What key characteristic defines the Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) program?
HALL: Interdisciplinarity. The program encourages students to think and write across the boundaries of the four traditional disciplines in theological study: Bible, history, theology and ministerial studies. Through this program we recognize the pastoral, moral and ecclesial passions that drive the most creative, bright individuals to seek disciplined doctoral work in the first place. Our best students are making a particular type of witness, helping their professors, colleagues and students discern the difference between personal, scholarly ambition and genuine Christian vocation. DIVINITY: How does the Th.D. differ from the other degree programs in theology and religion at Duke? HALL: Our goal is an academically rigorous doctoral program for service to the theological academy as central to communities of faith. Our students will seek answers to questions emerging in the lives and practices of actual communities of faith. For example, current student Andrew Thompson has recently writt
