Papers ofthe Interseminary Commission for Training for the Rural Ministry, 1926-1954

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Papers ofthe Interseminary Commission for Training for the Rural Ministry, 1926-1954

Minutes, reports and proposals documentthe development and activities of the Commission, including its participationin the Associated Commissions for the Development of the Rural Church in NewEngland. Correspondence focuses on Luther A. Weigle's involvement in theCommission. The Interseminary Commission for Training for the Rural Ministrywas established in 1929, with funding from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as acooperative effort to provide more adequate preparation for ministers workingin town and country fields. The activities of the Interseminary Commissionincluded summer institutes, research seminars, supervised fieldwork, andcourses offered in connection with the seven participating seminaries: AndoverNewton Theological School, Auburn Theological Seminary, Boston UniversitySchool of Theology, Bangor Theological Seminary, Hartford Theological Seminary,Union Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School.

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Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

Interseminary Commission for Training for the Rural Ministry

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The Interseminary Commission for Training for the Rural Ministry was established in 1929 as a cooperative effort to provide more adequate preparation for ministers working in town and country fields. Participating seminaries were: the Andover Newton Theological School, Auburn Theological Seminary, Boston University School of Theology, Bangor Theological Seminary, Hartford Theological School, Union Theological Seminary and the Yale Divinity School. Dean Luther A. Weigle of the Yale Divinity Schoo...

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Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)

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Hartford Theological Seminary

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Associated Commissions for the Development of the Rural Church in New England.

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Auburn Theological Seminary (Auburn, N.Y.)

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Weigle, Luther Allan, 1880-1976

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Luther Allan Weigle, university professor, received his B.A. degree from Gettysburg College in 1900, his M.A. degree in 1903, and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1905. He was ordained in the Lutheran ministry in 1903, and was a pastor in Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1903-1904. Weigle was an assistant in psychology at Yale from 1904-1905, a professor of philosophy at Carleton College from 1905-1916, the Horace Bushnell Professor of Christian Nurture at Yale from 1916-1924, and Sterling Professor of Religi...

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Yale university. Divinity school

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For more than a century, theological instruction was conducted by Yale's president or by the Professor of Divinity, a position established by Thomas Clap in 1746. During these years, however, Yale did not have a formally established Divinity School. The college began to feel the lack of a separately established department in the beginning of the nineteenth century as more New England colleges--such as Williams, Middlebury, Union, and Hamilton--began to draw students to their seminar...

Bangor Theological Seminary (Me.)

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