Presbyterian Mission Agency dr. marcia riggs Archives

Dr. Mark Douglas named Columbia Seminary’s J. Erskine Love Chair of Christian Ethics

Posted June 25th, 2024

Columbia Theological Seminary Professor Dr. Mark Douglas has been named the new J. Erskine Love Chair of Christian Ethics by the seminary’s Board of Trustees.

Masters-level Black students at Columbia Seminary will have tuition, fees paid for

Posted June 30th, 2020

Columbia Theological Seminary will cover the full cost of tuition and fees for all Black students who apply and are admitted to the seminary’s masters-level programs, the seminary announced Tuesday in a news release.

New stories, new narratives: Columbia Seminary begins Transformative Community Conferencing process

Posted December 19th, 2019

At its fall 2019 meeting, the Board of Trustees issued a mandate to Columbia Theological Seminary to embark on a process of institutional reckoning. Upon the recommendation of Dr. Marcia Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, the seminary will partner with Dr. David Hooker, Associate Professor of the Practice of Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, to guide the community through his Transformative Community Conferencing process.