Princeton Theological Seminary

Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures
2022-03-28 19:00 - 2022-03-31 19:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
Dr. Friederike Nüssel will present the 2022 Annie Kinkead Warfield Lecture series, “Dynamics of the Spirit: a pneumatological approach to dogmatics.”
All lectures in this series will take place in the Theron Room of the Wright Library at Princeton Theological Seminary. The lectures will also be livestreamed on the Seminary’s YouTube channel.
Monday, March 287 p.m. – Lecture One: Rethinking developments in pneumatologyReception immediately following
Tuesday, March 293 p.m. – Lecture Two: “God is Spirit” – Narrating God’s revelation as Spirit7 p.m. – Lecture Three: The creating Spirit as the power of diversity
Wednesday, March 304 p.m. – Lecture Four: The redeeming Spirit as the gift of recognition
Thursday, March 313 p.m. – Lecture Five: The reconciling Spirit as the medium of presence7 p.m. – Lecture Six: The Spirit of freedom and the human
Speaker
Dr. Friederike Nüssel is professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University. She is also the director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at the university. Dr. Nüssel works at the intersection of dogmatic and ecumenical theology. She is a former member of the Center for Theological Inquiry.

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Monday, March 287 p.m. – Lecture One: Rethinking developments in pneumatology
Tuesday, March 293 p.m. – Lecture Two: “God is Spirit” – Narrating God’s revelation as Spirit7 p.m. – Lecture Three: The creating Spirit as the power of diversity
Wednesday, March 304 p.m. – Lecture Four: The redeeming Spirit as the gift of recognition
Thursday, March 313 p.m. – Lecture Five: The reconciling Spirit as the medium of presence7 p.m. – Lecture Six: The Spirit of freedom and the human

The Warfield Lectures are named in honor of Annie Kinkead Warfield, wife of Dr. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield who served as professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1921.

Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Center for Barth Studies
2022-03-24 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Center for Barth Studies

The Center for Barth Studies (CBS) aims to be a globally connected research center that serves both the academy and the church worldwide by providing a space for Princeton Theological Seminary patrons, visiting scholars and students, pastors, and lay persons to engage with the work and legacy of Karl Barth both in person and online. CBS maintains and develops an exhaustive resource collection of works by and about Karl Barth, hosts annual conferences for scholars and pastors as well as a yearly translator’s seminar, facilitates reading groups, and assists with the research needs of all inquirers. CBS is also responsible for creating and ensuring the quality of the English language online version of the Church Dogmatics.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kait Dugan, managing director of the Center for Barth Studies, about Karl Barth, the Center for Barth Studies, and the role of the Center at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Virtual Open House: You Can Afford Princeton Theological Seminary
2022-03-10 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: You Can Afford Princeton Theological Seminary

You are invited to this financial aid session, which will begin with an introduction from Mike Livio, director of Student Administrative Services, and then launch into a presentation to learn more about financial aid opportunities and ways you are able to afford Princeton Theological Seminary. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask any questions they may have near the conclusion.
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Admissions Masters Application Workshop (For Domestic Students)
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00
There is still time to submit your master’s application!
Join the Office of Admissions on March 8 at 12:00 p.m. ET for an hourlong application workshop.
At this live workshop, prospective students will receive helpful tips from the Office of Admissions on how to start and complete your application. Workshop attendees will learn how to succeed in the application process, gain a better idea of the application process, and learn what the Admissions committee is looking for in applicants. This one-hour workshop is designed for domestic students applying to master’s degree programs only.
Please note, financial aid is still available!

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An Evening with Dutch Music Treasures: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Jacob van Eyck
2022-03-04 19:30 - 20:30
This evening is a special Dutch music program offered by organist Mina Choi (MDiv, 2016) and recorder player John H. Burkhalter III. Together with an ensemble of Seminary Singers, they will introduce musical treasures from two of the best-known musicians of the Dutch Golden Age: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621) and Jacob van Eyck (1590 – 1657). Sweelinck’s well-known organ variations were transcribed for the descant recorder by van Eyck. This concert will present both organ and recorder variations sharing the same tunes enabling listeners to compare and contrast the styles of performance practice, as well as a psalm motet for choir by Sweelinck. This event will also feature the recently installed Paul Fritts Op. 21 organ in the Scheide Hall of the Princeton Theological Seminary.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Please email chapel.office@ptsem.edu to make a reservation.

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Prathia Hall Lecture: Dr. Renita J. Weems
2022-03-03 19:00 - 20:00
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Renita J. Weems to deliver the Prathia Hall Lecture on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. Weems’ lecture is titled “Learning to Think Better Than We Have Been Trained: Black Women and the Academic Study of Religion.”
Those interested in attending this event may do so in person or watch via the livestream.
This lecture is presented by the Center for Theology, Women, and Gender.

Speaker

In addition to being a former professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School (1987-2004), Dr. Renita Weems has taught at Spelman College, Howard University Divinity School, and Memphis Theological Seminary. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where she attended Atlanta public schools.
Weems earned a PhD degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1989, making her the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in Old Testament Studies. Her dissertation was a trailblazing effort. Writing in an era when women doctoral students hesitated to take on “women’s issue” topics, and when most male faculty still felt uncertain, if not uncomfortable, advising such topics, Weems chose to study marriage imagery in the Hebrew prophets. Her work offered careful, challenging, and often painful insights into use of this metaphor; moving beyond traditional scholarship, which had all too easily looked only at the “love” side of the marriage metaphor. Weems was among the first to point to the violence associated with this biblical imagery, violence acceptable within the prophets’ cultural assumptions about marriage and all too often considered acceptable even in 20th-century America. Weems’ 1995 volume Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets brought this important work to a wide audience, with powerful hermeneutical reflection on implications for contemporary understandings of God and of marriage. Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women’s Relationships in the Bible, published in 1989 along with a host of other articles and books highlighting the questions and experiences that Black women bring when reading the Bible, has sealed her legacy as a trailblazer in the field of womanist biblical scholarship. Her seminal essay “Reading Her Way: African American Women and the Bible” appeared in the landmark book Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation (1991). Her commentary on the book of Song of Songs in the New Interpreter’s Bible (1997) remains an important resource for understanding biblical notions of love, sex, and human sexuality.
Finally, Weems is a biblical scholar, a minister, and an author whose scholarly insights into modern faith, biblical texts, and the role of spirituality in everyday lives has made her a highly sought-after writer and speaker for more than four decades. She has numerous books, commentaries, and articles on the Bible and prophetic religion to her credit. She has written multiple articles and essays for academics, preachers, and lay audiences on topics of faith, prophetic religion, Christian ethics, biblical notions of justice, women’s spirituality, and the Bible and human sexuality. She is the first Black woman to deliver the Yale University Lyman Beecher Lecture (2008). Weems is featured in “Black Stars: African American Religious Leaders” (2008), a collection of biographies of some of the most important Black Religious Leaders over the last 200 hundred years, including such impressive figures as Adam Clayton Powell, Elijah Muhammad, Sojourner Truth, Howard Thurman, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Weems lives in Nashville with her family.

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Established in 2019, the Prathia Hall lectureship is named in honor of Dr. Prathia Wynn Hall. Hall earned three degrees from Princeton Seminary: a Master of Divinity in 1982, a Master of Theology in 1984, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1997 in which she graduated magna cum laude. An activist in the Civil Rights Movement and a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Hall was a womanist theologian, a social ethics professor, and one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Association.

Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. David C. Chao
2022-03-01 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to connect and converse with community members from Princeton Theological Seminary during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. David C. Chao

Dr. David C. Chao is director of the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. He teaches courses on Asian American theology, organizes academic programming in Asian American theology and ministry, and mentors Asian and Asian American students. His research and writing focus on Asian American theology, the uses of Christian doctrine for liberation, and the convergence and divergence of Protestant and Catholic dogmatics. He has a wide range of pastoral experience with Chinese American, Korean American, and pan-Asian churches and ministries and is an active member of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The Center for Asian American Christianity advances research and scholarship pertaining to Asian American Christianity through its events and publications, offers innovative conferences on Asian American theology drawing upon leading practitioners and scholars from Asian American studies and Asian American theology on topics relevant to Asian American congregations, and equips and empowers the ministries of Asian American leaders and Asian American congregations.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Chao as he shares his perspective and answers your questions about Princeton Theological Seminary, Asian American Christianity, and more.

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Virtual Open House: A Conversation with the Hispanic Theological Initiative
2022-02-24 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: A Conversation with the Hispanic Theological Initiative
The Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) exists to create and nurture a community of Latinx scholars to serve the academy and the church through the combined efforts of a consortium of member schools, including Princeton Theological Seminary. The intent of this project is to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of Hispanic PhD students, leveraging institutional resources toward dissertation completion and the eventual doctorate that will result in a greater presence of Hispanic faculty and senior administrators in seminaries, schools of theology, and universities.
Join us for a conversation on February 24th with members from the Hispanic Theological Initiative and learn more about their initiatives and their work at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins
2022-02-17 19:00 - 20:00
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins to deliver the Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture on February 17 at 7:00 p.m. Hopkins’ lecture is titled “Faith and Wealth: Black Liberation Theology & Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Those interested in attending this event may do so in person or watch via the livestream.
This lecture is presented by the Association of Black Seminarians.

Speaker
Dwight N. Hopkins is the Alexander Campbell Professor at the University of Chicago. He teaches courses on Black liberation theology, the humanities and wealth, and global comparative cultures. He founded a 14-country network on Black religions and spiritualities. Focused on women’s advocacy and youth and student education, the network included Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, Japan, India, England, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Cuba, Jamaica, Brazil, and the USA. He is currently working on three new classes: Black Liberation Theology: Hopkins versus Cone?; Theology and Black Wealth Ownership; and Black Liberation Theology & the Critics Who Oppose It.

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Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Heath W. Carter
2022-02-15 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Theological Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. Heath W. Carter
Dr. Heath W. Carter is an associate professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he teaches and writes about the intersection of Christianity and American public life. He is the author of Union Made: Working People and the Rise of Social Christianity in Chicago (Oxford University Press, 2015), which was the runner up for the American Society of Church History’s 2015 Brewer Prize, and the co-editor of three books: The Pew and the Picket Line: Christianity and the American Working Class (University of Illinois Press, 2016), Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism (Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2017), and A Documentary History of Religion in America, 4th Ed. (Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018).
Carter is currently at work on a new book titled On Earth as it is in Heaven: Social Christians and the Fight to End American Inequality (under contract with Oxford University Press). He is also the co-editor of William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company’s award-winning Library of Religious Biography series.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Carter as he shares his perspective and answers your questions about Princeton Seminary, American Christianity, theological education, and much more.

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Virtual Open House: Learn More About How Princeton Seminary Is Reformed and Ecumenical
2022-02-10 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About How Princeton Seminary Is Reformed and Ecumenical

Princeton Seminary is a Presbyterian school in the Reformed tradition, an identity we embrace proudly and believe to be an essential source of wisdom and strength for our mission. Our Reformed tradition shapes our instruction, research, practical training, and continuing education, as well as our theological scholarship.
At the same time, Princeton Seminary is an ecumenical, international, and intercultural community that holds Jesus Christ as the center of our life together. In our life and work, we have a rich racial and ethnic diversity that reflects the breadth of communions represented in the worldwide church. We offer our theological scholarship in service to God’s renewal of the church’s life and mission, and seek to engage Christian faith with intellectual, political, and economic life in pursuit of truth, justice, compassion, and peace.
Join us on February 10th at 2:00 p.m. to learn more about how Princeton Seminary is both Reformed and ecumenical.

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Bringing Sexuality and Social Justice to Church
2022-01-28 09:30 - 13:00
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On January 28, the Center for Theology, Women, and Gender and the Women in Ministry Initiative will co-host a workshop on holistically integrating conversations about sexuality with an ethic of social justice into ministry with Dr. Kate Ott. Those interested in attending may do so online or in person.

Leader

Dr. Kate Ott is a Christian social ethicist addressing the formation of moral communities with specializations in sexuality, youth and young adults, technology, pedagogy, and professional ethics. Her newest book is Sex, Tech, and Faith: Christian Ethics in a Digital Age. Her other writings include Christian Ethics for a Digital Society, Sex + Faith: Talking with Your Child from Birth to Adolescence and multiple book chapters and articles. She lectures and leads workshops across North America on sexuality issues related to faith formation for teens, young adults, parents, and religious educators and professionals. She is professor of Christian social ethics at Drew University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey and a lecturer in practical theology at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut.

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There is no cost for this event but registration is required. The workshop will be held at Stuart Hall in Room 6 and Mackay Main Lounge. Individuals can also choose to attend virtually. For in-person attendees, lunch boxes will be provided by Olsson’s Fine Foods.

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Virtual Open House: Learn More About Student Housing and Financial Aid
2022-01-27 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About Student Housing and Financial Aid

You are invited to a special open house featuring staff members from the Office of Student Administrative Services. You will learn about financial aid opportunities and ways you are able to afford Princeton Seminary. You will also have an opportunity to hear all about housing at Princeton Seminary, from our newly renovated campus dorms, spacious off-campus housing, and our “Farm-to-Table” on-campus dining services.
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Virtual Open House: Learn More About Field Education
2022-01-18 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About Field Education
Field education connects the classroom and the church, integrating academic learning with the practice of ministry. In supervised ministry settings in churches, hospitals, and social service agencies in rural, urban, suburban, and international settings, students practice acts of ministry and reflect on those actions. They test their call, gain self-awareness, develop relationships, and acquire pastoral and leadership skills. The Office of Field Education and Vocational Placement is committed to providing cross-cultural, diverse, racial-ethnic, and international sites for ministry.
Join Rev. Catherine Davis, director of vocational and field placement, and Rev. Jennie Salas, associate director of vocational and field placement, to learn more about importance of field education at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Keri Day
2022-01-13 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. Keri Day
Keri Day is associate professor of constructive theology and African American religion at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. She earned an MA in religion and ethics from Yale University Divinity School and received her PhD in religion from Vanderbilt University. Her academic research focuses on how African American theology and Black religious thought address global economics, especially among women of the African Diaspora. Her articles and essays on religion, culture, and economics have been published in several nationally regarded journals. She has authored three academic books, Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012); Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015); and Notes of a Native Daughter: Testifying in Theological Education (2021). She currently has her next book, Azusa Reimagined: A Radical Vision of Religious and Democratic Belonging, under contract with Stanford University Press, which will be published summer of 2022. She has also been recognized by NBC News as one of six Black women at the center of gravity in theological education in America. She has written for the New York Daily News, The Christian Century, The Feminist Wire, and The Huffington Post.
Join Dr. Keri Day for a conversation about her experience at Princeton Theological Seminary and what the Seminary has to offer prospective students.

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Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies
2021-12-16 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies
The Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies endeavors to cultivate Black theological genius and inspire people to interweave their ministry and scholarly work into the historical tapestry of the Black church’s prophetic witness. Subsequently, critical reflection is for emancipatory action. The Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies also functions as a center for creativity fostering theological imagination and cultivating innovative practices.
Princeton Theological Seminary invites you to join us for a conversation with Rev. Dr. David Latimore, director of the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, to learn more about the vision and work of the center.

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Resurrection Hope: A Conversation with the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas
2021-12-15 18:00 - 19:30
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The Center for Barth Studies and the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary are co-hosting a conversation with the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas to discuss her new book, Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter. Douglas has been a leading voice in interrogating the intersection of theological thought and black existence during this critical historical moment in America which has witnessed the prophetic rallying cry of “Black Lives Matter.” In her new book, Douglas seeks to respond to the theological question from her son: “How do we really know that God cares when Black people are still getting killed? How long do we have to wait for the justice of God?” Through a sobering analysis of the anti-Blackness inherent in both the foundation of America as a nation and Christianity itself, Douglas tries to capture the depth of the problem when it comes to the threat against black lives. In the second part of her book, Douglas offers a theological response to her diagnosis of America’s racial problem in an effort to answer her son’s sobering question if Black lives actually matter to God. The discussion with Douglas will be followed by questions from the audience.

Featured Speaker

The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and professor of theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in November 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.
Dean Douglas’ academic work has focused on womanist theology, sexuality and the Black church, and racial and social justice. Prior to Union, she served as professor of religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now professor emeritus. Before Goucher, she was associate professor of theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and assistant professor of religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987).
In addition to preaching in pulpits across the nation and speaking at universities around the globe, Dean Douglas is a frequent and vocal presence in today’s print, broadcast, and digital public square, speaking on racial and social justice, among other matters.
She is the author of numerous articles, op-eds, and books, including her most recent book, Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter (November 2021, Orbis Books). Other books include Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.
Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983, Dean Douglas holds a master’s degree in theology and a PhD in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary.

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Virtual Open House: Learn More About Student Housing
2021-12-09 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About Student Housing

Living on campus provides an opportunity for students to exchange ideas, be challenged, and learn from each other. Princeton Theological Seminary offers a variety of housing options, including on-campus apartments and dorms. Most students live in campus housing, which is about half the cost of local non-Seminary housing. You are invited to find out more about the housing options that are available to all students. Michael Livio, the director of Student Administrative Services at Princeton Theological Seminary, will be able to respond to any of your questions regarding housing.

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Carols of Many Nations
2021-12-08 00:00 - 23:59
The Chapel Choir of Princeton Theological Seminary will present its Carols of Many Nations concert on Wednesday, December 8. We will hear scripture lessons read in many of the languages represented by the Princeton Seminary community. The Chapel Choir will respond to these readings with carols from around the world. Some new songs added to our repertoire this year are Shawn Kirchner’s setting of the Kenyan song,Wana baraka, and William Dawson’s grand setting of the spiritual Behold the Star, which will be directed by student conductor Otis Byrd. And there will be some perennial favorites, including Carolyn Jenning’s setting of the Chinese carol Pengyou, ting and a choral processional accompanying David Willcock’s arrangement of O Come, All Ye Faithful.
We welcome the public to attend this abbreviated outdoor concert on the Seminary quadrangle, in front of the Chapel. We anticipate this will be a 30-minute program followed by caroling. A limited number of seats will be provided for those who are not able to stand for the concert. Registrants may indicate on the sign-up form if they’d like seats reserved. In the case of inclement weather, a decision will be made by noon on December 8 regarding the 8:00 p.m. service. Please check back at that time. Regrettably, due to students’ exam schedules, there will not be a rain date.
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Vaccination is expected for all campus visitors and guests. Campus visitors should be prepared to share their names, phone numbers, and email addresses at the event, should contract tracing be necessary.
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As always, the concert is free, however, registration is required and will close on Sunday, December 5.
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Virtual Open House: Learn More About the Center for Asian American Christianity
2021-12-07 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Learn More About the Center for Asian American Christianity
The Asian American Program at Princeton Theological Seminary has been rebranded the Center for Asian American Christianity. Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial-ethnic demographic in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the persistence of anti-Asian racism. Moreover, as White Americans are expected to no longer be a majority in the United States, minority and immigrant churches are poised to transform the face of Christianity in the United States in the next few decades. The Center for Asian American Christianity seeks to equip and empower the next generation of Asian American leaders for service in church, society, and academy.
The Center for Asian American Christianity forms Christian leaders who serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy. Join us for a conversation with Dr. David Chao, director of the Center for Asian American Christianity, and learn more about the vision and work of the center.

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Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Dennis Olson
2021-12-02 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
This week: A Conversation with Dr. Dennis Olson
Dennis Olson is the Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. His scholarly interests and writings focus on the Pentateuch (Genesis-Deuteronomy) and on literary, historical-critical, theological, and ethical interpretation of the Bible. He is the author of numerous essays, articles, and several books including commentaries on the Book of Numbers — Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching; Deuteronomy and the Death of Moses, A Theological Reading — and the Book of Judges in The New Interpreter’s Bible, Volume 2. He is currently writing a commentary and a theological study on the Book of Exodus.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Dennis Olson as he shares his experiences and answers your questions about Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Virtual Open House: New Curriculum at Princeton Theological Seminary
2021-11-18 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: The New Curriculum at Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary approved a new curriculum that builds on a decades-long commitment to intellectual excellence to also emphasize emotional, social, and spiritual development. One of the notable changes is an emphasis on how students can enhance their communities with gospel-infused leadership. The result is a program truly dedicated to holistic formation.
Join our virtual open house session and hear from Dean Jacqueline Lapsley, dean and vice president of Academic Affairs and professor of Old Testament, and Dr. Shawn Oliver, senior associate academic dean.

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40: The Gospels | Evening Gallery Talk
2021-11-11 19:00 - 20:00
40: The GospelsPrinceton, NJ Tour
On November 11, all are welcome to join Princeton Theological Seminary and artist Joel Schoon-Tanis for an evening gallery talk. “Thinking in Pictures: Visual Art for Discipleship” will stream on Zoom at 7 p.m. EST. This is one of four gallery talks and art presentations by Schoon-Tanis. To join the webinars and get information about viewing the artwork from the other three gospels, please visit Schoon-Tanis’ gallery website.
Click here for information on viewing The Gospel of Matthew Art Gallery at Princeton Theological Seminary.
About the Artist
Joel Schoon-Tanis strivesto view the world through a child-like lens — full of color, whimsy, andhonesty. His work helps others unlock a sense of child-like wonder about God’sworld.
Schoon-Tanis is acelebrated painter who has shown his work around the United States — fromMichigan to Florida to Colorado to Washington D.C. He has also shown his worksas far away as Kenya, where he did an art show to raise money for the AfricanFund for Endangered Wildlife.
His murals can befound in many schools, churches, and children’s hospitals, including in Kenya,Zambia, Palestine, and the exotic terrains of northern Wisconsin.
Recent paintinghighlights include working with a group of international artists in Leipzig,Germany, creating art on themes of social justice, painting on the separationwall in Bethlehem, Palestine, and having his art presented to the Pope.
As an illustrator, Schoon-Tanishas contributed to more than a dozen books. Most notably, he illustratedthe New International Reader’sVersion Kid’s Study Bible for Zondervan. He partnered withJars of Clay lead singer, Dan Haseltine, for “The One, The Only,Magnificent Me!” and “Lulu and the Long Walk.” In recent yearshe has worked on a number of projects for the church, including “At God’sTable” (Calvin Press), “At Psalms School” (GIA), and his own artbooks “40: The Biblical Story” and “40: TheGospels.”
Schoon-Tanis lovesto travel, read, and have adventures with his female-centric household. Theylive in Holland, Michigan.
Youcan learn more about Joel on his website or follow him onInstagram @joel.schoon.tanis.art.

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A limited number of Princeton Theological Seminary community members may attend the gallery talk live at Scheide Hall, in the Gambrell Room.

Virtual Open House: Discerning Your Call to Ministry
2021-11-11 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: Discerning Your Call to Ministry
Are you meditating whether your energies, gifts, intelligence, and creativity are needed as part of God’s work of transforming the world? Are you considering going to seminary, but are unsure if seminary and/or ministry in general is right for you? Princeton Theological Seminary invites you to join us for a special open house led by Rev. Wanda Sevey, director of Student Counseling at Princeton Theological Seminary and a licensed Relationship and Family Therapist, on November 11 at 2 p.m. EST. Attendees will receive helpful tools and advice as you discern the next step on your vocational journey.

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40: The Gospels | The Gospel of Matthew Art Gallery
2021-11-08 14:00 - 2021-11-11 16:00
40: The GospelsPrinceton, NJ Tour
40: The Gospels by artist Joel Schoon-Tanis is on tour in Princeton, New Jersey. From November 8-11, Princeton Theological Seminary will host The Gospel of Matthew Art Gallery in Scheide Hall’s Gambrell Room.
The gallery will be open to fully vaccinated guests during select hours:Monday, 11/8 – Thursday, 11/11 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.Meet the Artist: Tuesday, 11/9 from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Art books, original art, and giclee prints will be for sale during gallery viewings.
In addition to visiting the galleries, interested individuals may also attend four virtual gallery talks and art presentations featuring Schoon-Tanis. Princeton Theological Seminary will host “Thinking in Pictures: Visual Art in Discipleship” on November 11 at 7 p.m.
To join the webinars and get information about viewing the artwork from the other three gospels, please visit Schoon-Tanis’ gallery website.
About the Artist

Joel Schoon-Tanis strivesto view the world through a child-like lens — full of color, whimsy, andhonesty. His work helps others unlock a sense of child-like wonder about God’sworld.
Schoon-Tanis is acelebrated painter who has shown his work around the United States — fromMichigan to Florida to Colorado to Washington D.C. He has also shown his worksas far away as Kenya, where he did an art show to raise money for the AfricanFund for Endangered Wildlife.
His murals can befound in many schools, churches, and children’s hospitals, including in Kenya,Zambia, Palestine, and the exotic terrains of northern Wisconsin.
Recent paintinghighlights include working with a group of international artists in Leipzig,Germany, creating art on themes of social justice, painting on the separationwall in Bethlehem, Palestine, and having his art presented to the Pope.
As an illustrator, Schoon-Tanishas contributed to more than a dozen books. Most notably, he illustratedthe New International Reader’sVersion Kid’s Study Bible for Zondervan. He partnered withJars of Clay lead singer, Dan Haseltine, for “The One, The Only,Magnificent Me!” and “Lulu and the Long Walk.” In recent yearshe has worked on a number of projects for the church, including “At God’sTable” (Calvin Press), “At Psalms School” (GIA), and his own artbooks “40: The Biblical Story” and “40: TheGospels.”
Schoon-Tanis lovesto travel, read, and have adventures with his female-centric household. Theylive in Holland, Michigan.
Youcan learn more about Joel on his website or follow him onInstagram @joel.schoon.tanis.art.

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Why Princeton Seminary? A Conversation with Dr. Mark Smith
2021-11-02 18:00 - 19:00
You are invited to connect and converse with Princeton Seminary’s faculty during the Office of Admissions’ “Why Princeton Seminary?” virtual conversations. Take part to learn more about why prospective students should consider attending Princeton Seminary.
Mark S. Smith is the Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary. After obtaining master’s degrees from Catholic University of America, Harvard University, and Yale University, he earned his PhD at Yale. Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as the Skirball Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University, and also taught at Yale and Saint Joseph’s University. A Roman Catholic layman, Smith also served as a visiting professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Smith specializes in Israelite religion and the Hebrew Bible, as well as the literature and religion of the Late Bronze Age Ugarit.
Join Dr. Mark Smith for a conversation about his experience at Princeton Theological Seminary and what the Seminary has to offer as a theological institution.

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“They would look over their shoulder and whisper”: a history of GSAS
2021-10-29 16:00 - 17:00
Description
William Stell, PhD candidate at Princeton University, will offer a lecture titled “They would look over their shoulder and whisper”: a history of GSAS from 4-5 p.m. on October 29. GSAS (Gender and Sexuality Association for Seminarians), formerly known as BGLASS, will host a pumpkin-decorating event immediately afterward.
This event is hosted by the Center for Theology, Women, and Gender in partnership with the NT 3376 Queer Hermeneutics class, taught by Lindsey Trozzo, and with GSAS.

Speaker

William Stell is a PhD candidate in the Religion in America subfield at Princeton University and is pursuing a graduate certificate from the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies. His dissertation is titled “Hallelujah I’m Queer!”: Evangelical Gay Activism and the Construction of Antigay Christianity, 1968-1988. He is a Religion and Public Life Graduate Student Fellow with the University’s Center for the Study of Religion and serves as the coordinator for the University’s Gender, Sexuality, and Religion Working Group. He also serves on the steering committee for the American Academy of Religion’s Gay Men and Religion Unit.
Some of Stell’s recent projects have examined theological debates about Deaf education in the early-nineteenth-century United States; the Chicago Defender’s Go-To-A-White-Church Sunday campaign in 1922; and evangelical reception of Letha Scanzoni and Virginia Mollenkott’s book Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (1978), for which Stell received honorable mention for the 2020-21 LGBTQ Religious History Award, sponsored by the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network.
William completed a BA in rhetoric and culture at Wheaton College (IL) and an MDiv at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned certificates in Theology, Women, and Gender and in Black Church Studies.

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The lecture will be held at Stuart Hall in Room 5. Refreshments and pumpkin carving will take place in the Main Dining Room of Mackay Campus Center. All are welcome to attend, and registration is required. Vaccination is required of all attendees.

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Virtual Open House: A Conversation with Current Students
2021-10-28 14:00 - 15:00
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet representatives from the Office of Admissions.
This week: A Conversation with Current Students
Are you considering applying to Princeton Theological Seminary and are wondering what life at Princeton Seminary is actually like? The Office of Admissions invites you to join us for a conversation with current students as they share their stories regarding the discernment process, classes, community, and other aspects of life at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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The Students’ Lecture on Missions
2021-10-25 00:00 - 2021-10-26 00:00
On October 25 and 26, Princeton Theological Seminary will welcome Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes for The Students’ Lecture on Missions series. Carvalhaes will deliver a three-part lecture series titled “Fully Into the Present: Inventory, Metamorphosis, and Emergenc(i)es.”

Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes, theologian, liturgist and artist, a native Brazilian, completed his PhD in liturgy and theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 2007. He earned a Master of Philosophy in theology, philosophy, and history at the Methodist University of Sao Paulo in 1997 and a Master of Divinity from the Independent Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in 1992.
Previously, Carvalhaes taught at McCormick Theological Seminary, Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Carvalhaes is an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Read more about Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes.

Schedule
LECTURE ONE: “Inventory”Monday, October 25 at 7 p.m.Watch “Inventory” OnlineMeeting ID: 923 7227 1132Passcode: [REDACTED]
LECTURE TWO: “Metamorphosis”Tuesday, October 26 at 4 p.m.Watch “Metamorphosis” OnlineMeeting ID: 935 3069 9675Passcode: [REDACTED]
LECTURE THREE: “Emergencies”Tuesday, October 26 at 7 p.m.Watch “Emergencies” OnlineMeeting ID: 983 5778 6984Passcode: [REDACTED]

Established in 1893, this lectureship provides for three lectures on a topic connected with Christian missions and of practical importance for those looking forward to Christian service.

Organ and Piano Recital Featuring Alcee Chriss III
2021-10-24 16:00 - 17:00
This recital, sponsored by the Central New Jersey Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in partnership with Princeton Theological Seminary, is free and open to the public.
A featured star in the PBS documentary Pipe Dreams (2019), Dr. Alcee Chriss III is an organist and keyboardist from Fort Worth, Texas. Chriss is the winner of the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition and the Firmin Swinnen Silver Medal at the 2016 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. He has been celebrated for his “grace, skill, and abundant proficiency” by the Journal Assist News, Albuquerque. And of his most recent solo recording at Montreal Symphony Hall, Art et Rhapsodie (2019), the American Record Guide wrote that “he plays with clarity, imagination, musicality, virtuosity, and yes, personality.”
Chriss has performed throughout North America and Europe. Recent and upcoming performances include the International Orgelsommer (Stuttgart, Germany), Stockholm City Hall (Sweden), and as soloist with the Montreal Symphony in a performance of Copland’s Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Other engagements include the Princeton University Chapel, Spreckels Organ Pavilion and International Organ Summer Karlsruhe, Germany.
In July 2019, Chriss was appointed as University Organist and Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University, where he teaches courses in organ and keyboard skills. In October 2019, he was awarded his Doctorate of Music degree from McGill University, where he studied with Hans-Ola Ericsson. He previously studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he received his master’s degree in historical keyboard and a bachelor’s degree in organ performance, studying with Olivier Latry, Marie-Louise Langlais, and James David Christie.
Chriss is active as a church musician and guest lecturer, and remains engaged with his lifelong love of gospel and jazz music. He serves as the Minister of Music at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He also serves on the editorial board of Vox Humana magazine.

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Vaccination and wearing face coverings while indoors are expected for all campus visitors and guests. Face coverings are required indoors for all people, regardless of vaccination status. Performers may remove masks during the recital. Additionally, campus visitors should be prepared to share their names, phone numbers, and email addresses at the event, should contract tracing be necessary.
