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Timing

For Students Starting in Spring Term:

Nov
1 - Registration Opens

Feb
4 - First Day of Classes and Orientation for New Students

For Students Starting in Summer:

March
15 - Registration Opens

June
10-21 - Summer Session I; Orientation during lunch on June 10
17-28 - DMin classes
24-July 5 - Summer Session II; Orientation during lunch on June 24

For Students Starting in Fall:

May
15 - Receive @garrett.edu emails 
        (Ongoing depending on deposit date)

June   
1 -  Registration Opens

July
15 - Preferred Apartment Move-in 

August
1   - Preferred Apartment Move-in
15 - Preferred Apartment Move-in  
23 - Apartment and Dormitory Move-in
27 - International Student Orientation
28-  New Student Orientation (Day 1)
29 - New Student Orientation (Day 2)
30 - New Student Orientation (Day 3) 

September
3   - Fall Semester Begins
11 - Academic Convocation  

Budgeting

Students considering federal student loans and aid must submit a FAFSA form.

Please use this Financial Aid Checklist to help you through the various steps in order to receive your federal financial aid monies.

Garrett-Evangelical's Institutional Code is: G01682.

Loans are disbursed after the second week of classes. 

Scholarships are disbursed the first week of classes.

Federal Work Study and on-campus job opportunities are posted on the MyGETS Office of Financial Aid page. Listings for Fall are usually posted after August 1. 

Please note: students must be registered at least part-time for any financial aid. 
(6-10 credit hours for Masters students, 2-5 credit hours for PhD students) 

 

Moving

Apartment and Residential Halls
Garrett-Evangelical offers a wide range of affordable, residential housing. Our apartments and residential halls are usually filled to capacity, and placement is on a first-come, first-served basis, so it is important to apply for housing early.

Housing forms are available here.

Preferred apartment move-in dates for the Fall:

• July 15
• August 1
• August 15

Preferred residential hall move-in date:

• Friday, August 23

Early move-in is possible upon availability.

Parking and Transporation
Parking is available through the seminary, Northwestern University, or the City of Evanston. The Housing Office has detailed information on parking options and prices.   

Due to our compact campus and excellent public transportation, students may not need a car. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) offers unlimited monthly passes for $86. 

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Living

Evanston
The City of Evanston, home of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University, boasts over 70 municipal parks and over five miles of public Lake Michigan beach front.

Information on the local school districts, activities, museums, libraries, parking, shopping, and dining can all be found on the City of Evanston homepage. 

For students with young children please consult The Early Childhood Guide Resources in Evanston guide.

Chicago 
Chicago is famously (maybe infamously) known as the Second City, but as our mayor Rahm Emmanuel recently said, "It's a world-class, first-class city, too." Students are encouraged to experience the city's many resources first-hand. 

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Graduation

PhD (H) Degree - 40 semester hours
  H Degree Grid

• 7 semester hours of core courses required of all PhD students
• 24 semester hours in the major in Historical Studies
• 9 hours in a minor field of study
• At least two languages, ordinarily one from each of the following categories: 
  a) Latin, Greek, or Hebrew 
  b) French, German, or Spanish
• 4 written qualifying examinations and an oral examination
  Among the three written exams in historical studies.
• Dissertation proposal
• Dissertation

 

Courses

Courses in the Concentration:

• Life in the Early Church
• Life in the Medieval Church
• Christology and Trinity in the Early Church
• Christianity and Culture in the Roman Empire
• Ecclesiastical Latin
• Topics in the History of Christian Thought
• African American Religious History
• Religion and the American Way
• The Tasks of History
• Christian Social and Political Thought: Topics
• War and Peace
• City of God
• Introduction to Global Christianity

Faculty

Core Program Faculty

	Anna Marie Johnson Assistant Professor of Reformation History Select Bibliography “Introduction for Martin Luther's Prefaces to the Postils of Antonius Corvinus,” in  American Edition of Luther's Works, volume 59.  Concordia (forthcoming.) Entries on Anfechtung, Astrology, Gabriel Biel, Lucas Cranach, Diet of Worms, Desiderius Erasmus, Frederick the Wise, Humanism, Indulgences, Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt, Leipzig Disputation and Witchcraft in Companion to Reformation Theology, David Whitford, ed.,T&T Clark  (forthcoming). Translation of “Martin Luther Reconsidered for 2017,” by Volker Leppin, in Lutheran Quarterly, Vol. 22 No. 4 (Winter 2008): 373-386.
	Larry Murphy Professor of the History of Christianity Select Bibliography Sojourner Truth: A Biography.  Greenwood Press, 2011. “‘Good Religion’ and the Quest for Constructive Inter-Religious Dialogue,” in Kenneth L. Vaus and K.K. Yeo, eds., The Theology of Light and Sight:  An Interfaith Perspective.  Wipf  & Stock,  2011. “Piety and Liberation: An Historical Exploration of African American Religion and Social Justice,” in Iva E. Carruthers, et.al., eds., Blow the Trumpet in Zion: Global Vision and Action for the 21st-Century Black Church.  Fortress Press, 2005. African-American Faith in America. New York: Facts on File. 2003. "W.E.B. DuBois and the Souls of Black Folk: A Commentary," in: AME Church Review, Vol.CXIX, April-June, 2003. editor, Down by the Riverside: Readings in African American Religion. New York University Press, 2000.
	Jim Papandrea Assistant Professor of Church History Select Bibliography Reading the Early Church Fathers: From the Didache to Nicaea.  Paulist Press, 2012. “Novatian” in Encyclopedia of Ancient History.  Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Novatian of Rome and the Culmination of Pre-Nicene Orthodoxy.  Pickwick Publications, Princeton Monograph Series, 2011. The Wedding of the Lamb: A Historical Approach to the Book of Revelation.  Pickwick Publications, 2011. “Between Two Thieves: Novatian of Rome and Kenosis Christology” in If These Stones Could Speak… Studies on Patristic Texts and Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Dennis E. Groh. The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. The Trinitarian Theology of Novatian of Rome: A Study in Third Century Orthodoxy.  The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.

 

 

 

Affiliated Faculty from Cognate Disciplines

 

	Mark Teasdale E. Stanley Jones Assistant Professor of Evangelism Select Bibliography Articles “Saint Sava” and “Serbian Christianity,” in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2008. “Peter Cartwright and the Emerging National Identity in Antebellum America,” in Methodist History vol. 46, no. 2, Jan. 2008 Solicited Book Review on Gibbs, Eddie and Ryan K. Bolger, Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures.  Baker Academic, 2005.Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education vol. 22, 2006 – 2007. Solicited Book Review on Raschke, Carl, The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity , in Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education vol. 21, 2005 – 2006.
	Barry Bryant Associate Professor of Wesleyan and United Methodist Studies Select Bibliography "The Israeli-Palestinian Situation: Theological Explorations" and "Reflections of a Recovered Christian Zionist" Quarterly Review, Spring 2005 Presidential address, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Conflict of Values?" Wesley Philosophical Society, March 2004 "Class Leaders, Pastoral Care, and Christian Formation," in Discipleship Quarterly 18 (2003) 3:6-7 "Trinity, Technology, and the Meaning of Personhood," in Memphis Theological Seminary Journal, 38(2002)1:5-17
	Hendrik Pieterse Associate Professor of Global Christianity and World Religions Select Bibliography “Die Gastfreundschaft Gottes leben,” in Michael Nausner, ed., Kirchliches Leben in methodistische Tradition: Perspektiven aus drei Kontinenten. Reutlinger Theologische Studien Band 6.  Edition Ruprecht, 2009.Opting for the Margins, Again: Recovering an Episcopal Initiative.   General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, 2007); also available online: http://www.gbhem.org/site/c.lsKSL3POLvF/b.3470795/k.A280/Publications.htm. “In Search of a Nation: Nation Building in the New South Africa.” Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Comparative Studies, Volume 8 (February 2002). Web: http://www.safundi.com. “Neopragmatism and the Christian Desire for a Transcendent God: Is a Dialogue Possible?” Essays in Philosophy: A Biannual Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, 2002. Web: http://www.humboldt.edu/~essays. “Rorty among the Theologians: The Possibility of Theology after the New Historicism.” Published in Charley D. Hardwick and Donald A. Crosby (eds.), Pragmatism, Neo-Pragmatism, and Religion: Conversations with Richard Rorty.  Peter Lang, 1997.

Graduation

DMin Degree - 30 semester hours
DMin Degree Grid

The following are a list of courses that are commonly offered as part of this track:

• "World Evangelism"
• "Evangelism, Church Growth, and Ecclesiology"
• "Stewardship and Institutional Development"
• "Reading the Culture"
• "Leadership for Pastor and Laity"

Schedule

The program is offered primarily in January and summer two-week intensives, with course preparation before and after course completion.

Sample Schedule (based on school years beginning with the Fall semester):

Year 1:
Fall - Submit application by 1 October, notified of admission by 1 November
January - Attend two courses
Summer - Attend two courses

Year 2:
January - Attend two courses
Summer - Attend two courses and begin work on mid-program material

Year 3:
Fall - Submit mid-program material for approval and begin ministry intervention
January - Complete ministry intervention and begin writing final ministry project paper
Spring - Complete and defend final ministry project paper

Graduation

DMin Degree - 30 semester hours
DMin Degree Grid

The distinctic curriculum for the Spiritual Direction track consists of the following courses:

• Spiritual Disciplines for Leadership
• Spiritual Direction in Multi-cultural/Multi-religious World
• Mission and Theology of the New Testament
• Supervision in Spiritual Direction
• Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Care

Schedule

The program is offered primarily in January and summer two-week intensives, with course preparation before and after course completion.

Sample Schedule (based on school years beginning with the Fall semester):

Year 1:
Fall - Submit application by 1 October, notified of admission by 1 November
January - Attend two courses
Summer - Attend two courses

Year 2:
January - Attend two courses
Summer - Attend two courses and begin work on mid-program material

Year 3:
Fall - Submit mid-program material for approval and begin ministry intervention
January - Complete ministry intervention and begin writing final ministry project paper
Spring - Complete and defend final ministry project paper

Graduation

DMin Degree - 30 semester hours
DMin Degree Grid

The following are a list of courses that are commonly offered as part of this track:

"African-American Church Administration and Congregational Development"
"Biblical Hermeneutics in the African-American Context"
"Black Ministry Engaging Historical Challenges"

Schedule

Students in the African American Congregational Leadership track will attend two different types of sessions in the program.

In January and late-June students will attend two-week intensive terms during which they will take two courses. These courses will cover topics related specifically to church leadership, such as stewardship and renewal, as well as providing fundamental research skills for deepening the student's academic facility and helping the student better analyze the local congregation.

In mid-Fall and mid-Spring students will participate in three-day seminars led by Northwestern University and Garrett-Evangelical faculty, covering the latest in management and leadership studies. Each session will conclude with a discussion led by the Garrett-Evangelical faculty member who will facilitate the students' theological reflection on the content from the seminar.

Sample Schedule (based on school years beginning with the Fall semester):

Year 1:
Fall: Apply to program by 1 October, notified of acceptance by 1 November
January: Complete two courses
Summer: Complete two courses

Year 2:
Fall: Attend Kellogg Seminar
January: Complete two courses
Spring: Attend Kellogg Seminar
Summer: Begin working on mid-program material

Year 3:
Fall: Attend Kellogg Seminar
January: Continue working on mid-program material
Spring: Attend Kellogg Seminar, Submit mid-program material for approval
Summer: Begin ministry intervention

Year 4:
Fall: Complete ministry intervention and begin writing final ministry project paper
Spring: Complete and defend final ministry project paper, Graduate

Kellogg Seminars

Students in the Doctor of Ministry track in African-American Congregational Leadership are required to participate in four seminars developed in collaboration with the Center for Non-Profit Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Intended to help clergy become more effective leaders in their vocational settings, the seminars are led by faculty members from both schools and will focus on developing increased leadership capacity and application of management principles in congregation and faith-based organizations.

Participants who complete all four seminars will earn a Certificate of Excellence in Church Leadership issued jointly by Garrett-Evangelical and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

The four seminars are:

• Leadership and Teams
• General Management
• Building External Relationships
• The Leadership Challenge

 

Courses

List of Possible Courses

The following are a list of courses that are commonly offered as part of this track:

"Biblical Hermeneutics in the African-American Context"
"African-American Church Administration and Congregational Development"

Graduation

DMin Degree - 30 semester hours
DMin Degree Grid

The following are a list of courses that are commonly offered as part of this track:

"Administration and Leadership"
"Leadership for Pastor and Laity"
"Spiritual Disciplines for Leadership"
"Stewardship and Institutional Development"

Schedule

Students in the Congregational Leadership track will attend two different types of sessions in the program.

In January and late-June students will attend two-week intensive terms during which they will take two courses. These courses will cover topics related specifically to church leadership, such as stewardship and renewal, as well as providing fundamental research skills for deepening the student's academic facility and helping the student better analyze the local congregation.

In mid-Fall and mid-Spring students will participate in three-day seminars led by Northwestern University and Garrett-Evangelical faculty, covering the latest in management and leadership studies. Each session will conclude with a discussion led by the Garrett-Evangelical faculty member who will facilitate the students' theological reflection on the content from the seminar.

Sample Schedule (based on school years beginning with the Fall semester):

Year 1:
Fall: Apply to program by 1 October, notified of acceptance by 1 November
January: Complete two courses
Summer: Complete two courses

Year 2:
Fall: Attend Kellogg Seminar
January: Complete two courses
Spring: Attend Kellogg Seminar
Summer: Begin working on mid-program material

Year 3:
Fall: Attend Kellogg Seminar
January: Continue working on mid-program material
Spring: Attend Kellogg Seminar, Submit mid-program material for approval
Summer: Begin ministry intervention

Year 4:
Fall: Complete ministry intervention and begin writing final ministry project paper
Spring: Complete and defend final ministry project paper, Graduate

Kellogg Seminars

Students in the Doctor of Ministry track in Congregational Leadership are required to participate in four seminars developed in collaboration with the Center for Non-Profit Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Intended to help clergy become more effective leaders in their vocational settings, the seminars are led by faculty members from both schools and will focus on developing increased leadership capacity and application of management principles in congregation and faith-based organizations.

Participants who complete all four seminars will earn a Certificate of Excellence in Church Leadership issued jointly by Garrett-Evangelical and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

The four seminars are:

• Leadership and Teams
• General Management
• Building External Relationships
• The Leadership Challenge

Graduation

PhD (BS) Degree - 40 semester hours
BS Degree Grid

• 7 semester hours of core courses required for all Ph.D. students
• 9 semester hours in core biblical studies courses  
• 9-12 semester hours for a major in OT or NT
• 6-9 semester hours for a minor in the other testament or area
• 6- 9 semester hours in electives (determined with advisor)
• 3 languages: Hebrew, Greek, and a modern language to enhance international and interdisciplinary study of biblical research and scholarship.
• 4 written qualifying examinations and an oral examination covering the following areas:
  (1) Major area
  (2) Minor area
  (3) Focused area of research
  (4)Open – to be determined with adviser
• Dissertation prospectus to be discussed and approved at the time of the oral examination or within three months following the satisfactory completion of oral exam, as negotiated with advisor.
• Dissertation

Faculty

Faculty:

Present faculty members in biblical studies have focused research on cultural, literary, and historical approaches to biblical study, the ethics of biblical research, and the impact of biblical studies in global Christianity.  Key faculty assisting with the program include:

	Cheryl Anderson Professor of Old Testament Select Bibliography Ancient Laws and Contemporary Controversies: The Need for Inclusive Biblical Interpretation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.Cheryl Anderson.   Women, Ideology, and Violence: Critical Theory and the Construction of Gender in the Book of the Covenant and the Deuteronomic Law.  London: T&T Clark, 2004. "Reflections in an Interethnic/racial Era on Interethnic/racial Marriage in Ezra.”  In They Were All Together in One Place: Toward Minority Biblical Criticism.  Edited by Randall C. Bailey, Tat-siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia.  Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009. "The Eighth Commandment: A Way to King's 'Beloved Community'?”  In The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness.  Edited by William P. Brown.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.
	Charles Cosgrove Professor of Early Christian Literature Select Bibliography Third-Century Christian Hymn with Musical Notation: Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1786: Text and Commentary. The manuscript of this book is under review by Mohr/Siebeck. In Other Words: Incarnational Translation for Preaching. With W. Dow Edgerton. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2007. Cross-Cultural Paul: Journeys to Others, Journeys to Ourselves. With Herold Weiss and K. K. Yeo. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2005. The Meanings We Choose: Hermeneutical Ethics, Indeterminacy and the Conflict of Interpretations. Editor and contributor. London and New York: T. & T. Clark International (Continuum), 2004. Appealing to Scripture in Moral Debate: Five Hermeneutical Rules. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002. Elusive Israel: The Puzzle of Election in Romans. Nashville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.
	Julie Duncan Associate Professor of Old Testament Select Bibliography "Book of Deuteronomy." In The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman and James C. VanderKam.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. "Excerpted Texts of Deuteronomy at Qumran." Revue de Qumran 18/69, 1996. “4QDeuteronomy b, e, h, j, k1, k2, k3, l, m.” Discoveries in the Judean Desert XIV.Oxford: Clarendon, 1995.    “New Readings for the ‘Blessing of Moses’ from Qumran.” Journal of Biblical Literature 114/2 (1995): 273-290. “Considerations of 4QDeutj in Light of the ‘All Souls Deuteronomy’ and Cave 4 Phylactery Texts.” Proceedings of the International Congress on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Madrid, 18-21 March 1991, eds. J. Trebolle Barrera and L. Vegas Montaner, 199-215.  Leiden: Brill, 1992.
	G. Brooke Lester Assistant Professor of Hebrew Scripture Select Bibliography “Admiring Our Savvy Ancestors: Abraham's and Jacob's Rhetoric of Negotiation”Koinonia XV (2003): 81-94. “Hebrew Bible and Higher Education.” http://anumma.com/" href="http://anumma.com/" data-mce-href="http://anumma.com/">http://anumma.com. (With Jennifer S. Green and Joseph F. Scrivner)  Handbook to a Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005.
	Jim Papandrea Assistant Professor of Church History Select Bibliography The Wedding of the Lamb: A Historical Approach to the Book of Revelation. Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2010. At Home with the Word. Scripture Commentary Contributor, 2011 Lectionary Year Edition.  Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2010. Pray (Not Just Say) The Lord’s Prayer. Liguori, MO: Liguori Publications, 2009.
	Osvaldo Vena Professor of New Testament Interpretation Select Bibliography The Parousia and Its Rereadings. The Development of the Eschatological Consciousness in the Writings of the New Testament. Studies in Biblical Literature  Vol. 27. New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2001.Osvaldo Vena.  Apocalipsis (Revelation). Justo L. González, general editor. Series “Conozca su Biblia.” Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2008. Evangelio de Marcos. Series “Comentarios para exégesis y traducción.” Edesio Sánchez and Esteban Voth editors. Miami, Florida: Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas, 2008. “The Markan Construction of Jesus as Disciple of the Kingdom.”  In Mark: Texts @ Context Series.  Edited by Teresa Okure, Daniel M. Patte and Nicole Wilkinson Duran.  Fortress Press, 2010.
	K.K. Yeo Harry R. Kendall Professor of New Testament Select Bibliography Musing with Confucius and Paul. Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2008. (Editor) Navigating Romans through Cultures.  Edinburgh: Continuum, 2004. Biblical Rhetoric. (in Chinese) Beijing: Religious Culture Press, 2007.

 

Graduation

PhD (LS) Degree - 40 semester hours
LS Degree Grid

• 7 semester hours of core courses required of all PhD students
• 24 semester hours in the major in Liturgical Studies
• 9 hours in a minor field of study
• At least two languages, ordinarily one from each of the following categories: 
  a) Latin, Greek, or Hebrew 
  b) French, German, or Spanish
• 4 written qualifying examinations and an oral examination
  Among the three written exams in liturgical studies, there is at least one question on each of the following areas of study: History of Worship, Ritual Studies, Sacramental Theology, Eucharist, Baptism, Liturgical Theology.
• Dissertation proposal
• Dissertation

 

Program Goals

Program Goals:

In the Ph.D. program in Liturgical Studies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, graduates will come to know in some breadth the history of Christian worship in its diverse theological and cultural settings. They will know in some depth the historical and theological development of the Christian practices of baptism and eucharist, as well as knowing in some depth the history and theology of liturgical practices in one's tradition and/or denomination.

In the course of the program, students will develop analytical tools and skills to evaluate and interpret Christian worship not only as it exists in official texts but especially in the practice of churches (in their ecumenical and cultural diversity), with particular attention to the contributions of practical theology, ritual studies, ethnography and congregational studies, and hermeneutics. They will engage in critical and constructive theological reflection on the churches' liturgical traditions and practices. They will prepare to participate in development, revision, and creative development of liturgical resources (liturgical texts, Christian education models, etc.) and worship services. They will prepare to encourage the church's critical and constructive reflection on its liturgical practices through teaching in the academy and the church.

Courses

Courses in the Concentration:

• Worship and the Arts
• Sacramental Theology
• History of Christian Worship
• Liturgies of Anointing & Reconciliation
• Seminar in Liturgical Theology
• Finding Words for Worship
• Baptism and Reaffirmation
• Eucharist
• Cross Cultural Seminar in worship (immersion course)
• History and Theology of Hymnody
• Teaching Preaching
• Seminar in Ritual Studies

Faculty

	E. Byron (Ron) Anderson Styberg Associate Professor of Worship Select Bibliography Taught by God: Teaching and Christian Spiritual Formation, Chalice, 2007. Worship and Christian Identity, Liturgical Press, 2003. Liturgy and the Moral Self, Liturgical Press, 1998.
	Gennifer Brooks Ernest and Bernice Styberg Associate Professor of Preaching Select Bibliography “Preaching” in Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies, William J. Abraham and James E. Kirby, editors. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009. Praise the Lord, Lima, Ohio: C.S.S. Publications, 1996. Good News Preaching, forthcoming from Pilgrim Press, 2009
	Ruth C. Duck Professor of Worship Select Bibliography Worship for the Whole People of God (to be published by Westminster Knox, forthcoming). Praising God: The Trinity in Christian Worship, Westminster Knox, 1999. Welcome God's Tomorrow, (hymn text collection), G.I.A., 2005. Finding Words for Worship, Westminster Knox, 1995.
	David A. Hogue Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling (Ritual Studies)  Select Bibliography Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain,Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2003. Promising Again, with Herbert Anderson and Marie McCarthy, Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.

 

Graduates

Recent Graduates:

Tércio Junker (Brazil), 2003. Dissertation: "The Prophetic Dimension of Liturgy: Transforming Liturgy Seeking Social-Economic Justice." Assistant Professor of Worship and Director of Sweeney Chapel, Christian Theological Seminary, 2006-present.

Marlea Gilbert, 2006. Dissertation: "Incorporating a Rising Generation: A Study of Worship." Interim pastor, Burlington, Iowa.

Christopher Grundy 2006. Dissertation: "God's Resilient Table: Male Violence Against Women and the Embodied Logic of Holy Communion." Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship, Eden Theological Seminary. www.christophergrundy.com (music website)

Eric Myers, 2006. Dissertation: "The Place of the Eucharist in the Revised Funeral Rites of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)."  Pastor, Frederick Presbyterian Church (Frederick, MD);  Adjunct faculty at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC; Member, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., Hymnal Project Committee 2008.  Graduates Gilbert, Grundy, and Myers, and candidate Stephanie Perdew published The Work of the People: What We Do in Worship and Why (Herndon: Alban Institute, 2007).

Graduation

PhD (CE) Degree - 40 semester hours
CE Degree Grid

• 7 semester hours of core courses required for all PhD students
• 18-24 semester hours of Christian education and related disciplines
• 9-12 semester hours in a cognate concentration
• 2 research tools: one in a language for academic research and another in qualitative research or congregational studies (social science research tools require satisfactory completion of two graduate-level courses). Students may present competence in two languages as long as they also include congregational research in coursework.
• 4 written qualifying examinations and an oral examination covering the following areas: 
  (1) Overview of religious education 
  (2) Congregational studies 
  (3) Cognate area (church history, ethics, biblical studies, or theology) 
  (4) Focused area of research (e.g., transformative teaching and learning, etc.)
• Dissertation prospectus to be discussed and approved at the time of the oral examination or within three months following the satisfactory completion of oral exam, as negotiated with advisor.
• Dissertation

Program Goals

Knowing:
To know practices and disciplines of Christian education and formation and to understand how these are affected by differing cultural contexts. This goal includes the following sub-themes:

• To know major approaches to faithful teaching and learning,
• To understand learning theories - particularly liberative and transformative learning and multiple intelligences theory - and their pedagogical use,
• To be aware of theories of human development including psycho-social, socio-cultural and faith development,
• To know learning theories and how to use them,
• To know the dynamics of congregational analysis,
• To know the methods of qualitative, historical, and practical theological research,
• To understand the practices and dynamics of university and seminary education,
• To explore the dynamics of interfaith religious education.

Doing:
To conduct research in educational ministry and to prepare for teaching and leadership in a seminary, college, and/or the church.

• To integrate practices of biblical and theological study into Christian religious education,
• To be able to read, evaluate and engage the culture of a congregation and its community with particular sensitivity to culture, race, class and gender,
• To teach a class in Christian education,
• To demonstrate abilities to consult with others in educational ministry,
• To complete a major research project using qualitative, historical or practical theological research.

Being:
To become a Christian educator/ practical theologian who seeks to liberate and empower persons to be co-creators of the reign of God in our multi-cultural and multi-faith environment. This goal includes the following:

• To be a reflective teacher and leader who can empower others in a congregation or educational institution to be reflective and open to transformation,
• To be a Christian disciple who continues to engage in the practices that develop and deepen faith,
• To understand oneself as a critical and open participant in the ongoing practices of an academic discipline and theological tradition.

In addition to addressing these goals, students have ample opportunity for developing skills as teachers and scholars through serving as teaching assistants and developing a teaching portfolio. Each student develops a focus for research. Projects of previous graduates have included the following:

• Youth ministry in the African American church,
• Theological and vocational understandings of laity, 
• Theological education in Puerto Rico,
• Children and Eucharist,
• Theological development of adolescent girls,
• Spiritual formation in theological education,
• Pastoral leadership in urban African American congregations,
• Ministries with second generation Korean American young adults,
• Narrative and identity formation in the life stories of immigrant women.

Courses

Select Courses in this concentration:

 

• Seminar in Christian Education (offered each year. Topics include theology and education, emancipatory pedagogy, ethnicity and cultural pluralism, education for social change, and theological education)

• Youth, Culture, and Church 
• Adults and Christian Faith 
• Advanced Practicum in Teaching and Learning 
• Christian Education in the African American Experience 
• Curriculum and Resources in Educational Ministry 
• History and Theories of Christian Education
• Faith and Developmental Theories 
• Methods in Congregational Research 
• Seminar in Practical Theology 

 

Faculty

The present faculty members in Christian religious education have focused their research on the history and theology of education, on congregational studies and qualitative research, on practical theology, on youth ministry, and on adult education. Some professional contributions include the following:

	Reginald Blount Assistant Professor of Youth, Formation, and Culture
	Virginia Lee Associate Professor of Christian Education and Director of Deacon Studies Select Bibliography Study book to accompany the first book, Dust and Breath: A Christian Perspective on Faith and Health, by Kendra G. Hotz and Matthew T. Mathews, in a new series for the Church Health Center, 2011-2012. “Becoming Multi-culturally Competent,” Christians in Education, Spring 2010. “Piety: Affirmation of Tenure Message,” Memphis Theological Seminary Journal, Vol. 23, 2007. “Guide Us, O God,” That We May Be Saved: Advent -- Lent Devotional Book 2002—2003, Division of Spiritual Formation, Board of Discipleship, Virginia Conference, 2002. “The Pastor as Educator,” Alert Magazine, Fall 2000. "The Hidden Curriculum: Is Your Church Teaching What It Intends To Teach?" Circuit Rider, March-April 2000.
	Jack Seymour Professor of Religious Education Select Bibliography “Characteristics of Religious Education.” Religious Education 107 (October‐December 2012) – in press. “Theology, Education, and Social Science.” Religious Education 107 (July‐September, 2012): 321‐ 322. “Building Consensus and Negotiating Conflict.” C(H)AOS Theory: Reflections of Chief Academic Officers in Theological Education. Ed. by Kadi Billman and Bruce Birch. Eerdmans, 2011: 268‐279. Yearning for God: Reflections of Faithful Lives. With Margaret Ann Crain. Nashville: Upper Room Press, 2003. A Deacon’s Heart: The New United Methodist Diaconate. With Margaret Ann Crain. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001. Mapping Christian Education: Approaches to Congregational Learning. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.

 

Graduates

Select Recent Book Publications of Program Graduates:
(Graduates identified in bold italics)

Baker, Dori Grinenko. Doing Girlfriend Theology: God-Talk with Young Women. Pilgrim Press, 2005.

Baker, Dori Grinenko & Mercer, Joyce Ann. Lives to Offer: Accompanying Youth on Their Vocational Quests. Pilgrim Press, 2007.

Caldwell, Elizabeth. Making a Home for Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of Your Children.United Church Press, 2000.

Caldwell, Elizabeth. Leaving Home with Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of Our Youth.Pilgrim Press, 2002.

Kang, S. Steve. Unveiling the Socioculturally Constructed Multivoiced Self: Themes of Self Construction and Self Integration in the Narratives of Second-Generation Korean American Young Adults. University Press, 2003.

Conde-Frazier, Elizabeth; Kang, S. Steve; Parrett, Gary. A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation. Baker Academic Books, 2004.

Parker, Evelyn. Trouble Don't Last Always: Emancipatory Hope among African American Adolescents. Pilgrim Press, 2003.

Wimberly, Anne Streaty & Parker, Evelyn. In Search of Wisdom: Faith Formation in the Black Church. Abingdon Press, 2002.

Tribble, Jeffery. Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan Press, 2005.

Graduation

PhD (TE) Degree - 40 semester hours
TE Degree Grid

• 7 semester hours of core courses required for all PhD students
• 18-24 semester hours in theology, and/or ethics
• 9-12 semester hours in a cognate concentration
• 2 research tools: one in a language for academic research and a second research language or pertinent research methodology. A social science tool, such as ethnography, may require satisfactory completion of two graduate-level courses.
• 4 written qualifying examinations and an oral examination, typically covering the following areas:
  (1) Overview of the selected discipline of study 
  (2) Cognate discipline (e.g., history, ethics, biblical studies, or theology) 
  (3) Focused area of research 
  (4) Subject determined in consultation with advisor
• Dissertation prospectus, to be discussed and approved at the time of the oral examination, or within three months following the satisfactory completion of oral exam, as negotiated with advisor.
• Dissertation

Program Goals

Knowing:

• To gain a knowledge and mastery of pertinent literature in the respective fields.
• To learn the theories and methods of research and develop the critical thinking that prepares one to make contributions to scholarship promoting the work of the academy and the church.

Doing:

• To learn how to teach the pertinent literature within a variety of institutional settings.
• To show effectiveness as a critical and creative producer of theological and ethical knowledge.

Being:

• To become scholars grounded in the faith traditions of the church and committed to serving the mission and goals of the church through the contribution of their scholarship and the theological insights that it affords.
• To become competent practitioners of theology in the public square.

Courses

Select courses in this concentration:

• Readings in 20th Century Theologies 
• Contemporary Christologies 
• Contemporary Theologians (example: J. Moltmann and J. Sobrino) 
• Feminist/Womanist Theologies 
• Global Feminist Theologies and Biblical Interpretation 
• Latino/Latina theologies in North America 
• Latin American Theologies (in Spanish) 
• Theology in Migration 
• Postcolonial Theories and Theologies 
• Queering Theory and Theology 
• Reading Scripture as Theologians 
• Theologies of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Sin, Evil and Travail in Christian Theology 
• Theology of John Wesley 
• Theology of Kierkegaard, Barth and Bonhoeffer 
• Wesleyan and Methodist Theology and Spirituality 
• Reformed Theology 
• Theological Dialogue with Living Religions 
• Topics in the History of Christian Thought  
• Religion and the American Way 
• Christian Social and Political Thought: Topics 
• War and Peace 
• City of God 
• Moral Theology: Topics (examples of recent topics: The works of Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, Christology and Ethics, Selected Themes in Christian social and political thought, Globalization and Christian Ethics, Technology, freedom, and justice: The works of George Grant and Albert Borgmann)

Faculty

Faculty:

	Nancy Bedford Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology Select Bibliography La porfía de la resurrección. Ensayos desde el feminismo teológico latinoamericano. Colección FTL número 30. Buenos Aires: Kairós/Red del Camino, forthcoming "We Wait for Hope". Meg Cox (ed.). Cynicism and Hope. Reclaiming Discipleship in a Post-Democratic Society. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, forthcoming (With Guillermo Hansen.) Nuestra Fe. Buenos Aires: I. U. ISEDET, 2008 "Plantar huertas, escuchar a los árboles. Hacia una construcción de la subjetividad teológica feminista en migración": Stromata 64 (2008) 95-110 "Making Spaces: Latin American and Latina Feminist Theologies on the Cusp of Interculturality": María Pilar Aquino; Maria José Rosado Nunes (eds.), Feminist Intercultural Theology. Latina Approaches for a Just World. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007, 49-69
	Barry Bryant Associate Professor of Wesleyan and United Methodist Studies Select Bibliography "The Israeli-Palestinian Situation: Theological Explorations" and "Reflections of a Recovered Christian Zionist" Quarterly Review, Spring 2005 Presidential address, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Conflict of Values?" Wesley Philosophical Society, March 2004 "Class Leaders, Pastoral Care, and Christian Formation," in Discipleship Quarterly 18 (2003) 3:6-7 "Trinity, Technology, and the Meaning of Personhood," in Memphis Theological Seminary Journal, 38(2002)1:5-17
	Anne Joh Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Select Bibliography Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. Terror, Trauma and Hope: A Postcolonial Spectrality of the Cross. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. “Teaching to Learn from the Other,” Keeping the Light, ed. Kate Ott and Melanie Harris, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. “Postcolonialism in Fugue: Contrapuntality of Asian American Experience,” in New Overtures: Asian North American Theologies in the 21st Century, ed. Eleazar Fernandez. (Forthcoming from Sopher Press). “Hybridity,” in Asian Pacific American Religious Cultures Encyclopedia, ed. Fumitaka Matsuoka and Jane Iwamura, ABC-CLIO. (Forthcoming) “Loves’ Multiplicity: Jeong and Spivak’s Notes Toward Planetary Love” in Planetary Loves: GayatriSpivak, Postcoloniality, and Theology, ed. Stephen Moore and Mayra Rivera. (Fordham University Press, 2010).
	Stephen Ray Neal F. and Ila A. Fisher Professor of Systematic Theology Select Bibliography (Co-author) Black Church Studies: An Introduction. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007. "E-racing the Faith While Black. In: Being Black, Teaching Black: The Role of Black Church Studies in the Academy, N. Lynne Westfield ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press 2008. "The End of Man: Human Rights, Christian Theology and The Rights of Human Persons," in Human Rights: Christian Influences and Issues, Frances Adeney and Arvind Sharma, eds. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2007. (Contributor) Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes, Serene Jones and Paul Lakeland, eds. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004. Do No Harm: Social Sin and Christian Responsibility. Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2002.
	Brent Waters Jerre and Mary Joy Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics Select Bibliography This Mortal Flesh: Incarnation and Bioethics. Grand Rapids: Brazos, forthcoming. (Co-edited with F. LeRon Shults) Christology and Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, forthcoming. "Disability and the Quest for Perfection: A Moral and Theological Inquiry," in Theology, Disability and the New Genetics: Why Science Needs the Church, John Swinton and Brian Brock, eds., T & T Clark, 2000. The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought. Oxford University Press, 2007. "Saving Us from Ourselves: Christology, Anthropology and the Seduction of Posthuman Medicine," in Future Perfect: God, Medicine and Human Dignity, Celia Deane-Drummond and Peter Manley Scott, eds. London and New York: T&T Clark, 2006 From Human to Posthuman: Christian Theology and Technology in a Postmodern World. Ashgate, 2006.

 

Graduates

Recent Book Publications of Program Graduates:

Lewis V. Baldwin, Between Cross and Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm and Martin, 2002

Joanne Carlson Brown and Carole R. Bohn, Christianity, Patriarchy, and Abuse, 1989

James H. Cone, The Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998, 2000

Reta Halteman Finger, et. al., The Wisdom of Daughters: Two Decades of the Voice of Christian Feminism, 2004

David E. Fitch, The Great Giveaway: Reclaiming the Mission of the Church from Big Business, Parachurch Organizations, Psychotherapy, Consumer Capitalism, and Other Modern Maladies, 2005

Mary Garman, Hidden in Plain Sight: Quaker Women's Writings, 1650 - 1700, 1995

Stephanie Mitchem, Introducing Womanist Theology, 2002

Michael L Stine, Losing the world but Finding the Harbor: a Spiritual Biography of Gustav Mahler, 1992

Emilie Townes, Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil, 2006