Type Seminary President Rev. Dr. James Nieman Postgraduates 212 Total enrollment 290 (2010) Endowment 23.1 million USD | Established September 4, 1962 Academic staff 20 Undergraduate tuition and fees 12,906 USD (2011) Phone +1 800-635-1116 | |
Affiliation Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Address 1100 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615, USA Similar McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago Theological Seminary, Catholic Theological Union, Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary, Meadville Lombard Theologic Profiles | ||
The enhancing life project barbara rossing lutheran school of theology at chicago
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Its degree programs are Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Ministry, Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Philosophy. It offers concentrations in urban ministry, Bible, religion and science, environmental ministry, Hispanic/Latino ministry, African Descent ministry, American Indian and Alaskan Native ministry, Asian Descent ministry, and interfaith studies for M.Div. and M.A. students. Ph.D. students may earn degrees in the fields of Old Testament, New Testament, historical studies, theological studies (including concentrations in Christian ethics/church and society, religion and science, systematic theology, and theological anthropology) and world Christianity and mission.
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- The enhancing life project barbara rossing lutheran school of theology at chicago
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LSTC is located near the University of Chicago in the Hyde Park neighborhood. LSTC is a member of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS), a consortium of 11 area seminaries and theological schools. It shares the JKM Library and portions of its campus with McCormick Theological Seminary.
The enhancing life project lea schweitz lutheran school of theology at chicago
History
On September 4, 1962 Augustana Theological Seminary, Grand View Seminary, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary and Suomi Theological Seminary consolidated to form the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). The context and impetus for that union was the merger that same year of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Suomi Synod), and United Lutheran Church in America, that came together as the Lutheran Church in America (LCA).
For the next five years, the Lutheran School of Theology operated from two locations: the Augustana campus in Rock Island, Illinois and Chicago Lutheran campus in Maywood, Illinois, while an urban, university-related setting in the Chicago area was found. Three months before the seminary officially opened its doors adjacent to the University of Chicago campus, Central Lutheran Theological Seminary became the fifth LCA seminary to enter the merger. On October 22, 1967, the campus in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood was dedicated.
In 1983, 10 members of the faculty of Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, Mo. (1974), relocated to LSTC. On December 31, 1987 the two schools merged so they might enter as a unified body into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as it officially came into existence on January 1, 1988.
Notable scholars have taught at the school including Barbara Rossing, Linda E. Thomas, Antje Jackelén, Robert Fischer, Arthur Võõbus, William Danker, Fredrick Danker, Joseph Sittler, Philip Hefner, Richard A. Jensen, Carl Braaten, Albert "Pete" Pero, Jr., Harold Vogelaar, Paul Manz, David Rhoads, Kurt Hendel, Ralph Klein, Vitor Westhelle, Mark Swanson, and Edgar Krentz. The school holds a strong tradition of academic excellence in the Lutheran community.