Theology graduate programs

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D, and Matthew Petrusek, Ph. D, and Daniel Smith-Christopher, Ph. Now Accepting Applications for Fall Each of these programs offers students the opportunity to study in several areas, including biblical studies, historical analysis, systematic theology, ethics, comparative theology, and pastoral ministry with special emphasis on the Roman Catholic theological tradition. Start Your Application. BCLA News. Command the tools and techniques of research particular to their field and to organize and integrate their knowledge in such a way as to make an original contribution to the academic study of theology.

Engage in ecumenical, inter-religious, interdisciplinary, and cross-cultural academic conversation as appropriate to their discipline. Acquire the skills and competencies necessary to present papers at appropriate academic conferences and to publish the results of their research in respected peer-reviewed journals.

Acquire the skills and competencies necessary to succeed not only as an active scholar but as an effective teacher. Students in the Joint M. Demonstrate a sophisticated ability to write and speak about philosophical and theological texts and issues through graduate seminars, language study, a comprehensive exam, and an optional thesis.

T he credit Certificate in Theology and Ministry may be pursued by those seeking ministerial vocations such as ordained ministry or chaplaincy. Rather than treating the various sub-fields of theological studies as discrete areas of technical expertise, our department integrates courses into a single vision that includes the Old and New Testaments and the history of patristic, medieval, and modern theology.

We give students the opportunity not only to become familiar with the great Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant theologians, but also—with specialists in Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism—the opportunity to study the historic dialogue between Christianity and other religious traditions.