A Brief History of Union Presbyterian Seminary
By Dr. Bill Sweetser
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Podcast Description
Union alumnus Bill Sweetser (M.Div.’89; Th.M.’90; Ph.D.’00) tells the story of the Seminary.
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Episode 4: The Move to Richmond | In this seven-minute episode, Dr. Sweetser describes how the seminary’s 1898 move from Hampden-Sydney to Richmond profoundly transforms its character, in what’s sometimes called the beginning of urban ministry. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3: A Southern Institution | In this eight-minute episode, Dr. Sweetser discusses the rise of sectionalism in the years leading up to the Civil War, how a New Yorker kept the seminary going, and why its leaders decided to move the campus to Richmond. | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2: From Hampden-Sydney to Union Seminary | In this seven-minute episode, Dr. Sweetser describes the Seminary’s early years, including a few without a professor! We then learn where the name “Union” comes from. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1: How and Why the Seminary Was Created | In this seven-minute episode, Dr. Sweetser explains the circumstances that led to the 1812 creation of a Theological Institution in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 4 Episodes |
