Doctoral

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="043d05a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>American Pantheist Society</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="American Pantheist Society"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Associates"><U>Associates</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bachelor"><U>Bachelor</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Master"><U>Master</U></A>   |   <B>Doctoral</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="044d2123.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Doctoral</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Kirkland University - </B><B>Seminary</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Doctors Degree Course Curriculum </B></div> <div> <B>54 credits</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Each candidate for a Masters degree must complete the requirements for an Associate; Bachelor and Masters degree plus the following courses.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Degrees Offered:</B></div> <div> <B>Doctor or PHD of Theology or Divinity.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Required courses to meet 2004 Florida Statute Title XLVIII, Chapter 1005.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Theology: 6 Hours</B></div> <div> Define and briefly discuss the following. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" >Utilize the general reference materials recommenced for your research.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> A distinctive component of earning a doctoral degree is developing the ability to independently research, analyze and communicate about a given subject.</div> <bR> <div> History of the term - Theology.</div> <div> Application of Theology to religions other than Christianity.</div> <div> Theology and the philosophy of religion.</div> <div> Theology and transformation.</div> <div> Divisions of theology.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Creation Belief: 6 Hours</B></div> <div> Define and briefly discuss the following. Utilize the general reference materials recommenced for your research.</div> <bR> <div> Science-based beliefs.</div> <div> Religious creation beliefs.</div> <div> Creation <I>ex nihilo.</I></div> <div> Limits to the ontology of creation..</div> <bR> <div> <B>Creation within various belief systems</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>: </B></FONT><B>12 Hours</B></div> <div> Define and briefly discuss the following. Utilize the general reference materials recommenced for your research.</div> <bR> <div> Babylonia.</div> <div> Buddhism.</div> <div> Christianity.</div> <div> <U>T</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</FONT></div> <div> Egyptian.</div> <div> Classical Greece.</div> <div> Hinduism.</div> <div> Hopi.</div> <div> Islam.</div> <div> Japanese mythology#Creation of the .</div> <div> Judaism.</div> <div> Maya.</div> <div> Maori creation myth .</div> <div> Pantheism.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>History: 6 Credits </B></div> <bR> <div>  <B>March of the Titans </B>                         <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.white-history.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.white-history.com/"><U> http://www.white-history.com/</U></A></FONT></div> <div> Read and submit a brief summary for each of chapters #56-68 provided</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Behavioral </B><B> Psychology: 6 Credits</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Counseling Basics for Clergy</B>          <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/JehanaS/c_basics/ " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/JehanaS/c_basics/"><U><B>http://members.aol.com/JehanaS/c_basics/     </B></U></A></FONT><B>     </B></div> <div> Read and submit a brief summary for each of the 9 chapters provided.  An unusual site but based upon the works of a number of outstanding authors.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Alternative Dispute Resolution: 6 Credits</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>Mediation</B> <B>of Disputes                          </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Mediation" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Mediat"><U><B>http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Mediation</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Read, define and submit a brief summary of the several techniques used to settle disputes.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Philosophical Counseling: 6 Credits</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Applied Philosophy                              </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Philosophy" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Philos"><U><B>http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Philosophy</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Read, define and submit a brief summary of the concepts: Existentialism;  Life coaching; Transactional analysis; Psychoanalysis; and Cognitive behavior therapy </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Religious Overview: 6 Credits</B></div> <bR> <div> Utilize the general reference materials recommenced for your research.</div> <bR> <div> <B>God:</B></div> <div> Briefly define the concept of God.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Names of God:</B></div> <div> Identify and describe the word God in 4 different religions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Morality:</B></div> <div> Define and briefly discuss how morality is distinguished from etiquette, law, and religion.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Worship</B>:</div> <div> Identify and describe the concept of Worship in 4 different religions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Ritual</B>:</div> <div> Identify and describe the concept of Ritual in 4 different religions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sacrament:</B></div> <div> Identify and describe how Sacrament is associated with Worship and Ritual in 2 different religions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Moral codes</B>:</div> <div> Give and discuss several examples of moral codes used by different peoples.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sacred Texts</B>:</div> <div> Name and briefly describe 4 sacred texts used by different religious cultures.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monotheistic religions:</B></div> <div> Name 3 monotheist religions and briefly discuss  their principles of faith.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Polytheistic religions</B>: </div> <div> Briefly describe the principle underlying theme of Greek and Roman pre-Christian religions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Religion and spirituality</B>:</div> <div> Distinguish and briefly discuss the concept of "religion" from the concept of "spirituality".</div> <bR> <div> <B>Religion and myth</B>:</div> <div> Explain and give an example about how one's religion may also be a myth.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Ockham's Razor:</B></div> <div> What is Ockham's Razor (also Occam's Razor)?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Afterlife:</B></div> <div> Contrast a Christian's concept of a life after death with that of a Hindu.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Physical evidence of prehistoric religion:</B></div> <div> Name and briefly describe physical evidence of 2 prehistory religions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Modern reasons for adherence to religion</B>:</div> <div> Briefly identify and discuss 4 reasons for modern peoples to feel the need for religion.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Modern reasons for rejecting religion:</B></div> <div> Briefly identify and discuss 4 reasons modern peoples do not feel the need for religion.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Comparative religions:  </B>www.questia.com</div> <div> What evidence exists that suggests a common origin for old per-Christian European and old Mid Eastern religions?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Secular humanism:              </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.religioustolerance.org/humani"><U><B>http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism.htm</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> Briefly describe the underlying tenants of secular humanism.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Pantheism</B>:</div> <div> Contrast Classical Pantheism with Naturalistic Pantheism. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>