{"id":10189,"date":"2020-07-04T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=10189"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:07:43","slug":"theology-seminary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/registration-guides\/first-year_archive\/theology-seminary\/","title":{"rendered":"Theology and Seminary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--gray\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--gray\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body\">Students should acquaint themselves with the specific entrance requirements of the schools to which they might apply. <span class=\"body\">Students interested in further advice may consult with the college pastor or with members of the Religion Department.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content 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Information<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Association of Theological Schools recommends that college students study the following subjects: English language and literature, History, including non-Western cultures as well as European and American, Philosophy, particularly its history and its methods, Natural sciences, both the physical and the life sciences, Social sciences, where psychology, sociology, and anthropology are particularly appropriate, the fine arts and music, especially for their creative and symbolic values, Biblical and modern languages, and the diverse range of religious traditions..<\/p>\n<h6>CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS COURSEWORK<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Not applicable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Placement<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Not applicable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Informational Events<\/h6>\n<p>Nothing available at this time.<\/p>\n<h6>CONTACT INFORMATION<\/h6>\n<p>College Pastor \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/profile\/marohl\">Matthew Marohl<\/a> (<a 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