Seminary News Timeline Looks at Columbia’s Links to Slavery and Racism The C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections created A Window into the Breach: Theology and the Economy of Slavery at Columbia Theological Seminary, 1824-1899, a timeline consisting of 41 slides looking at racism and the institution of slavery in the 19th century as it relates to the history of Columbia Theological Seminary. Many of the slides focus on the earliest and largest donations that the seminary received prior to emancipation, as well as publications, events, and individuals associated with the seminary through this time, including Thomas Smyth, James Henley Thornwell, and John Lafayette Girardeau. Select post-Civil Winter 2021
War events and individuals are also highlighted as specifically related to racism and the seminary, memory of the Civil War, and Presbyterian churches throughout the South. Enslaved Africans and African Americans contributed their lives while in bondage to the flourishing and growth of Columbia Theological Seminary in the Antebellum South and it is to this end that their names have been given when available. (Please note that some of the slides contain information that may be sensitive to some viewers.)
TCI@CTS Is Virtual The Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) at Columbia Theological Seminary implemented an all-virtual format for the 2021 Cohort of TCI@CTS, The Coaching Institute at Columbia Theological Seminary. This is the third year that the CLL has offered this certificate program and the first all-virtual format. Its instructors are accredited by the International Coach Federation. “Based on the recommendations of our TCI@CTS leadership team, and in response to inquiries from potential participants, we made the decision to convert to an online format to assure the fullest possible participation and sufficient time to plan for an engaging, practice-oriented formal program,” said 27
