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Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary New York seal.png
Seal of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Latin: Seminarium Theologici Unioniensis Novi Eboraci
Motto Unitas, Veritas, Caritas (Latin)
Motto in English
Unity, Truth, Love
Type Private
Established 1836
Endowment US$108,000,000
President Serene Jones
Academic staff
38
Students 212 (including 124 M.Div. students)
Address 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, New York City (Morningside Heights, Manhattan), New York, USA
Affiliations Columbia University
Website www.utsnyc.edu
Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary (New York City) is located in New York City
Union Theological Seminary (New York City)
Union Theological Seminary (New York City) is located in New York
Union Theological Seminary (New York City)
Union Theological Seminary (New York City) is located in the US
Union Theological Seminary (New York City)
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 / 40.81139; -73.96417
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, ecumenical, 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. 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 In 1893, Union rescinded the right of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to veto faculty appointments, thus becoming fully independent.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 admnistratively 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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