The Rise of Theological Schools in America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4742002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Warren Sweet |
| Year | 1937 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 260-273 |
| Publication date | 1937-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3160828 |
| OpenAlex | W2010001396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Professional Schools in the United States, whether of medicine, law, engineering, or theology, are of relatively recent orgin. It is a matter of interest that the ministry was the first profession in America for which a technical and standardized training was provided. While the first law school in America was founded in the same year as the oldest theological seminary (1784), the courses were loosely organized and there was no definitely prescribed amount of work required of graduation and no academic requirement for the practice of law. In all the institutions where there were law departments or law schools, even as late as the middle of the last century, the law students were considered as distinctly inferior to the regular college students
Canon Law · Christian ministry · Graduation (instrument) · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Work (physics) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Engineering · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |