DMin Faith & Culture Track
The Doctor of Ministry program at Houston Theological Seminary is designed to be a formative experience for Christian leaders who want to be subject-matter experts. The Faith & Culture Track allows leaders to engage the challenges facing the church with substance and conviction. The complex challenges demand the nuance of HTS’s interdisciplinary approach that engages culture through the arts, humanities, and philosophy. Come study with the likes of noted apologetics scholars like Michael Ward and Philip Tallon.
Key Areas of Study
- Cultural Exegesis
- Public Theology
- Theology and the Arts
- Literature and the Imagination
- Cultural Apologetics
- Missiology and Cross-cultural Dialog
Though not limited to the courses listed here, the catalog descriptions of the 7000-level classes will give you a sense of the direction of the electives. Faculty expertise and student interest will help guide the selection of electives for any semester.
Faculty
Our international and ecumenical faculty provides opportunities for holistic formation. Come study with one of the largest apologetics faculties in the world, including…
- William Lane Craig – Reasonable Faith (Crossway, 2008), On Guard (David Cook, 2010)
- Michael Ward – Planet Narnia (Oxford, 2008), The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis (Cambridge, 2010)
- Phil Tallon – The Poetics of Evil (Oxford, 2011), Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith (Seedbed, 2016), The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes (Kentucky, 2012).
- David Baggett – Good God (Oxford, 2011); The Moral Argument (Oxford, 2019); and Morals of the Story (IVP Academic, 2018) – CT 2019 Award of Merit
- Mary Beth Baggett – Morals of the Story (IVP Academic, 2018) – CT 2019 Award of Merit
- Brian Hébert – Nations Reaching Nations
- Michael Licona – Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? (Oxford, 2017), The Resurrection of Jesus (IVP Academic, 2010)
- Holly Ordway – Tolkien’s Modern Reading (Word on Fire Academic, 2021), Apologetics and the Christian Imagination (Emmaus Road, 2017)
- Chris Sneller – Diaspora Missions to International Students (Western Seminary, 2019), The Smell of Jesus’s Presence, Kingdom Vision
- Melissa Travis – Science and the Mind of the Maker (Harvest House, 2018)
- Nancy Pearcey – Love Thy Body (Baker, 2019), Total Truth (Crossway, 2008)
- Mary Jo Sharp – Why I Still Believe (Zondervan, 2019), Why Do You Believe That? (Lifeway, 2012)
Other related faculty on campus:
- Jerry Walls – Philosophical Theology and Eschatology
- Bruce Gordon – History and Philosophy of Science
- David Davis – History, Theology, and the Arts
- Anthony Joseph – History of Unborn Life
- Emily Steltzer – Theology and Literature
- Colin Garbarino – Historical Theology
- Barbara Elliott – Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
More Information
Explore more detailed information about the DMin program:
- DMin Summary Information
- DMin Program Distinctives
- DMin Costs and Scholarships
- DMin Program Structure and Semester at a Glance
- DMin Program Entry and Advancement
We would love to have you join our community of faith, as you take this next step in your leadership development. Please contact Richard Olds, the administrator of the DMin program, for more information, oldsrd@hbu.edu, or call the DMin office at 281-649-3383.