I am going to be moving to Louisville in August to do my M.Div. at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Biblical and Theological Studies. My goal is to teach Systematic Theology at the college/seminary level. I honestly am not going to seminary to just get my degree so I can move onto my Ph.D and teach; rather, I want to get as much from each class as possible, making as good grades as possible. I want to be at the top of my graduating class and be able to pursue my Ph.D wherever I would like, God willing. My question is this: If I want to teach ST at the college and seminary level, where is the best place to pursue my Ph.D? I can say this: I do not really want to stay within Southern Baptist schools to finish my Ph.D. However, by the time I get to start on my Ph.D., I think I will be having kids, since I will be around 26 and still childless. Hence, unless something drastically changes, I won't be moving overseas to get my Ph.D or anything like that. Nevertheless, I do want to have a Ph.D. in theology from a high ranking seminary/university. Has anyone else pursued a Ph.D somewhere like Trinity or WTS or places like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Chicago University, etc? What kind of requirements must be fulfilled to get into a Ph.D program such as Harvard or Chicago University or Duke as compared to WTS or Trinity?
Any help would be appreciated...
Any help would be appreciated...