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Stalemate in Indianapolis |
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The Struggle to Create a Central Training School for the Disciples of Christ, 1855--1921 |
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More Religion---Less Theology |
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A Viable Plan for Ministerial Education at Butler University, 1917--1924 |
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Training Men and Women ``of All Faiths'' for the Christian Ministry |
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47 | (23) |
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The Seminary's First Decade, 1924--1935 |
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Catholicity and Conservatism |
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70 | (24) |
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The Bible, Unity, and Mission at the School of Religion, 1935--1944 |
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In the Best Possible Hands |
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94 | (22) |
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New Leaders and the Renewal of the Seminary's Commitments, 1943--1949 |
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For the Sake of the Kingdom |
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The Decision to Become Christian Theological Seminary, 1950--1958 |
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Recklessly Committed to Christ and the Gospel |
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142 | (23) |
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The New Seminary in a Decade of Cultural Crisis, 1959--1970 |
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The Liveliest Place in the Area |
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165 | (27) |
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The CTS Ethos Emerges, 1965--1974 |
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192 | (22) |
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Hard Times and the Deepening of Faith, 1974--1978 |
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The Finest Institution of its Kind |
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214 | (28) |
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A Center of Theological Education and Reflection, 1979--1987 |
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242 | (25) |
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An Ecumenical Seminary of the Christian Church, 1987--1997 |
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267 | (9) |
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The Seminary in its Seventy-fifth Year, 2000 |
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| Appendix---Faculty of the Seminary, 1924--2000 |
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276 | (6) |
| Endnotes |
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| Index |
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