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The Center for Swedenborgian Studies (formerly called the New Church Theological School or NCTS and also previously known as the Swedenborgian House of Studies) [1] is the seminary of the Swedenborgian Church of North America at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.
Scandinavia House, located on 58 Park Avenue, Manhattan, was opened in 2000 by the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) as a center for Nordic culture in the United States. [2] The building was the first permanent location of ASF after a decade of moving between several addresses. Construction of the new building cost around $13 million. [4]
Church of the Holy City in Washington, D.C. The church believes that the writings of Swedenborg expand upon a deeper understanding of the Christian bible. This new understanding began the second coming of Christ which is continually being manifested in spirit and truth rather than a physical appearance. [ 1 ]
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), the fraternity's namesake. The Swedenborg Rite or Rite of Swedenborg was a fraternal order modeled on Freemasonry and based upon the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772).
Center for Islamic Studies [6] Center for Swedenborgian Studies [7] Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences [8] Mira & Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies [9] New College Berkeley; Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute [10] Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies [11] Newbigin House of Studies [12] Wilmette Institute [13]
The American-Scandinavian Foundation's cultural center, Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, is located at 58 Park Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan. The ASF presents a wide range of cultural programs at Scandinavia House, including art and design exhibitions, films, concerts ...
The new building was the work of architect Wilfred E. Anthony (1878–1948). [2] [6] Henrietta died in December 1921, aged 79; it is not known whether she got to see the finished building. On March 31, 1978, the Church of Sweden Abroad bought the property from the New York Bible Society for $570,000. [2]
In 1965 a Parish House addition was constructed at the northeast corner of the chapel to designs by Cambridge architect Arthur H. Brooks, Jr. In 2002, the Swedenborg School of Religion sold the chapel to the Cambridge Society of the New Jerusalem, which was the incorporated congregation that had been with the chapel since its construction. [2]