|
Presidential Inauguration
Photographs

|
The family of Iain Torrance, first row from right, his wife, Morag Torrance, his daughter, Robyn, his son, Hew, and his brother, Thomas.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Nearly 1,200 people attended the inauguration of Princeton Theological Seminary’s sixth president, the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance. The inauguration took place in Princeton University’s gothic chapel, built in 1923. The combined choirs of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, and Westminster Choir College sang at the inauguration.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download High Resolution image here.
|
 |
John B. Cairns, who represented the Chapel Royal in Scotland at the inauguration of the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance as Princeton Theological Seminary’s sixth president, delivered the greetings to Torrance.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Dr. James F. Armstrong begins the academic procession at the inauguration of Princeton Theological Seminary’s sixth president, the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance. Armstrong carried the mace, which symbolizes the Seminary’s global mission and Jesus Christ’s sovereignty over the world.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Princeton Theological Seminary’s newly inaugurated president, the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance, delivers his inaugural address at the Princeton University chapel. Torrance became the sixth president of Princeton Theological Seminary on March 11. In celebration, Princeton University installed a Jerusalem cross on the pulpit.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download High Resolution image here.
|
| |
|
 |
The moderator of the 216th General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Rick Ufford-Chase,
welcomes the newly inaugurated President of
Princeton Theological Seminary, the Rev. Dr.
Iain Torrance. Princeton Theological Seminary,
founded in 1812, is the largest and oldest
seminary of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New
Jersey of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of
New Jersey speaks with the newly inaugurated
president of Princeton Theological Seminary,
the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance. Metropolitan Evangelos
attended Torrance’s inauguration as
a representative of His All Holiness, Bartholomew,
Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and
Ecumenical Patriarch. Dr. James F. Kay, professor
of homiletics and liturgics, and outgoing
Seminary president, Rev. Dr. Thomas Gillespie,
look on.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
The newly inaugurated president of Princeton
Theological Seminary, the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance,
gives the benediction at his March 11 inauguration.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
The dean of academic
affairs-elect at Princeton Theological Seminary,
Dr. Darrell Guder, speaks with Dr. Aref Nayed,
a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced
Religious and Theological Studies at the University
of Cambridge in England. Nayed, a Muslim
scholar interested in interreligious dialogue,
was one of four participants in a panel titled,
“Faith in the Third Millennium: Reading
Scripture Together,” held in honor of
the inauguration of the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance
as Princeton Theological Seminary’s
sixth president.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Dr. Aref Nayed, a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies at the University of Cambridge in England; Dr. David Ford, the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge; and Dr. Peter Ochs, the Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia were participants in a panel titled, “Faith in the Third Millennium: Reading Scripture Together.” The panel was held in honor of the inauguration of the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance as Princeton Theological Seminary’s sixth president.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Dr. Setri Nyomi, the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches; the Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance, the newly-inaugurated president of Princeton Theological Seminary; Dr. Aref Nayed, a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies at the University of Cambridge in England; Dr. David Ford, the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge; and Dr. Peter Ochs, the Edgar Bronfman professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia gather after participating in a panel title, “Faith in the Third Millennium: Reading Scripture Together.” The panel was held in honor of Torrance’s inauguration as Princeton Theological Seminary’s sixth president.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
The Rev. Dr. Iain Torrance, the newly inaugurated president of Princeton Theological Seminary; Dr. David Ford, the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge in England; Dr. Aref Nayed, a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies at the University of Cambridge; Dr. Setri Nyomi, the general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches; and Dr. Peter Ochs, the Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia take questions during the panel, “Faith in the Third Millennium: Reading Scripture Together,” in Princeton Theological Seminary’s Miller Chapel. The panel was held in honor of Torrance’s inauguration as Princeton Theological Seminary’s sixth president.
Photo by Jon Roemer
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
|
 |
Miller Chapel (1834) was built as the center
of the
Seminary’s worship life. Its 2000 renovation
included
the addition of the Joe R. Engle Organ.
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Alexander Hall (1815) was the first building
built by the Presbyterian Church (USA) for use
as a seminary. Originally, it was a classroom,
refectory, faculty office, and residence hall.
Today it is a dormitory.
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
 |
Luce Library (1994), together with
Speer Library, is home to Princeton
Seminary’s more than 500,000
catalogued books and periodicals.
Download
High Resolution image here.
|
|
|
|