Farminary Concentration - Princeton Theological Seminary
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Farminary Concentration

Concentration in Theology, Ecology, and Faith Formation

Princeton Theological Seminary, in conjunction with the Farminary, will offer a graduate concentration that allows master’s students to focus their academic work on issues pertaining to theology, sustainability, faith formation, ecology, and justice.

“The setting changes the relationship between faculty and students. The kind of conversations we have on the farm are just different. Students have lots of questions — both practical and vocational. They want to know how what we are reading will relate to what they’ll be doing out in the world.”
—Jacqueline Lapsley, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Old Testament

This concentration prepares students for vocational ministry or scholarly pursuits by a) lifting up agrarian and ecological perspectives within the Christian theological tradition; b) exploring the interconnectedness of critical contemporary concerns such as sustainability, food justice, racial justice, climate change, and ecology; and c) cultivating holistic and innovative approaches to theological education and formation. The requirements for the certificate involve earning 9 credits from approved courses. Students must take at least one three-credit course at the Farminary. One course (or a maximum of three credits) could be taken at Princeton University in order to fulfill the certificate requirements, subject to the approval of the coordinator and the associate dean for academic administration.

Coordinator: Dr. Nathan T. Stucky

Current courses that count for the Concentration in Theology, Ecology, and Faith Formation:

CH3464Church and Poverty in Modern Europe
CH3465The “Dechristianization” of Europe
CH5052Faith, Reform, and Reaction in Rural America
CH5062European Christianity and the Natural World
EF1520Ecologies of Faith Formation
EF2363Communion with Creation in the Era of Eco-Crisis
EF3347Laboratory in Entrepreneurial Ministry
EF/RS3480Intentional Communities
EF4390Scripture and Food: Teaching the Bible in Congregations
EF4391Soil and Sabbath: Roots for a Vital Church
EF4392American Agrarians
EF4394Land Lab: Thinking Theologically with Soil
EF4400Laboratory for Sustainable Models of Ministry
ET3321Contemporary Cosmology and Christian Ethics
ET3470The Ethics of Resisting and Accepting Death
NT3306Exegesis of the Gospel of Mark
NT3307Luke’s Theology at the Table
NT3321English Exegesis of Paul and His Letters
NT3376Queer Hermeneutics
NT3411Parables of Jesus
NT3414Greek Exegesis of Romans
OT3260Text and Terrain: Connecting Scripture, Land, and Interpretation
OT3275Wine and the Bible
OT3300Exegesis of Genesis
OT3301God in the Old Testament
OT3317Creation and Creativity
OT3345Landscape and Ecology in the Old Testament
OT3405Exegesis of Exodus
OT3410Exegesis of Jeremiah
OT3413God, Humanity, and Creation in the Old Testament
OT3455Exegesis of the Psalms
OT4000Society and Culture in Ancient Israel
OT5041History of Ancient Israel and Judah
PC5380The Creative Unconscious and Visual Life
PC5470Dying and Grieving in Pastoral Care
PR3421Preaching Death and Eschatology with the Earth
TH3463Text, Ideology & Power in Theology
TH3469Theologies of Order and Chaos
TH3432Biology and Augustinian Thought
TH3462Toward a Theology of Creation and Ecology
TH/RS3444The Liberation Theology of Gustavo Gutiérrez
TH/RS3470What is the human being? Theological Anthropology
TH/RS3583Critical Race Theory as Theological Challenge
TI2072Faith in an Exhausted World