Tainan Theological College and Seminary
台南神學院 | |
Presbyterian | |
Location | 117 Dongmen Road Section 1, Tainan, Taiwan 22°59′19″N 120°12′50″E / 22.98861°N 120.21389°E |
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Website | http://www.ttcs.org.tw/ |
Tainan Theological College and Seminary (TTCS;
Tainan Seminary is one of several PCT institutions in Tainan, along with a middle school, girls' school, Chang-Jung Christian University, and Sin-Lau Hospital.
History
Founded in 1876 in Taiwan Prefecture by Thomas Barclay, a missionary from Scotland, who served as its first principal until he retired in 1925.[1] The institution was closed in 1940 under the Japanese Imperial government, but reopened in 1949 with Shoki Coe as its principal.[2] In the modern period, under several principals (Shoki Coe, C.S. Song, and Loh I-to), Tainan Seminary has become famous for its contextual theology.
Tainan Theological College and Seminary as of early 2020 has twelve full-time faculty members. The school offers degrees in divinity (M.Div., D.Min.), theology, church music, and social work, as well as continuing education programs for clergy and lay members.
Former principals
- Thomas Barclay (1875–1925)
- W. E. Montgomery (1925–1940)
- Shoki Coe (1949–1965), formerly the director of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches[2][3]
- C. S. Song (1965–1970)
- Loh I-to (1995–2002), an honorary fellow of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore[4]
Notable faculty/alumni
- Kao Chun-ming, presbyterian
- Wang Hsien-Chih (Chinese: 王憲治; pinyin: Wáng Xiànzhì; 1941–1996), Professor of Theology[5]
References
- ^ "Introduction". Tainan Theological College and Seminary. Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ a b Wheeler, Ray (April 2002). "The Legacy of Shoki Coe" (PDF). International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 26 (2): 78.
- ^ Loh, I-to (2012). In Search for Asian Sounds and Symbols in Worship. Singapore: Trinity Theological College. pp. 61–62.
- ^ Poon, Michael (2015). Athyal, Jesudas M. (ed.). Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 161–162.
- ^ "Wang Xianzhi". BDCC. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
External links
- Media related to Tainan Theological College and Seminary at Wikimedia Commons