Lane Theological Seminary

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Lane Theological Seminary was a prominent 19th-century Presbyterian theological school in Cincinnati, Ohio, known for its influential role in the American abolitionist and evangelical reform movements.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Presbyterian seminary
educational institution
theological seminary
activeInCentury 19th century
affiliation Presbyterian Church
associatedWith American antislavery movement
Second Great Awakening
campusType urban campus
city Cincinnati NERFINISHED
closureYear 1932
country United States of America
denomination Presbyterian
educationalFocus ministerial training
theological education
foundedBy Lyman Beecher
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
governedBy board of trustees
historicalSignificance center of early organized antislavery debate in the West
influenced formation of Oberlin College antislavery culture
inception 1829
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED
Hamilton County, Ohio
Ohio
mergedInto McCormick Theological Seminary
movement abolitionism
evangelical reform
namedAfter Elias Boudinot Lane
notableAssociatedPerson Harriet Beecher Stowe
notableFaculty Calvin Ellis Stowe
Lyman Beecher
notableFor Lane Debates on Slavery
role in American abolitionist movement
role in evangelical reform movements
notableStudent Theodore Dwight Weld
primaryDegree Bachelor of Divinity
theological diplomas
region Midwestern United States
religion Christianity
significantEvent Lane Debates on Slavery
Lane Seminary debates of 1834
significantYear 1834
sponsoredBy Presbyterian donors
state Ohio
status defunct
theologicalTradition Calvinism
Reformed theology

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Calvin Ellis Stowe
Calvin Ellis Stowe ("Cincinnati Theological Seminary")
Lyman Beecher
employer
Henry Ward Beecher
Thomas Kinnicut Beecher
educatedAt

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