They reach inward, touching the mind and spirit. They reach outward, to the family, the workplace, society, the world community. Inherent in each program is the belief that religious discourse can and must make a difference in the quality of human life. Today, the subject of religion is a delicate one, often implying a partisan political agenda. Auburn, however, stakes its mission on the certainty that religious faith is not only relevant but central to the well-being of a deeply divided world.
Auburn programs bridge individual commitments and public issues.
They honor traditions while seeking to reshape them for new and challenging times. They cut across lines that divide Christians from each other and from Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and others. Auburn Seminary has for a long time occupied a peculiar and important place in theological education. At no time in that distinguished history has Auburn's peculiar vocation been more important, even urgent, than at the present time. We now face deep shifts of great magnitude in our society, which require major reshaping of our moral and theological sensitivities.