Academics and Programs
The Divinity School offers a Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, and Master of Theology degrees. A Ph.D. as well as an M.A. in religion is available through the Graduate School, drawing upon the resources of faculties of the Divinity School and the Department of Religion. A Doctor of Theology, or Th.D, program began in the fall of 2006. It focuses on areas of study such as worship, evangelism, preaching, and the arts which are neglected by the Ph.D. program.
The programs run through the school include the following.
- Theology and the Arts
- Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition
- Anglican Episcopal House of Studies
- Baptist House of Studies
- Black Church Studies
- Center for Reconciliation
- Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
- Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation
- Ormond Center
- Pulpit and Pew
- Sustaining Pastoral Excellence
- Health Initiatives Program
- Thriving Rural Communities
- Leadership Education at Duke Divinity
The Divinity School is perhaps most noted in American theological circles for serving as a fountainhead of postliberalism, or narrative theology, a movement originating in the 1960s and 1970s at Yale Divinity School.
Duke Divinity also benefits from the resources of the Duke Endowment, providing an outlet for this fund's support of higher education and the rural church in North Carolina. Resources from this endowment go towards student internships in rural North Carolina Methodist churches, further clergy development, and other programs. The Divinity School is home to Stanley Hauerwas, whom Time named "America's Best Theologian" in 2001.
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