The Field of Asian Religions is designed to attract a diverse body of students with multiple interests and talents and to prepare them for careers in teaching and research. Given the range of topics in which our students might specialize, no uniform curriculum will meet the needs of every student. Students will develop a program of study in consultation with their principal advisor and Special Committee. Nevertheless, Ph.D. candidates are expected...
Program Description The Graduate Program in Religion offers degrees in the following sub-fields: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; New Testament; Early Christianity; European Christianity (Reformation Europe and Modern European Christianity); American Religion; Judaism; Islam; Christian Theology; Religion and Modernity; and Asian Religions. Applicants should make clear the specific area in which they wish to concentrate (for example, Medieval Islam, early...
The Graduate Division of Religion (GDR) prepares scholars and teachers of religion and theology, requiring mastery of a specialized field in the context of a general knowledge of the study of religion and the varieties of religious expression and practice. The GDR brings together the resources of Emory University in a rigorous interdisciplinary program of graduate doctoral education. The GDR is unique because of the collegiality and collaboration...
This degree involves both general and specialized work in the study of religion. At the most general level, every candidate undertakes to develop a synoptic historical understanding of human religiousness at large and a firm grounding in the theories and methodologies in the field of the study of religion. This foundation is to be deepened through a broad grasp of a context of study (see below), which provides the principal framework within which...
The Doctor of Theology program (ThD) emphasizes the study of the institutions, languages, and religious literatures that have shaped the Jewish, Christian, and Western humanistic traditions in their histories and in their encounters with other cultures and religions, past and present. This study is conducted with special attention to the concerns of the Christian theological tradition. Candidates for the doctoral degree will specialize in one of the...
Princeton University pioneered in developing the study of religion outside the context of theological seminaries and without formal ties to particular religious traditions. In 1946 Princeton founded a Department of Religion in the division of the humanities and nine years later began a graduate program in religion.
Graduate students in the Department are expected to work full-time toward their degrees, normally in residence, and to complete the...
The majority of current students in the doctoral program work in the three fields of Buddhist Studies, Judaism, and Modern Western Religious Thought and Practice, with others engaged in individually designed fields, such as Chinese religions religious ethics. Within these broad fields, students are expected to declare an area of specialization in a particular period, topic, or corpus of materials. ...
The graduate program in Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers unique opportunities to those who wish to become scholars and teachers in the field. The program is situated within one of the largest and finest research universities in the country. At the same time, the Department of Religious Studies comprises a small community in which students receive a great deal of individual attention from faculty members and the opportunity...
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary's Doctor of Ministry program provides students with opportunities to reinforce and refine their ministry skills. The program helps men and women develop a deeper understanding of biblical principles and strategies in order to effectively serve in a variety of pastoral roles. Students are given the opportunity to interact with a variety of recognized church leaders...
UMUC offered its first distance education courses in 1972. Today, more than 30 percent of our students are enrolled in courses that do not require on-site class attendance. The Internet serves as their link to the university.
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