PhD Programs in Theology

Boston College Theology Department

• The department of theology within Boston College's College of Arts and Sciences offers a PhD program in theology with specializations in the history of Christian life and thought, systematic theology, biblical studies, theological ethics and comparative theology. Students can also complete a minor in any of those fields or in pastoral theology. PhD candidates must demonstrate proficiency in at least two languages.

  Boston College Theology Department
  140 Commonwealth Ave.
  Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
  617-552-0794
  bc.edu/schools/cas/theology

Vanderbilt Divinity School

• Vanderbilt Divinity School offers doctoral degree programs in religion as well as theology and practice. The theology and practice program enrolls about 50 graduate students who work with 25 Vanderbilt faculty members and 20 ministers. The program grants five fellowships per year to PhD students in religion. Students can specialize in ethics and society, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, historical studies, history and critical theories of religion, homiletics and liturgics, New Testament and early Christianity, religion, psychology and culture and theological studies.

  Vanderbilt Divinity School
  411 21st Ave. South
  Nashville, TN 37240
  615-343-3994
  Vanderbilt.edu/

Harvard Divinity School

• Harvard University offers two doctoral degree programs in religion. The Divinity School offers a Doctor of Theology (ThD) degree program, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree program in the study of religion. Students in both programs study the literature, languages, practices and institutions of religious traditions. PhD candidates must be able to read in at least two languages, and ThD candidates must be able to demonstrate intermediate proficiency in Greek, Hebrew or Sanskrit.

  Harvard Divinity School
  14 Divinity Ave., Toom 214
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-5796
  hds.harvard.edu/

Boston University Division of Religious and Theological Studies

• The Division of Religious and Theological Studies within Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences offers masters and doctoral degree programs in theology. Students can work toward a Doctor of Philosophy in Christian theology or comparative theology. Comparative theology students specialize in two religious traditions, and must demonstrate language proficiency in at least two languages.

  Boston University Division of Religious and Theological Studies
  145 Bay State Rd.
  Boston, MA 02215
  617-353-3060
  bu.edu/drts/