divinity school
Clergy training institution
A divinity school is a graduate institution for theological education, typically training students for careers in ministry, religious scholarship, or chaplaincy.
Most are affiliated with universities or denominations: Harvard Divinity School, Yale Divinity School.
The curriculum covers biblical studies, church history, ethics, and pastoral care.
Distinguished from seminary mainly by academic rather than purely vocational emphasis.
- seminaryClergy training college
- biblical studiesAcademic analysis of scripture
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- sacred textsHoly religious writings
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- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, scholarship
- campus featureslibrary, libraries, dorm, dorms, dormitory
- educational institutionsuniversity, college, academy, preschool, community college
- Catholic educationCatholic schools, Catholic high schools, Catholic universities, parochial schools, parish schools
- Christian educationSunday schools, Bible stories, Bible college, Christian academy, Christian curriculum
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University emphasizing applied sciences
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