宗教学哲学博士学位由研究生院宗教系提供。学生可以被录取为博士学位。从获得学士学位的认可大学或获得学士学位后的认可的神学院或研究生院毕业后获得该课程。M.Div。的学生 或MA学位可直接录取为博士学位。程序。通常，只有学士学位的学生首先被录取为MA课程。后者的成功完成为博士研究奠定了基础，但不能保证可以攻读博士学位。程序。建议拥有学士学位的申请者不仅要考虑研究生院的文学硕士课程，还要考虑范德比尔特神学院的两年制MTS（神学硕士）课程，以准备攻读博士学位。工作。
A Ph.D. in Homiletics, and Liturgics, normally concentrated in the study of homiletics. Students will gain expertise in homiletics with rigor in practical theological methodology. Students will also study homiletics in the related context of liturgical studies or may focus their work on a germane aspect of liturgical or ritual practice with the approval of the Area.<br><br>2. within the interdisciplinary study of liturgical, ritual, and other religious practices'Students will engage in the interdisciplinary analysis of religious practices, and incorporate such study into their research, writing, and teaching. A significant portion of course work will engage preaching in relation to ritual, liturgy, and the arts through both course offerings and the general environment of the homiletics program. Special attention will be paid to studying practices within and across different religious traditions, including especially Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Jewish traditions.<br><br>3. and within public, cultural and ecclesial contexts Homiletics as an academic discipline will be studied in relation to the broader public, cultural, and ecclesial questions impinging on practical theology and religious studies today.<br><br>4. in service to excellence in teaching for ministry and religious vocation. Students will pursue excellence in teaching through a supervised teaching requirement and through required Graduate Department of Religion course work on pedagogy.<br><br>A Ph.D. in Homiletics and Liturgics normally concentrated in the study of homiletics, within the interdisciplinary study of liturgical, ritual, and other religious practices, and within public, cultural, and ecclesial contexts, in service to excellence in teaching for ministry and religious vocation.