Abstract
The Doctor of Ministry is a professional degree accredited by the Association of Theological Schools. As delineated by ATS, the theological program requires to meet specific learning outcomes in a minimum of 30 credit hours with a culminating project that contributes to the understanding of ministry practice. Practical theology is a discipline that seeks to take “both practice and theology seriously”. As a consequence, the DMin can be generally conceptualized as practical theology. However, this paper demonstrates a number of the specific ways in which this general claim can be substantiated. It does this with reference to a number of theoretical discussions within practical theology as to the discipline’s nature. It then examines the implication of this for the status of the DMin, student learning, program design, and the nature of the DMin project.
Highlights
The Doctor of Ministry (DMin) is a professional degree accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS)
The second implication of explicitly conceptualizing the DMin as practical theology is that it helps frame student learning
Contribute to the understanding and practice of ministry through the completion of a doctoral level thesis/project that contributes new knowledge and understanding to the practice of ministry. It should be apparent from the above how these learning outcomes seek to explicitly facilitate the sort of integrated learning required by ATS and which can be described as an expression of practical theology
Summary
The standards, specify the nature of the DMin in terms of learning areas, credit hours, the type of learning experiences, and the necessity for a culminating project. These standards define the parameters of DMin. These standards define the parameters of DMin They are standards “that all schools meet in various ways” There continues to be variety in terms of content, structure, length, and the weighting given to the project Despite such variety, it is an identifiable theological education program at an advanced level that focuses on professional ministry practice through both taught and research components
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