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  • Vanderbilt University Divinity School is one of only five university-based, interdenominational divinity schools in the U.S., and one of only two located in the South?
  • Vanderbilt University Divinity School started as the Biblical Department when Vanderbilt was founded in 1875?
  • Vanderbilt University Divinity School was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church South from 1875-1914?
  • Vanderbilt University Divinity School got its name in 1956. Previously, the institution was called the School of Religion.
  • Vanderbilt University Divinity School offers two degrees, the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and the Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S)?
  • Vanderbilt University Divinity School does not offer the M.A. or  Ph.D. Those degrees are offered in the Graduate Department of Religion.
  • The Divinity School offers dual degree programs with Vanderbilt’s Schools of Business, Law, Nursing and Medicine.
  • The current site of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School is not its first location on campus. The first Divinity building, Wesley Hall, burned to the ground in 1932.
  • Before moving to its current site in 1960, the Divinity School was located across 21st Avenue in the current location of Wesley Place garage.

 

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