ThD/PhD - Is this negotiable?

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What I'm waiting to see is the first Arminian/Amillenarian to get the DTS doc!

 

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Actually whereas I might finish ACCS in two years I really don't think I can the UZ thesis. Maybe three. My tiny topic interacts with several large doctrinal areas! I think systematic theology in general requires much to do it well as exegesis in the languages and close looks at the development of dogmatics in church history and the application of logic. What I'm finding too is that despite the comfort zone provided by the disclaimer of making this effort within evangelical thought, (I nevertheless stray), the views on trinal relations and specfically the functional subordination of the Son are much varied and many within the tradition. And some of this is hard reading;read a chap by Barth if you question this! Further, Pitcher's, my Super, seems not to wish to let me off easy. But the topic expressed below my name here as well as tatooed on the inside of my right wrist, but there in Greek, in these days is no less than my obsession; it is a lust.

So when I have a little gas stuck in my middle chest and worry that it might be more, what concerns me immediately is not what else I might then leave here in any other terms than not finishing my thesis topic. Sorry for any morbidity.

The doing of two docs at once is not so hard given that I now work only part time and deserves no book. But a book on DL for the old folks might be a good one:" How to Get a Doctorate Though Senile."

 

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Notice North that in my UZ thesis I did not opt to expose the Arminian heresy...that's how sure I am that any sane person sees it as an aberration and needs no dissertation to evince it as such.

However in the ACCS Applied Research Project I intend to expound on the resistance made against reason using my interaction with Russell here as the praxis. My big problem will be how to do justice to Russell's baseless convictions in a mere nine semester units. HEE HEE HEE!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yeah, there's only one Biblical answer: none of the above!
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I believe that the word "teach" is your word and not mine. The word I used was "study". The difference is that 'study' has broader scope and encompasses a whole variety of reasons for pursuing higher education in religion.

I think that's particularly relevant with respect to DL. Older part-time students seem to me to often have a wider variety of motivations than full-time on-campus twenty-somethings who are more apt to be following conventional career tracks.

But evangelical Christian seminaries are not the only places, or people, concerned with religion. Tom used the phrase "religious credential". I wondered what that phrase means, and pointed out a number of contexts involving the study of religion where a Ph.D. program might be preferrable to a Th.D. program. Was I wrong? If so, why?

By "ETS" I take it that you mean 'Evangelical Theological Society'? If so, don't you think that the phrase "evangelical theological" kind of biases the advertisements it contains towards evangelical theology?

All I'm suggesting is that religion doesn't stop at the borders of that publication. For those who read other periodicals, a Th.D. might have less advantage than it does for you.

That means that you can't make sweeping generalizations about whether the Ph.D. or the Th.D. is worth more. It depends on what kind of religious credential a student wants and on why they want it. That's why I called the decision a matter of taste.

 

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Now, now Unk

This is hardly representative of your usual placid nature , unassuming disposition, and teachable spirit. Russellistic influences everywhere run rampant! :

 

I think we should be able to make up our own nomenclature and initials.
Z.D.D. Zippety doo doc
Y.A.B.Gr.D. Yet Another Bill Grover Doctorate
X.D. Doctor of Malcolmology
Wh.D. Doctor of Whingeing
V.D. Doctor of Clapping (Latin holdover)
U.N.D. Doctor of Appeasement
T.U.R.D. Doctor of Urinary and Rectal Therapy
Stewar.D. Doctor of Insider Trading
Recycle.D. Doctor of CLEPing
Q.D. Doctor of Pie
Pid.L.D. Doctor of Excitable Canine Veterinary Medicine
O.D. Doctor of Unregulated Pharmacology
Not.D. anything from MIGS
My.D. My Doctorate
Lev.D. or L$%!*?#.D. Doctor of Levicoffology
Klep.D. Doctor of Enronology
JunkD. Doctor of '71 Chevys
IdD. Doctor of Raw Instinct
Ho.D. Doctor of Brothel Administration
Gert.D. Doctor of International Distance Learning
F.D. Fire Department (just checking)
Eventual.D. (this one's mine!)
D.$.D. Doctor of Creflology
Cr.A.P.D. Doctor of Creative Arts Praxis
Bear.D. Doctor of Distance Learning
Ag.Shame.D. Doctor of South African Colloquialism (supersedes former J.W.N.F.D.)

 

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ETS is not a promoter of the Thd. That degree has a long intercontinental and transdenominational history which transcends the various theological systems within Christendom.

Agreed and agreed. I made no sweeping allegations. I wasn't arguing that the ThD was better. only that it could be the equivalent of and that in some programs requires more time to get does the PhD.

 

Thanks Uncle J.

I'm going to have to take my hat off for the "Klep.D."

And I'm sure I identify with the Eventual.D. the most!!!!!!!

 

Count me in for Doctor of Raw Instinct. I have a gut feeling about these DL degrees in S. Africa.

Roscoe