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Originally Posted by Marrow Man But Ben is specifically talking about the chaplains D. Min. program. I cannot speak to that, except to say that I am not overly impressed with what I've read of the D.Min. program (the general program at least) at Erskine (the worship D.Min. program being a notable difference). I can see why certain types might not gripe, as they would not be "forced" to take certain classes that would outside of their non-Reformed traditions. Plus, the profs in that program are not the same as in the D.Min. program. | Tim, you bring up a good point: My only "exposure" to a/the and DMin program at Erskine has been word of mouth from the various army chaplains I've met. I grant that it is highly probable that the DMin program oriented towards chaplains takes into account the high degree of theological diversity within the chaplaincy and then finds away to provide an education while stepping on as few toes as possible. So it is entirely possible that a non-chaplain oriented program could be entirely different. |
I think this is indeed the sticking point. I believe Erskine has three different D.Min. type degrees -- a general D.Min., a chaplain-specific D.Min., and a D.Min. in Reformed Worship (the Hughes Old-led program). The only one that would really interest me is the latter, but it is completely different from the first two. I would think that the first two would have a great deal of overlap. One thing that would bother me (were I a chaplain) is the clinical/counseling requirement for that degree. It seems to be very secular from what I know, but perhaps someone else could speak to it. I am not sure how common it is for chaplain-specific programs to include that type of coursework, or even if it is "required" in those programs.
The one positive thing that ETS would have going for it is that R.J. Gore is still on faculty there, and he serves (or was until recently) as an army chaplain, so he would be very sympathetic to the concerns of chaplains. I would suspect this would be true at some other schools, but I am not sure how prolific that would be.