PH.D. IN PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
In 2006, St. Thomas University's Ph.D. in Practical Theology was formally approved by its accrediting body (the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SACS), and the Ph.D. program began offering its first courses that fall. It is one of seven Ph.D. programs in Practical Theology in the United States.
The Ph.D. in practical theology is a unique opportunity for scholarly formation that is deeply rooted in Scripture and Tradition and which critically engages:
- Contemporary experience and pastoral reality
- Prophetic and liberating activity
- Cultural diversity and contextual sensitivity
- Critical and constructive approaches
- Imaginative and artistic spiritual engagement
St. Thomas University’s unique location enables students to draw on the rich cultural resources of Miami as a meeting point of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. This program is situated within a School of Theology and Ministry that is dedicated to practical theology at all levels of study, including undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
As a Catholic institution, we offer unique perspectives and approaches that sharpen the doctoral study of practical theology. Our doctoral program is immensely enriched by confessional diversity—as it is by racial, ethnic, language, cultural, and all other forms of diversity represented by our students. We welcome all to our Catholic university and to a “catholic” approach to advanced, cross-disciplinary theological study within the School of Theology and Ministry of St. Thomas University.