Union Seminary in New York City
Seal of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
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| Latin: Seminarium Theologici Unioniensis Novi Eboraci | |
| Motto | Unitas, Veritas, Caritas (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Unity, Truth, Love |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1836 |
| Endowment | US$108,000,000 |
| President | Serene Jones |
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Academic staff
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38 |
| Students | 212 (including 124 M.Div. students) |
| Address | 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, New York City (Morningside Heights, Manhattan), New York, US |
| Affiliations | Columbia University |
| Website | www.utsnyc.edu |
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Union Theological Seminary
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| Location | W. 120th St. and Broadway, New York, NY 10027 |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°48′41″N 73°57′51″W / 40.81139°N 73.96417°W |
| Area | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | Allen & Collens |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Collegiate Gothic, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 80002725 |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1980 |
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is an independent, non-denominational, Christian seminary located in New York City. It is the oldest independent seminary in the United States and has long been known as a bastion of progressive Christian scholarship, with a number of prominent thinkers among its faculty or alumni. It was founded in 1836 by members of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., but was open to students of all denominations. In 1893, Union rescinded the right of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to veto faculty appointments, thus becoming fully independent. In the 20th century, Union became a center of liberal Christianity. It served as the birthplace of the Black theology, Womanist Theology, and other theological movements. Union houses the Columbia University Burke Library, one of the largest theological libraries in the Western Hemisphere.
Union is affiliated with neighboring Columbia University and the seminary serves as Columbia's constituent faculty of theology, a status it has held since 1928. Although administratively independent, Union is represented in Columbia's governance structure and appoints one faculty member and one student to the Columbia University Senate. In 1964, Union also established an affiliation with the neighboring Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Union's campus is located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, bordered by Claremont Avenue, Broadway, 120th Street, and 122nd Street. The brick and limestone English Gothic revival architecture, by Francis R. Allen (1844–1931) and Collins, completed in 1910, includes the tower (pictured), which adapts features of the crossing tower of Durham Cathedral. Adjacent to Teachers College, Barnard College, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and the Manhattan School of Music, Union has cross-registration and library access agreements with all of these schools.
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