Nashotah House Explained

Nashotah House Theological Seminary
Dean:Garwood Anderson[1]
Faculty:20
Administrative Staff:15
Students:130
Country:United States
Coor:43.0824°N -88.426°W
Campus:Rural
Nickname:The House, The Mission, Black Monks
Affiliations:Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS), Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU)

Nashotah House is an Anglican seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin. The seminary opened in 1842 and received its official charter in 1847. The institution is independent and generally regarded as one of the more theologically conservative seminaries in the Episcopal Church (United States). It is also officially recognized by the Anglican Church in North America.[2] Its campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[3]

History

Nashotah House was founded in 1842 by three young deacons of the Episcopal Church: James Lloyd Breck, William Adams, and John Henry Hobart, Jr., who were all recent graduates of the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Bishop Jackson Kemper had asked them to undertake this task. Gustaf Unonius was the first graduate.[4]

Nashotah House was, from the beginning, a center for High Church thought and discipline. Breck served as the first dean, and was highly committed to the principles of the Oxford Movement, which in part revived liturgical practices. Later, noted professors such as James DeKoven would bring Anglo-Catholic worship and practice to the seminary. It included daily celebration of the Eucharist and the liturgical use of vestments, candles, and incense.

Nashotah identifies as being within the orthodox Anglo-Catholic tradition. Overall, the faculty support traditional theology and conceptions of Christian doctrine, in opposition to liberal theologies. Graduates come from a variety of jurisdictions both inside and outside of the Episcopal Church. Nashotah House sees its mission to form priests and church leaders from all over the Anglican Communion.

In February 2014, Bishop Edward L. Salmon, Jr. invited Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, to preach at the school. The decision was condemned by the seminary's largely conservative supporters, who cited Schori's tactics of suing parishes that left the ECUSA over doctrinal matters, as well as what they considered her heretical views. In response, two bishops who were members of the Nashotah House Board of Trustees resigned or distanced themselves from the school.[5]

Academics

Nashotah House offers degree and certificate programs aimed at training clergy and lay leaders for ministries in the Anglican Communion:

It also offers a one-year certificate program in Anglican studies, geared toward students who have received an M.Div. from a non-Anglican institution and wish to be ordained within the Anglican tradition. The Master of Pastoral Ministry and the Master of Ministry degree may be earned through a combination of residential and online study.[6]

The DMin, STM, MDiv, MPM, MTS, MM and MSM degrees are accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.[7] [8]

Campus

The property of the Nashotah House Theological Seminary covers 365 acres (148 ha) of land.

The main buildings of the seminary include, from oldest:

There are also apartments for both single and married students, and several houses for the dean and other faculty, as well as maintenance facilities.

Construction has been completed on a substantial addition to the refectory. The newly dubbed Adams Hall includes a large meeting hall and additional classrooms.

Student life

Nashotah began as a community inspired by traditional monastic life of prayer, work, and study. James Lloyd Breck's vision was to create a center for Christian formation in the (then) wilderness that would also be movement to propagate other communities for the purpose of evangelizing the frontier. Today, much of this vision remains intact and students still live a Benedictine cycle of prayer, work, and study. The life of the Seminary seeks to form the character of priests and leaders into the image of Christ. Various students have been involved in mission work around the Anglican Communion as well.

"Seminarians are invited to participate in an ascetic, disciplined, prayerful season of spiritual growth in Christ" in which they "practice the Benedictine Rule of daily prayer, labor, and study."[17] All students have work crew assignments - cleaning bathrooms, mowing lawns, sweeping floors and taking other chores. Daily routine includes Morning Prayer, Mass, breakfast, classes, lunch, and Solemn Evensong. Always anticipated on the campus is the annualSt. Laurence Cup, a flag football game played against students from Sacred Heart School of Theology and St. Francis Seminary (Wisconsin).[18] The formerly annual Lavabo Bowl game was played against Seabury-Western Theological Seminary which stopped granting residential Master of Divinity degrees in 2010 after ceasing to accept new M.Div. seminarians in 2008[19]

Nashotah House is the only seminary affiliated with the Episcopal Church that does not admit students who have entered into same-sex marriages.[20] [21]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: . Nashotah Dean Resigns . . August 7, 2017 . Garwood P. Anderson, academic dean and professor of New Testament studies, will assume the position of acting dean....
  2. Web site: SEMINARIES - The Anglican Church in North America.
  3. Web site: Nashotah House Theological Seminary. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  4. Web site: Gustaf Elias Unonius, 1810-1902, First graduate of Nashotah House . July 20, 2022 . anglicanhistory.org.
  5. Mary Ann Mueller, "Katherine Jefferts Schori's Invitation to Nashotah House Stirs Hornet's Nest", VirtueOnline, February 22, 2014. Accessed February 26, 2014.
  6. Web site: Nashotah House . August 1, 2021 . Degree Plan MPM . Feb 15, 2023.
  7. Web site: The Association of Theological Schools .
  8. Web site: Nashotah House - Degree Programs . 2007-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070722222342/http://www.nashotah.edu/degree.htm . 2007-07-22 . dead .
  9. Web site: Nashotah House Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  10. Web site: Nashotah House Webb Hall. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  11. Web site: Nashotah House Shelton Hall. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  12. Web site: Nashotah House Alice Sabine Hall. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  13. Web site: Nashotah House Lewis Hall. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  14. Web site: Nashotah House Frances Donaldson Library. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  15. Web site: Nashotah House Kemper Hall. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  16. Web site: Nashotah House Breck Hall/Adams Hall. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2019-09-09.
  17. https://archive.today/20130125121539/http://www.holyrenaissance.com/Holy_Renaissance/Partner.html A Holy Renaissance
  18. http://www.nashotah.edu/Missioner/Advent2009.pdf The Missioner, Advent 2009
  19. [Seabury-Western Theological Seminary]
  20. Web site: Theological Identity - Nashotah House Anglo-Catholic Seminary . 2023-07-28 . Nashotah . en-US.
  21. Web site: Paulsen . David . 2023-06-30 . Document reveals Nashotah House rescinded seminarian's acceptance because he was gay, married . 2023-07-28 . Episcopal News Service . en-US.

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