School of Divinity

Welcome to the Divinity School

From its inception, the Divinity School has pursued the vision of an institution devoted to systematic research and inquiry into the manifold dimensions of religion. Today it is the institutional home to over twenty faculty teaching in constructive studies, historical studies, and religion and the human sciences; with students pursuing the M.A., Ph.D., and M.Div. degrees; the major publications which promotes research projects, consultations, and dissertation seminars, with special attention to enhancing the fullest scholarly engagement with the wider public.

We enjoy extraordinarily rich relations with the wider University. Cross-disciplinary work has always been and continues to be the standard. Dissertation committees regularly include faculty whose appointments are in Foreign Languages and Civilizations, Philosophy, Canon Law, or Classics. Students have the option of pursuing dual degree programs with the Schools of Social Science,Business Administration, Philosophy, or Canon Law. To enroll in this Divinity School is to enroll in this University.

PFSU reflects only one orthodoxy: that the rules of evidence and argument must discipline conversation, and that such rules are especially important when the topic is religion. Our faculty and students present a remarkable range of attitudes about religion as a force for good and for ill in the world. These attitudes bespeak the shared view that religion is one of our most fascinating and enduring windows into central truths about human life and being. The School aims to develop out of that conviction the richest possible conversation, and direct it to the central, complementary ends of scholarly excellence and moral engagement.

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