From the old HB (2007) Editor’s Note: This is the 3rd in a series of interviews with graduates of the Westminster Seminary California MA (Historical Theology) program. Rich Bishop (WSC ’02) is a graduate of Wheaton College, and now a PhD student . . . Continue reading →
MA Historical Theology
Congratulations to WSC Grad Rich Bishop, PhD
70% of Westminster Seminary California students (numerically 95 of our 135 enrolled students) are in the Master of Divinity (MDiv) program and preparing to enter the pastoral ministry. The remaining 30% are in one of three MA programs. One of those MA . . . Continue reading →
Our 2009 MA (Hist Theol) Candidates (Updated)
Congratulations to our 2009 MA (Historical Theology) candidates, (Rev) Mr Michael Brown and Mr Joshua Forrest. Last night the latter defended the thesis, “Absolute Dependence or Classical Synthesis?: Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Appropriation of Lutheran Orthodoxy” and the former defended the thesis: “Christ and . . . Continue reading →
It’s Commencement Week 2010 at Westminster Seminary California
The last week of the Spring semester is always chock full of activity at WSC. It’s the last week of final exams. It’s also the week we hold the annual MA (Historical Theology) Thesis Defense, board meetings, and, of course, commencement exercises.
The Last Work of a Student or the First of a Scholar?
That slogan puzzled me the first few times I heard it but I think I understand it more clearly now. I was puzzled because the word “scholar” means “student.” It’s a Latin word derived from the noun Schola or school. A scholar . . . Continue reading →