宗教博士学位课程为合格的学生提供了在最高水平和大学环境中从事该学科研究生工作的机会。它为研究生神学教育以及大学和大学环境中的研究和教学做准备，在大学和大学中，宗教被视为一门通识教育科目，并且与其他此类学科（尤其是人文，社会科学和自然科学）有关。贝勒计划在四个领域提供工作：新约，旧约，历史研究和神学（历史神学，系统神学，基督教伦理学，当代神学，宗教和文学）。
Our Religion Department provides the context for a flourishing Ph.D. program with concentrations offered in the Old Testament, New Testament, Historical, and Theological Areas. Faculty are committed to a strong research agenda, and that agenda is tied to the Baylor tradition of providing the very finest in classroom instruction. Baylor continues to move toward its goal of becoming a top tier university and the department along with the university remains friendly to faith and to church, thus providing a distinctive setting in American higher education. Most graduates of the Ph.D. program in Religion begin an academic career in a liberal arts context. Accordingly, our curriculum requires work in various areas within the discipline of Religion. Students may also take advantage of the university context by working in an area outside the department.