Kampen Theological University
- Kampen Theological University
Kampen Theological University (Dutch: "Theologische Universiteit Kampen", or "ThUK" for short) is one of two theological universities in the Dutch city of Kampen.
History
The university was founded in 1854 as the Theological School ("Theologische School") by the Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands, a church resulting from a schism in 1834, to provide for theological education for its ministers. The name was changed to Theological College ("Theologische Hogeschool") in 1939 and finally to Theological University in 1986, after a reform in the Dutch university/polytechnic system.
In 1892, the Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands merged with another group split from the mainstream Dutch Reformed Church to form the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, which founded a new Calvinist university in Amsterdam: the Free University. This university also has a theological faculty, but the College at Kampen remained a separate institution.
In 1944, another schism within the Reformed Church in the Netherlands occurred, called the Liberation ("Vrijmaking"), which resulted in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated). This new church also had a need for its own minsterial education institute, and so a new University was founded from parts of the Theological University: Kampen Theological University of the Reformed Church (Liberated).
Present-day situation
After the Reformed Church in the Netherlands merged with the Dutch Reformed Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church to form the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN), the Theological University became part of the PKN. It is run on its behalf by a Board of Curators.
The Theological University primarily caters for ministerial education and as such is one of three institutes recognised by the PKN, but it is also possible to read general (Calvinist) theology without wishing to become a minister.
External links
* [http://www.theologischeuniversiteitkampen.nl/ Official website, in Dutch]
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