| Trinity Graduate School Of
Apologetics And Theology DRE: Doctor Of Religious Education in Theology |
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| Overview: | DRE: The program is meant for those who have dedicated themselves for research, communication, and training in Christian Education. |
| Qualification: | MRE, MTh or MDiv.
Those having only
MDiv qualification will have to take up additional work. People having
no theological qualification can apply if they have doctoral degree in
any secular subject. People with at least two secular masters degrees
can
also apply for this course. Those having a single secular masters
degree
can be accepted if they do additional work with Trinity.
Each student would have to write a thesis and defend a given subject in divinity or ministry, in addition to fulfilling the other course requirements. |
| Duration: | Maximum 2 years, Can Be Renewed for 3 More Years |
| Syllabus
Part I:
In the right-hand section, Topic-group are shown in red and topics within that section in black. The number of topics within a given section keep changing in keeping with Trinity policy of revising and upgrading the courses. Thus at times a topic might be missing and couple of extra topics might find their way into each section. We supply all this text
material
FREE. The text supplied to you might ranging in length from 20 to 500
pages
each topic. Each topic is considered a "module" and several modules
make
up a Topic-group.
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Foundations
2: Introductory studies on Abortion, Baptism, Bible Code Claims
And Reality, Church Discipline, Church Leadership, Cloning, Genetic
Engineering,
Christian Counseling, Creationism, Doctrines Of Election, Eternal
Security,
Healing, Inerrancy of the Bible, The King James Version Controversy,
The
Lord's Supper, Marriage and Divorce, Moral and Non-Moral Issues,
Parachurch
agencies, Prophecy, Repentance, Spiritual Warfare, Christian's
Obligation
to the Law, Church and Government, Church and Politics, The Gift of
Tongues,
The Unreached, The Will of God, Women's Roles in the Church
Apologetics 1: Introduction To Christian Apologetics, Presuppositions of Christian Apologetics, Historical Apologetics, Reliability of The Canon, Revelation And The Pagans [Each topic here represents a textbook supplied by us] Apologetics 4: Errors of Interpretation, Bible Difficulties, Scientific Truth, Propaganda Techniques, Mind Manipulation, Resisting Mind Manipulation, Logic And Fallacies, Debating Techniques, Countering Debating Techniques, Leading Questions Theology 1: Intro Systematic Theology, Covenants I, Christology I, Incarnation, Sin: A Theological Study I, Trinity I, Atonement, God: Attributes I, Theology Proper Intro, Theology Proper, Heresies & Schisms In Early Church Theology 2 [Intermediate]: New Testament Church I, Eschatology I, Great Tribulation I, Atonement II , Justification By Faith, Calvinism, Pneumatology, Satan: Origin, Activities, Charismatic Movement Bible I [Introduction]: Inspiration: Doctrine Of I, OT Survey, NT Survey, New Testament Introduction I, Major Biblical Doctrines [Intro], Genesis, Daniel, Hosea Practical Life 1A (Introduction): Christian Faith And Freedom, Ten Commandments & Christian Ethics, How To Study Bible, Developing A Rock Solid Life, Sharing The Good News, Spirit Filled Life, Power Of God, Worshipping God, Victory, Resisting Satan, Suffering [Job], Wisdom [Proverbs], Perplexing Questions [Ecclesiastes] Practical Life 10B [Pastoralia]: Pastoralia, Leader Fulfillment, Multiplying Adult Ministry, Understanding Adults, Church Planting I, Church Planting II, House Churches, Leadership Training Guide, Transformational Ministry, disciple-making Readings: The above sections will have plenty of additional reading prescribed. This material is provided on the Textbook CD sent to students |
| Syllabus Part II: | The student will have to
study
three additional Topic-groups from the sections related Christian
Education. These are often selected by the Mentor as the courses depend
upon the background of the student. |
| Syllabus
Part III:
We will supply all these CDs free of cost |
In addition to syllabus 1 and 2, the student will have to study 40 audio lectures on Apologetics, 40 on Theology, and 40 on Practical Life and 40 on Issues. These are provided on CDs, MP3 format |
| Practical Work: | The student will have to develop four intermediate-level self-study courses on biblical and theological topics, similar to what is seen at <a href="http://www.ApologeticsCourses.Com"> ApologeticsCourses</a> |
| Thesis: | 180 pages, double spaced thesis in a selected area of Apologetics, Polemics, Christian Ministry, or 18 Credit Hours of Text-based study in lieu of Thesis |
| Additional
Work:
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Additional topics [both
text as
well as audio] will have to be studied, based upon whether the student
joins after theological studies, or secular studies. The Academic
Council
determines the additional subjects based upon a students qualification
Those who have already studied the above-mentioned modules as part of another degree program will be required to study the corresponding alternate modules. For example, for them instead of Apologetics 1, 4 and 6A we might require a study of Apologetics 2, 3, 5 etc. The actual modules are decided either by the Academic Council or by your Mentors. Also, they will be sent alternate audio CDs in Apologetics, Bible, Theology, etc. Kindly notice that there is more than one Audio CD in a given series, such as Apologetics, Counseling, Issues, or Bible. |