SUMMA Theological Debate Society and Summer Camp
SUMMA CAMP 2025
July 15-23
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Camp 2025
Speaking truth in love
Applications for Camp 2025 open on October 1, 2024!
Frequently Asked Questions
Faith Seeking Understanding
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Tuition Scholarships
Financial aid available
A limited number of need-based partial or full tuition scholarships are available.
The SUMMA Theological Debate Summer Camp brings together high school students from across the country to one of the largest and most beautiful college campuses anywhere – the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. By exploring life’s biggest questions through theological debate, we broaden students’ understanding of Christianity and its enduring power to speak the truth in love. Contact us at summa.sewanee.edu with any questions.
“WHEN I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE, MY PRIEST WALKED IN ON MY FRIEND AND I HAVING A THEOLOGICAL DEBATE DURING SUNDAY SCHOOL. HE SOFTLY SAID: ‘HOLD ON FOR A SECOND. THERE’S SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO SEE.’ HE CAME BACK A FEW MINUTES LATER HOLDING A SUMMA BROCHURE. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, I WAS DRIVING PAST THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SIGN AND INTO THE BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE.”
– BETSY FROM FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, SUMMA CAMP 2021
About
SUMMA brings together high school students from across the country to one of the largest and most beautiful college campuses anywhere—the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Details
Camp Life
A day in the life of a SUMMA camper: lectures, discussions, worship, and exploring the domain! Details
What to Bring
Consult this list to see what you’ll need at camp this year! Detail
Awards
Learn more about camp awards and our winners from Camp 2024! Details
Meet the Team
Get to know SUMMA’s founder, directors, staff, and seminar leaders! Details
Getting to Sewanee
Learn more about travel information for making it to the mountain. Details
Giving
Your gifts support tuition scholarships for campers who seek to learn and worship together in love on the mountain. Details
Rhetoric at Sewanee
Learn more about the rhetoric program, the Center for Speaking & Listening, the Sewanee Debate Union, and more at the University of the South. Details
Formation 