The Biblical and Theological Studies Major and Minor are committed to educating students in the academic fields of Old and New Testaments, Church History and Christian Spirituality, and Theology as those fields relate to the Church, the Academy and the personal and spiritual formation of the student.

The Biblical and Theological Studies Major and Minor are committed to educating students in the academic fields of Old and New Testaments, Church History and Christian Spirituality, and Theology as those fields relate to the Church, the Academy and the personal and spiritual formation of the student.

The Biblical and Theological Studies Program flows from the conviction that knowing God is the basic need of all humans and that God reveals God's self in the scriptures, in God's creation and in God's presence among the community of faith called the Church. Through the study of scriptures, the study of the witness of the Church through the ages, and the work of theology, each generation is called to hear anew the voice of God, respond to God's call and bear witness to the world of God's work in Jesus Christ. We believe the educational emphasis should be placed on a passionate pursuit of spiritual development that is informed by a critical assessment of biblical, theological and historical issues, that is in conversation with a broad spectrum of viewpoints and that is filled with a tolerance born out of respect for diversity and humility.