Doctor's degree Christian Spirituality - Church Divinity School of the Pacific

Doctor's degree Christian Spirituality from Church Divinity School of the Pacific is a Campus Ph.D Religious Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Degree Offered: Ph.D. Christian Spirituality is an academic field that requires an interdisciplinary approach in the study of Christian religious experience as such, i.e., as religious and as lived experience. Students in this program focus on Christian spirituality in the context of the broad contemporary understanding of spirituality and in conversation with religious spiritualities outside the Christian sphere. Because the field is intrinsically interdisciplinary, students in the program are required to achieve a basic competence in five major areas of study pertinent to the field of spirituality: biblical foundations of Christian spirituality; history of Christian spirituality; the field of Christian spirituality itself; the relation of spirituality to the human, social, and natural sciences; and a spirituality outside the Christian tradition. Although students may concentrate in any appropriate area of Christian spirituality, the GTU through its member schools, centers, related institutes and relationship with the University of California, Berkeley offers especially rich resources for the study of biblical spirituality, history of Christian spirituality, liturgical spirituality, psychological dimensions of spirituality, mystical literature of the Jewish and Christian traditions, Buddhist spirituality, environmental/cosmological dimensions of Christian spirituality, and certain traditions and schools within Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox spirituality. Objectives The doctoral program in Christian Spirituality prepares students to read and interpret biblical texts for Christian Spirituality; to contextualize the major figures, texts, and themes in the historical development of Christian Spirituality; to achieve a dialogical understanding of another spirituality not within the Christian tradition; and to do research and create analytical arguments in this interdisciplinary field. With these skills students have graduated from the program and gone on to teach religious studies, Christian Spirituality, and theology in undergraduate and graduate programs in colleges, universities, and seminaries; to administer and deliver programs at retreat centers; and to serve churches at local, regional, national, and international levels. Admissions Requirements An advanced degree in theology (i.e. a degree beyond the B.A. or its equivalent and focused in theology, e.g., one of the ordinary disciplines of Christian theology, such as Bible, Historical/Systematic theology, or Christian Ethics). Diagnostic Interview Upon admission to the program and prior to registration for classes, students will go through a diagnostic interview conducted by two Area faculty members to determine the breadth of the students' prior academic experience in the interdisciplinary range of studies that support the study of Christian Spirituality. Courses will be chosen to broaden and deepen each student's respective knowledge with particular attention given to prepare each student for their comprehensive examinations. Language Requirements Students are required to attain proficiency in two research languages other than their native language, one of which is ordinarily French or German, or Spanish, and the other an ancient or modern language pertinent to the student's research. View more details on Church Divinity School of the Pacific . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Religious Studies courses.