The School of Theology is committed to the task of integrating the various areas of theological study within a basic core curriculum.

Students pursuing a concentration in theology complete a core curriculum, do additional coursework in the area of concentration and complete a research paper in the area of concentration. 

Core CURRICULUM
Old Testament I: From Prehistory to the Promised Land Old Testament II: Prophets, Exile, and Aftermath
New Testament I: The Gospels in Context New Testament II: The Gospel after Jesus
Church Histories I: Asia & Africa Church Histories II: Europe & America
Systematic Theology I Systematic Theology II
Research Project Introduction to Moral Theology
ELECTIVE CURRICULUM
Ethics (Three Hours) Approved Electives (Three Hours)
Theology (Twelve Hours)  

 

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students demonstrate a knowledge of religious heritage.

  2. Students demonstrate academic proficiency in theological disciplines in order to produce a thesis or capstone project in their chosen field of study. 

  3. Students demonstrate an advanced degree of competence in academic research and writing in the field of theology. 

Live Together In Unity

Commitment to Diversity

What does it mean to be the University of the South? The answer to that question changes from one generation to the next and from one individual to the next. Being “of the South” means that we are both the beneficiaries and the critics of a rich tradition. While we are deeply invested in this region, we also engage with other communities, locally and globally. Diversity and variety—of the South and of the world—inform and underpin our institution, and all our community’s citizens must confront this question on some level.

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Inclusive Language Policy

Language matters. It shapes our sense of reality and is therefore crucial for our understanding of God and others. Through language we forge and maintain our relationships with God and one another.

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The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation

The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation at the University of the South is a six-year initiative investigating the university’s historical entanglements with slavery and slavery’s legacies. Our Project’s name memorializes the late Professor of History, Houston Bryan Roberson, who was the first tenured African American faculty member at Sewanee and the first to make African American history and culture the focus of their teaching and scholarship.

About the Project