Doctor of Theology in Puritan Studies
Distinguished scholarship in Puritan theology, history, and ministry, for the student's own spiritual formation too.
Male applicants only
Curriculum Based on the curriculum of The Log College & Seminary.
About the program
This unique doctoral program is designed to provide students with a distinguished level of scholarship in Puritan theology, history, and ministry as well as benefit the student's own spiritual formation as he interacts with the rich content of Puritan thought. The program consists of 51 academic credit hours and requires a master's degree (consisting of a minimum of 60 hours) in a theological discipline for admission.
Admission
Open to male students only; minimum 60 hour Master's degree in a field of theological study which includes 12 hours of Hebrew and Greek (applicants without the original languages must complete the M.Div. language courses as part of the degree program); M.Div or Th.M preferred; no transfer credits are possible due to the uniqueness of the program.
Requirements
- All written assignments (with the exception of the dissertation) should follow current MLA formatting.
- All numbered assignments (lecture outlines/notes, summaries, chapter summaries, papers, etc.) must be submitted to your mentor for grading.
Courses
LCS curriculum: 51 credits · School layer: 27 credits · Total: 78 credits
Added by the school: the original Westminster vision
The school copies the LCS curriculum in full and adds its own courses on the 1647 text of the Westminster Standards, read with the Scottish and continental Reformed tradition. These credits are added to the LCS credits; no LCS course is replaced. A layer course already completed in an earlier program is not repeated: its credits carry forward.
The original Westminster vision
18 creditsThe Scottish and continental Reformed tradition
9 creditsMore from the school's catalog (optional, not counted in the total)
OptionalThese courses add no credits to the program. Take any of them for your own study.
- SH502 The Covenanters: National Covenant, Solemn League and Covenant, and the Killing Times 3 credits Self-study
- SH505 Scottish Divines: Rutherford, Durham, Gillespie, Boston, the Erskines and M'Cheyne 3 credits Self-study
- CR504 The Dutch Further Reformation (Nadere Reformatie) 3 credits Self-study
- ST506 Federal and Catechetical Orthodoxy: Witsius, Ursinus, Leigh and Boston 3 credits Self-study
The LCS curriculum, copied in full
Courses
51 credits- LG801 Fundamental Latin Grammar 3 credits Self-study Complete first
- PRT801 Puritan Theology I 3 credits Self-study
- PRT802 Puritan Theology II 6 credits Self-study
- PRT803 Puritan Theology III 3 credits Self-study
- PRT804 Puritan Theology IV 3 credits Self-study
- PM801 Puritan Ministry 6 credits Self-study
- PR801 Puritan Classics 3 credits Self-study
- PR802 Puritan Readings 6 credits Self-study
- PH801 Puritan History 6 credits Self-study
- PH802 Puritan Biographies 3 credits Self-study
- PH803 The Puritans and the Westminster Standards 3 credits Self-study
- PS890 Doctoral Dissertation 6 credits Self-study
Total: 78 credits