Submission of applications:
Throughout the year.
Duration:
3/5 years (Full-time/Part-time study)
Campus:
Universidad Pontificia Comillas 3-5, Madrid
Open Days
Information session
Languaje:
Spanish
The aim of the Doctorate Program in Sacred Theology is to produce qualified experts who combine an extensive command of a particular area of theology with the use of appropriate scientific methodology and the skills to broaden knowledge within their chosen branch with an original piece of doctoral research. This research can be carried out in any area of theology, as well as in interdisciplinary subjects.
In order to obtain the Doctorate, students must: a) carry out the training activities specifically set out in the doctorate program, which will be reviewed by the tutor and thesis supervisor and assessed each year by the program's academic commission; and b) develop a research plan. This plan must be designed and presented before the end of the first year (for full-time students) or at the end of the second year (for part-time students).
Throughout the year.
Information notice on the documents to be submitted
Annual fees for the 2018-2019 Doctorate program:
PhD Program Coordinator
Prof. Dr. José García de Castro
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Secretary of the Dean's Office:
Ruth Imedio García
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Tel.: (+34) 91 540 61 36
Fax: (+34) 91 735 97 81
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This doctorate program is structured around the main lines of research pursued at the Faculty of Theology:
Bioethics and Interculturality. Fundamental Morals. Social, Political and Economic Morals. Social Christian Thought
The aim of the Research Group is to put together a systematic piece of research on the basic elements that Moral Theology can offer today's Society. Therefore, the group deals mainly with issues of fundamental morals, social and political morals, and personal morals; the three areas that traditionally constitute Moral Theology according to the Second Vatican Council.
Director/Coordinator
Dr. Francisco Javier de la Torre Díaz
Members
a) New approaches to systematic theology; b) The ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council and the post-council era; c) Phenomenology and theology of religions; d) Contextual theology, secularization and evangelization; e) Ecumenical theology
The Systematic Theology Research Group is made up of members from the Department of Dogmatic-Fundamental Theology. Its aim is to carry out research on Theology regarding Christian doctrine and its dogmatic association, historical development and present meaning, especially taking into consideration its organic presence as a system of thought.
This aim is founded on the basis of rethinking the fundamental content of Christian Dogma from a current and contemporary perspective (rethinking systematic theology) while being aware of the pluralist context in which we live (Phenomenology and History of Religions) and the diverse geographical and cultural areas in which the Christian faith is practiced (Contextual theology, secularization), since the most important ecclesial experience of the 20th century which continues to define the development of Theology (Second Vatican Council) in its ecumenical and evangelized form (Ecumenical theology, evangelization).
Director/Coordinator
Dr. Ángel Cordovilla Pérez
Members
Exegesis and theology of the Old and New Testaments. Spirituality of the Old and New Testaments. Exegetic Methodology
This Research Group is made up of specialists in Sacred Scripture who are mostly members of the Department of Sacred Scripture and Church History. Its aim is to carry out research on both the Old and New Testaments, and associated literature, regarding the Word of God in human words; that is to say, the group covers not only linguistic, historical and social aspects of Sacred Scripture, but also its importance to knowledge of the revelation and to the formation and development of Christian dogma. In general, this research is approached with a key concern for both the relevance of Sacred Scripture for the modern-day Church and also in relation to the signs of the times in which we live.
Director/Coordinator
Dr. Francisco Ramírez Fueyo
Members
History of Spirituality. Spirituality and Humanism. Primitive Christianity. Feminine mysticism, spirituality and religious life. Ignatian Spirituality. Oriental Spirituality. Church, Politics and Society. Systematic Spiritual Theology
This is an interfaculty and interdepartmental group. It includes thirteen lecturers from the Faculties of Theology, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Economics and Business Administration.
Its two aims are to carry out research on the History of the Church and of Spirituality and on the History of Spiritual Theology.
Director/Coordinator
Dra. Mª. del Mar Graña Cid
Members
The following guide shows the detailed steps that students must follow to register the activities that they carry out during their Doctoral studies: Guide to Managing Doctoral Activities for the Student.
The course can be studied on a full-time basis (3 years) or a part-time basis (5 years). Students will develop a set of research activities which will be spread between the years of study according to their Personalized Activity Log, agreed upon with their tutor and supervisor, with the final aim of completing the doctoral thesis.
Training activities:
The doctorate program includes research training activities which are allocated throughout the studies and which incorporate both transversal and specific training. They will be composed of courses, workshops, seminars, attendance at conferences, etc.
Activity Log:
Once enrolled on the program, a personalized doctoral activity log will be created for each student. All research interests and activities pursued during the program will be recorded in this log. The log will be checked regularly by the tutor and/or thesis supervisor and assessed by the Program's Academic Commission.
By the end of the first year (for full-time students) or by the end of the second year (for part-time students), the student will have created a research plan which must be approved by the tutor and thesis supervisor and favorably assessed by the department in which the program is taught.
In the first year of the course, and according to their previous training in research methods, students will take the complementary training modules deemed necessary by the Academic Commission during the admission process.
TRAINING ACTIVITIES DOCTORATE PROGRAM IN SACRED THEOLOGY 2017-18
