A Ph.D. in Homiletics, and Liturgics, normally concentrated in the study of homiletics. Students will gain expertise in homiletics with rigor in practical theological methodology. Students will also study homiletics in the related context of liturgical studies or may focus their work on a germane aspect of liturgical or ritual practice with the approval of the Area.
2. within the interdisciplinary study of liturgical, ritual, and other religious practices'Students will engage in the interdisciplinary analysis of religious practices, and incorporate such study into their research, writing, and teaching. A significant portion of course work will engage preaching in relation to ritual, liturgy, and the arts through both course offerings and the general environment of the homiletics program. Special attention will be paid to studying practices within and across different religious traditions, including especially Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Jewish traditions.
3. and within public, cultural and ecclesial contexts Homiletics as an academic discipline will be studied in relation to the broader public, cultural, and ecclesial questions impinging on practical theology and religious studies today.
4. in service to excellence in teaching for ministry and religious vocation. Students will pursue excellence in teaching through a supervised teaching requirement and through required Graduate Department of Religion course work on pedagogy.
A Ph.D. in Homiletics and Liturgics normally concentrated in the study of homiletics, within the interdisciplinary study of liturgical, ritual, and other religious practices, and within public, cultural, and ecclesial contexts, in service to excellence in teaching for ministry and religious vocation.
