MASTERS OF ARTS (MA)
The Puritan Reformed Master of Arts (MA) is designed to educate and prepare students for service in a teaching capacity. It can be used as a terminal degree for those who desire a theological background and training for various callings other than full-time, ordained gospel ministry. It can also be used as a transitional degree to additional graduate studies, particularly a ThM or PhD program in theology.
CORE TENETS
• Exegete individual passages of Scripture accurately, employing their knowledge of the original languages, historical circumstances, and literary and theological relationships;
• Understand the major issues in faith and life that the church has confronted throughout its history, and the system of truth revealed in the Scriptures;
• Systematize exegetical, historical, and theological data into a consistent and coherent theology, and explain how that theology applies to personal beliefs and behavior; and
• Respond with discernment to contemporary trends in biblical interpretation and to contemporary and cultural movements.
