CLose: a young woman's first year at seminary.The Close A Young Woman's First Year at Seminary seminary Educational institution, usually for training in theology. In the U.S. the term was formerly also used to refer to institutions of higher learning for women, often teachers' colleges. by Chloe Breyer Basic Books, 256 pages, hardcover $36.50; ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0 465 00714 7 THIS FOLLOWS one young woman, a graduate of Harvard, daughter of a liberal, interfaith home, called to priesthood, through her first year at New York's General Theological Seminary The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. , the "close" of the title. It unfolds as a personal meditation on belief, doubt, vocation and the challenge between sacred and secular -- experiences common to all theological students. Now a deacon deacon: see orders, holy. DEACON - Direct English Access and CONtrol. English-like query system. Sammet 1969, p.668. , the author looks back with this key observation: "... the spiritual lives and character of seminarians weighs equally with grade point averages and liturgical literacy." |
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