Doctor's Degree in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions at Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
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Church Divinity School of the Pacific is a Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above Special Focus Institutions--Theological seminaries, Bible colleges, and oth with 114 students in Berkeley, CA.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Masters degree, Doctor's degree, First-Professional degree |
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Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Doctor's degree
Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions
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Degree Offered: Ph.D.
This Area embraces both cross-cultural and historical themes, building
upon scholarly methodologies that advance critical understandings of interreligious,
multicultural, and contextual religious experience. Traditions available for study
include: Buddhism, Chinese and Japanese religions, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism,
Islam, diasporic African religions, and other religious traditions for which the
GTU has appropriate faculty. Faculty specialties include: feminism, ethnic studies,
mysticism and spirituality, interreligious learning, interfaith encounters and
dialogue, ritual studies, queer theory, translation theory, postcolonial theory,
HIV/AIDS, bodies, gender theory, videotics, folklore, and interdisciplinary studies
of religious phenomena (myth, symbol, ritual).
Most students in Cultural and Historical Studies Religions are preparing
for academic careers of research and teaching. A few graduates are preparing
to participate in interreligious dialogue or education, or to work on interreligious
issues in a church or other agency in a specific cultural context.
Objectives:
1. Students will learn to recognize the contours of scholarship in
the field of religious studies and find their own place within it.
2. Students will demonstrate both a broad grounding and a developed specialization
in a particular religious tradition or culture and its history.
3. Students will learn to employ a religious studies methodology suited to their
particular research specialization.
4. Students will work through the issues of constructing a syllabus for an introductory
course and will formulate a pedagogical philosophy and approach.
5. Students will design and execute an original research project that makes
a significant contribution to their field of specialization.
Admissions Requirements
The Area requires a clear and focused statement of academic purpose, specifying
a field for which the GTU has appropriate faculty resources and the student
has appropriate academic background and basic language preparation.
Diagnostic Instrument
At the outset of doctoral work, the student will submit a written Draft Academic
Plan, which specifies prior background, career goals, and specific interests.
This plan will be used as an advising tool, and will be critically analyzed
and developed during the required Area seminar.
Language Requirements
The Area requires two foreign languages, at least one a modern research language
(e.g. French, German, Japanese). The second language might be a classical language,
a field language, or a second research language. The languages are presented
to the Area as a written language proposal, framed by student and advisor, and
approved by the entire Area, and then certified following the GTU’s procedures.
At least one modern foreign language must be certified before the student moves
on to comprehensive exams; classical or field languages may be certified later,
prior to proposing the dissertation, if the advisor agrees a specific language
is not necessary for the comprehensives.
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