London School of Theology
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The London School of Theology (LST) is an English interdenominational evangelical theological college based in Northwood within the London Borough of Hillingdon. A second campus is based in Watford, 20 miles northwest from central London, known as the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML). LST is the largest evangelical theological college in Europe[1] and claims to have one of the best specialist theological libraries in the United Kingdom.[2]
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[edit] History
LST was founded in the 1940s as the London Bible College and was originally situated on Baker Street in central London. In 1970 the college moved to Northwood on a campus previously occupied by the London College of Divinity, an Anglican institution. The 1990s saw the opening of a new postgraduate centre, the Guthrie Centre, which also houses the Centre for Islamic Studies. In 2004 the name of the college was changed to the London School of Theology.[3] Its faculty has included New Testament scholars Donald Guthrie, RT France and Max Turner as well as Derek Tidball, a practical theologian and sociologist of religion. LST also had strong connections with the Anglican theologian John Stott, an important supporter and former council member of the college.[4]
[edit] Academic reputation
According to an independent church history study by Ian Randall, the influence of LST in the evangelical world is "extremely pervasive" and the college holds a "position as a touchstone for the finest in distinctly evangelical scholarship"[5] and "has been at the centre of theological education in Britain for over fifty years".[6] According to Randall's research, LST's "unique international links mean that it is superbly placed to be a meeting point of western and non-western thought"[7] and that the school "relates to the wider sphere of scholarship" beyond the evangelical world.[8]
[edit] Principals
- 1946-1965 - Ernest Kevan
- 1966-1980 - Gilbert Kirby
- 1980-1989 - Michael Griffiths
- 1990-1994 - Peter Cotterell
- 1994-2007 - Derek Tidball
- 2007-2008 - Anna Robbins (acting)
- 2008-2010 - Simon Steer
- 2010-present - Chris Jack (acting)
[edit] Courses
Undergraduate:
- Theology - certificate, diploma and BA level
- Theology and Counselling - certificate, diploma and BA level
- Theology, Music and Worship - certificate, diploma and BA level
- Theology and Worship - certificate, diploma and BA level
Postgraduate:
- MA in Transformation: Scripture, Church and World
- MA in Christian-Muslim Relations
- MA in Integrative Psychotherapy
- MTh - Master of Theology
- MPhil - Master of Philosophy
- PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Distance learning:
Distance learning modules from diploma to MA level.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Alistair Begg
- The Most Revd Dr George Carey
- Lord Hastings
- Mary Fisher
- Rachel Gardner
- Iain W. Provan
- Joel Edwards
- Steve Clifford
- The Revd Dr Edgar Dowse [oldest ever PhD graduate at 93]
[edit] Current faculty
- Chris Jack, Acting Principal
- William Atkinson, Vice-Principal Academic, Director of Research and Senior Lecturer in Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
- Mark Beaumont, Senior Lecturer in Islam and Mission
- Greg Downes, Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership and Lecturer in Evangelism and Apologetics
- Conrad Gempf, Lecturer in New Testament
- Sam Hargreaves, Lecturer in Music and Worship
- Jean-Marc Heimerdinger, Lecturer in Hebrew and Judaism
- Richard Hubbard, Lecturer in Music
- Tony Lane, Professor of Historical Theology
- Alison Lo, Lecturer in Old Testament
- Graham McFarlane, BA Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology
- Steve Motyer, Theology and Counselling Course Leader and Lecturer in New Testament and Hermeneutics
- Marvin Oxenham, Lecturer in Philosophy, Education and Applied Theology
- David Peacock, Senior Lecturer and Theology, Music & Worship Course Leader
- Janet Penny, MA in Integrative Psychotherapy Course Leader and Lecturer in Counselling
- Richard Pickles, Lecturer in Counselling
- Lyn Powell, Lecturer in Counselling
- Anna Robbins, Senior Lecturer In Theology and Contemporary Culture
- Adrian Smith, Lecturer in Applied Theology and Academic Secretary
- Steve Walton, Professor of New Testament
- John Wilks, Director of Open Learning
- Robert Willoughby, Lecturer in New Testament
[edit] Further reading
Ian Randall, Educating Evangelicalism: The Origins, Development and Impact of London Bible College, Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000, ISBN 0-85364-873-5
[edit] References
- ^ [1]. Journal LST Insight Autumn 2009, p. 2.
- ^ [2] Library of London School of Theology.
- ^ [3] History of London School of Theology.
- ^ Ian Randall: Educating Evangelicalism: The Origins, Development and Impact of London Bible College. Paternoster, Carlisle 2000, p. 18 (etc.).
- ^ Randall: Educating Evangelicalism, p. xi; 277; 322.
- ^ Randall: Educating Evangelicalism, p. 322.
- ^ Randall: Educating Evangelicalism, p. 277.
- ^ Randall: Educating Evangelicalism, p. xi.
