193 PhD programmes in Theology and Religious Studies

Do you desire to help nonprofits become more effective in the global workplace? If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help faith-based organizations accomplish their mission and vision, then Liberty University’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Christian Leadership - Faith-Based Consulting might be for you.

This Bible Exposition (Online) PhD program from Liberty University can help equip you with the training and terminal degree you need to make an impact in the Christian community. 

Liberty University’s Doctor of Education (EdD) in Christian Leadership - Faith-Based Consulting degree may be your key to a career that involves helping faith-based organizations achieve their vision and mission.

This Global Ministry with the Theology - Global Studies (Online) program from Liberty University is a non-thesis track designed to prepare you for a lifetime of effective ministry in international settings.  

This Ministry (Online) program from Liberty University can help you build on your experience and skills to serve God in new and powerful ways.

Gain a deep understanding of theology and the Christian faith with a Ph.D. in Theological Studies from Liberty University.

Throughout the Worship Studies - Leadership (Online) program from Liberty University you will enhance your understanding of how biblical theology affects worship.

This Theology (Online) program from Liberty University can equip you to address many of the problematic issues facing modern society from a biblical worldview.

This Theology (Online) program from Liberty University seeks to provide advanced preparation for those called to service in theological education

This Ministry - Biblical Studies (Online) DMin program from Liberty University may be for you if  you want to learn practical methods for applying God’s Word to your ministry.

This Ministry - Strategic Christian Ministry (Online) program from Liberty University can help you get there. You’ll learn what a biblical church and its constituents look like.

The flagship Religious Studies and Theology degree that the Graduate Theological Union offers is the PhD in Religious Studies. It is an advanced academic degree intended to prepare students for careers in teaching, writing, and scholarship, as well as for leadership opportunities with religious organizations, social service agencies, museums, libraries, publishing, and in educational institutions.

The program at McGill University may also be taken as a Religious Studies - Gender and Women's Studies option where students focus on gender-related issues and feminist research and methodologies.

The Buddhist Studies offers an interdisciplinary program of study and research leading to a Ph.D. degree in Buddhist Studies. The Group at the University of California, Berkeley, which cooperates closely with the SSEAS, and of East Asian Languages and Cultures, emphasizes the study of Buddhism in its many forms within its Asian historical and cultural context.

The outcome of a Practical Theology programme at University of Pretoria is highly specialised, research-based knowledge and expertise.

The PhD in Religious Studies at University of British Columbia provides training in early Judaism, Christian origins, and religions of the Late Antique Mediterranean.

If you want to equip emerging church leaders across the globe, then this terminal degree is your next step. Regent University’s Doctor of Philosophy in Renewal Theology – Christian Theology equips theologians for service in both the Church and academy. 

The Doctor of Ministry at Catholic University of America is a professional doctorate offering Evangelization students advanced theological and pastoral formation for competent and effective pastoral ministry.

As the culminating degree in the three-degree ecclesiastical sequence, the Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) at Boston College prepares scholars to combine broad knowledge of a particular theological area with critical knowledge of theological methodology to produce original research in their chosen field.

Students in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Religion program at the University of Manitoba will develop a higher degree of specialization and advanced training in research and application. Our program has graduated students in biblical studies, history of Christianity, world religions, women and religion, hermeneutics and other religion and culture fields.