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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]

'''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.[https://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/history.html]

==Early History==

==Early History==

Vanderbilt Divinity School was founded in 1875 as the Biblical Department, and related to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_Episcopal_Church Methodist Episcopal Church, South], one predecessor of the present-day [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Methodist_Church 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.

Vanderbilt Divinity School was founded in 1875 as the Biblical Department, and related to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_Episcopal_Church Methodist Episcopal Church, South], one predecessor of the present-day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Methodist_Church 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==

==Civil Rights/James Lawson Incident==

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/ Divinity School website]

* [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/ Divinity School website]

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Education]]

[[Category: Education]]