Trinity Graduate School of Apologetics and Theology?

While Wikipedia says that he earned his MA and ThD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, the reference points to his Liberty University faculty profile which states:

B.A., William Tyndale College
M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Th.M., Grace Theological Seminary
Th.D., Trinity Graduate School of Theology
D.Min., Westminster Theological Seminary
D.Phil., University of South Africa
Fellow of the International Biographical Association, Cambridge, England
Additional graduate study at Acadia University

Note that only his MA is TEDS. His Th.D. Is Trinity Graduate School of Theology. So it is quite likely that they are, in fact, from the same school. But we can only make assumptions (unless someone wants to ask him). While TEDS does have a link to a Trinity Graduate School (not "of Theology") TGS only offers Masters degrees at this time.

So, is it the same school? Maybe. Or maybe he earned his MA at TEDS and his ThD from one of the other Trinities.

 

My bad. Yes, according to the Liberty site, both the notice of his appointment and his faculty profile state that Dr. Hindson has earned degrees from both Trinity IL and "Trinity Graduate School of Theology." Certainly looks like that one could be Trinity Graduate School of Apologetics and Theology in India, though they don't mention a location. If not, I have no other idea. A plethora of Trinities!

He certainly has enough accredited degrees to do pretty well anything he sees fit.

J.

 

I agree!!!

 

Okay here is the info that I was looking at and it says:

Ed Hindson

Dean, School of Religion
Dean, Institute of Biblical Studies
Distinguished Professor of Religion

E-mail: [email protected]

And under education it says:

Education
B.A., William Tyndale College
M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School This one is TEDS
Th.M., Grace Theological Seminary
Th.D., Trinity Graduate School of Theology This one right here!? Is it the same school?
D.Min., Westminster Theological Seminary
D.Phil., University of South Africa
Fellow of the International Biographical Association, Cambridge, England
Additional graduate study at Acadia University

So one is TEDS and the other is...........

 

Courtellis, I am not sure where you are going with this. The Wiki article states TEDS. The other bio article states TGST. He has two accredited doctorates. That should be more than enough for any man. Why he would add or claim the TGST doctorate, I have no idea. You could ask him.

The TGST doctorate being listed in no way confers accreditation to TGST. It is likely just a courtesy to the professor who included it on his cv along with his two accredited doctorates.

If I recall correctly TGST used to use material by Hovkind. In addition, it might be helpful to look at their faculty page.

 

I was casting about for something to do before the caffeine took effect, and searching this forum revealed Trinity's founder, Johnson Philip, promoting his school here in 2005 when it was still named “Calvin School of Apologetics and Theology.” However, two other sites from 2000 and 2003 show Hindson already holding the Trinity Th.D. At any rate, “Trinity Graduate School of Theology” is not the exact same name as Johnson Philip's T.G.S.A.T. Other possibilities include Trinity International University (the one in Illinois) granting the doctorates from the university, not the divinity school (Harvard does this as well), or Hindson's T.G.S.T. being another school altogether.

http://www.degreeinfo.com/general-distance-learning-discussions/17512-calvin-school.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20000930001605/http://www.liberty.edu/Academics/religion/faculty.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20030723013217/http://thekingiscoming.com/edbio.htm

 

Minor correction to the statement that Harvard does it as well: Harvard Divinity School offers the MDiv and ThD, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers the PhD in Religion. The caffeine has now kicked in.

 

I really hope this guy googles his own name periodically. It should only be a matter of time where this discussion overtakes his faculty profile in search engine rankings.

To my original point, even if we assume, ad arguendo, that one of his three doctorates is from an unaccredited school:

1. His being employed by an accredited seminary does not imply that his unaccredited degree is now somehow accredited largely because:

a. He has two other doctorates and a long and distinguished academic career. The guy could also tack on a fourth degree from Almeda University. That wouldn't make Almeda any more legitimate either.

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2. While having distinguished alumni is certainly a good thing, I think we can all agree that it doesn't necessarily legitimize a school.

 

was reading that and doing something ridiculous at the time, and I probably should have been in bad instead of typing on here at that time!

 

Courtellis, In re reading my post I think I may have come across abrupt or rude and if I did, I apologize.