present-day [[United Methodist Church]]. In [[1914]], in concert with the University's severance of its ties with the MECS, the school became [[interdenominational]] and [[ecumenical]], and in [[1915]], the school's name was changed from the Biblical Department of Vanderbilt University to the Vanderbilt School of Religion; it was not until [[1956]] when it formally adopted the name "Divinity School." In [[1966]] the Graduate School of Theology of [[Oberlin College]] in [[Ohio]] merged with that of Vanderbilt, increasing the faculty resources of both the Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion.
==Civil Rights/James Lawson Incident==
A notable period in the history of Vanderbilt Divinity School was the [[Civil Rights]] era. In [[1960]], African-American Divinity student [[James Lawson]] was expelled from the university for his role in nonviolent protests in the Nashville area. This expulsion, in turn, sparked great protest from many members of the Vanderbilt community, including most of the faculty of the Divinity School, who resigned ''en masse''. The so-called "Lawson Affair" was eventually resolved with Lawson's nominal reinstatement, and the resigned faculty resumed their posts.
==Denominations Served==
Despite having ended formal association with Methodism nearly a century ago, the UMC is the largest beneficiary of graduates from VDS, with sizable others ordained in denominations such as the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] (which operates a seminarian apartment nearby the campus), the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]], and [[African-American]] [[Baptist]], [[Methodist]], and [[Pentecostal]] groups. VDS, through the merger with Oberlin and an earlier absorption of a [[Congregational Christian Churches|Congregationalist]] seminary in [[Atlanta]] in [[1929]], maintains a historical relationship (although no legal ties) with the [[United Church of Christ]] also.
Students come from throughout the U.S., representing numerous denominations and traditions.
==Leadership==
At present, VDS is led by Dean James Hudnut-Beumler, formerly on the faculty of [[Columbia Theological Seminary]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Notable recent deans of the Divinity School include Joseph C. Hough, Jr., Sallie McFague, Walter Harrelson, and H. Jackson Forstman.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Dale A., ed. |title=Vanderbilt Divinity School: Education, Contest, and Change |location=Nashville |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |date=2001 |isbn=0826513867 }}</ref>
==Miscellanea==
Vanderbilt Divinity School is a member of the [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada]].
Faculty member Dale A. Johnson, now retired, wrote a history of VDS in [[2001]] titled ''Vanderbilt Divinity School: Education, Contest, and Change''.
==References==
<references />
==See also==
*[[Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt University]]
==External links==
* [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/ Divinity School website]
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: Education]]
[[Image:IMGP1440.JPG|thumb|200px|Spire of Benton Chapel, Vanderbilt Divinity School.]]
'''Vanderbilt Divinity School''' is a university-based interdenominational theological school based at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. It is one of only four such schools in the U.S., and is the only such school located in the [[Southern U.S.]][http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/history.html]
==Early History==
Vanderbilt Divinity School was founded in [[1875]] as the Biblical Department, and related to the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]], one predecessor of the present-day [[United Methodist Church]]. In [[1914]], in concert with the University's severance of its ties with the MECS, the school became [[interdenominational]] and [[ecumenical]], and in [[1915]], the school's name was changed from the Biblical Department of Vanderbilt University to the Vanderbilt School of Religion; it was not until [[1956]] when it formally adopted the name "Divinity School." In [[1966]] the Graduate School of Theology of [[Oberlin College]] in [[Ohio]] merged with that of Vanderbilt, increasing the faculty resources of both the Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion.
==Civil Rights/James Lawson Incident==
A notable period in the history of Vanderbilt Divinity School was the [[Civil Rights]] era. In [[1960]], African-American Divinity student [[James Lawson]] was expelled from the university for his role in nonviolent protests in the Nashville area. This expulsion, in turn, sparked great protest from many members of the Vanderbilt community, including most of the faculty of the Divinity School, who resigned ''en masse''. The so-called "Lawson Affair" was eventually resolved with Lawson's nominal reinstatement, and the resigned faculty resumed their posts.
==Denominations Served==
Despite having ended formal association with Methodism nearly a century ago, the UMC is the largest beneficiary of graduates from VDS, with sizable others ordained in denominations such as the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] (which operates a seminarian apartment nearby the campus), the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]], and [[African-American]] [[Baptist]], [[Methodist]], and [[Pentecostal]] groups. VDS, through the merger with Oberlin and an earlier absorption of a [[Congregational Christian Churches|Congregationalist]] seminary in [[Atlanta]] in [[1929]], maintains a historical relationship (although no legal ties) with the [[United Church of Christ]] also.
Students come from throughout the U.S., representing numerous denominations and traditions.
==Leadership==
At present, VDS is led by Dean James Hudnut-Beumler, formerly on the faculty of [[Columbia Theological Seminary]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Notable recent deans of the Divinity School include Joseph C. Hough, Jr., Sallie McFague, Walter Harrelson, and H. Jackson Forstman.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Dale A., ed. |title=Vanderbilt Divinity School: Education, Contest, and Change |location=Nashville |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |date=2001 |isbn=0826513867 }}</ref>
==Miscellanea==
Vanderbilt Divinity School is a member of the [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada]].
Faculty member Dale A. Johnson, now retired, wrote a history of VDS in [[2001]] titled ''Vanderbilt Divinity School: Education, Contest, and Change''.
==References==
<references />
==See also==
*[[Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt University]]
==External links==
* [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/ Divinity School website]
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: Education]]
