The doctoral project is different than a PhD dissertation. Where a PhD dissertation can be up to 500 pages, this is ONLY 35 pages. It is an article that has original research and ideas that is worthy of publication. The combined practicum and project are the core capstones of the program. the DMin is a practical degree, not a research degree at the PhD level. But, the work we produce is equal to that of the PhD.
Having said this, I need to find a focus.
1) I have thought for years that I would love to study the spiritual formation that a seminary student undergoes...some with joy and others with bitterness.......but this is quite broad.
2) Church of the Brethren spirituality within our rituals of Love Feast and Service
3) Spiritual Formation within the history and current life of the Bethany Church of the Brethren
4) Individual practices of spiritual formation and the affect of that practice on the greater community of faith
The courses that I will want to take and the focus on my practicum need to be able to be tied to the final project.....for my own sense of research. Any others out there?
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