The last month and a half has seen numerous jobs introduced to the market, from Canada to Oklahoma, Switzerland to Oxford. Happy hunting!
[Read more…]Academic Jobs in Theology and Biblical Studies: Jan 1 – Feb 12, 2022
How German Apprenticeships Helped Me Reassess Theological Education
Stephen D. Campbell | Aquila Initiative (Bonn, Germany)
In an oral tradition about biblical theologian Brevard Childs, it is said that a student once asked, “Professor Childs, how can I become a better Bible interpreter?” “If you want to become a better reader of the Bible,” Childs replied, “you must become a deeper person.” To a large degree, it no longer matters whether this event happened the way it was described to me. What it communicates is true enough: becoming a deep person—a theologically rich person, for example—helps with the interpretive task in ways that can hardly be overestimated. In practice, the truth of Childs’s comment is likely to be underappreciated more often than not. What is clear, however, is that one of the chief aims of the theological educator is the growth of individuals into deeper people.
[Read more…]What to do with a PhD? Part 5: Editing and Publishing
The world of publishing plays an important role in the life of a professor engaged in the guild. While many who work in publishing have education in other fields, it is often advantageous for publishers to hire experts in the field of biblical and theological studies to work as editors. They are intimately involved in influencing professors, students and churches through a wide variety of publishing projects.
[Read more…]What to do with a PhD? Part 4: Administration
by Charlie Trimm | Talbot School of Theology & Brittany Kim | North Park Theological Seminary
For a school to run smoothly, talented administrators are required to direct the ship, and scholars can find it to be a fulfilling role to help facilitate the work of others. However, it could be difficult to get a job in educational administration without first holding a full-time faculty position. In addition, administrative roles generally allow less time for publishing and teaching.
[Read more…]Academic Jobs in Biblical Studies and Theology: Sep 30 – Oct 25, 2021
We’ve seen another healthy month for new jobs coming to market, from Ohio to Belgium, Ontario to Norway. Happy hunting.
[Read more…]What to do with a PhD? Part 2: Pastoring and Church Ministry
by Charlie Trimm | Talbot School of Theology & Brittany Kim | North Park Theological Seminary
Pastoring and Church Ministry
A frequent path for PhD graduates is to enter church life, as pastoring involves many opportunities for teaching. Some larger churches may even have specialized roles like a campus pastor, teaching pastor, or scholar-in-residence that may be particularly suited to someone with a PhD in biblical or theological studies. Many find church life more fulfilling than academia, as they interact with people more deeply and for a greater length of time. However, far less time is typically available for publishing (unless an agreement is reached with the church when taking the position).
[Read more…]Academic Jobs in Biblical Studies and Theology: Aug 26 – Sep 29, 2021
Dozens of new jobs were posted over the past few weeks, in nearly every subdiscipline of theology and biblical studies, from Texas to Cambridge, Nova Scotia to Seattle. Happy hunting.
[Read more…]What’s the Point of a PhD in Theology? Part 1: Academic Teaching with Support Raising
I asked this very question myself even before completing my PhD in 2019: what’s it all for? Considering the slumping academic job market, and fierce (read, ridiculous) competition for the few jobs in my discipline each year, I wondered what the point was of nearly a decade of rigorous intellectual forging through two masters degrees and a doctorate in New Testament.
So I was grateful to find recently a superb resource on the very question. Charlie Trimm and Brittany Kim have compiled numerous testimonies from PhD’s now putting their education to use in various fields including the pastorate, administration, editing and publishing, Bible translation, and more.
We’re going to be publishing these testimonials over the coming weeks as a way to encourage you to consider entering the long, hard road of doctoral studies as a means to serve the church, to serve other people, and to serve our Lord.
Perhaps the high aspiration of many a newly minted PhD, i.e. a tenure-track post at a prestigious institution of higher education, is not the only worthwhile, nor actually the best, reason to earn a doctorate.
[Read more…]Academic Jobs in Biblical Studies and Theology: July 25–Aug 25, 2021
The last month has seen numerous jobs come to market in biblical studies and theology, from Oregon to Israel, Texas to South Africa. Happy hunting.
[Read more…]Academic Jobs in Theology and Biblical Studies: June 27–July 24, 2021
The past month has seen an influx of new jobs into the university and seminary teaching job market, from Denmark to Phoenix, Santa Barbara to Zurich. Happy hunting.
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