Doctor of Biblical Studies
The Doctor of Theology degree is essential for individuals who have already made marks in ministry and desire to conduct a scientific inquiry into theology. While this is a professional degree, it has extensive academic content because of the need to circumscribe virtually all areas of knowledge in God. Hebrew-American Studies constitute our flagship offering. Therefore, the doctor of theology degree is a combination of academic and professional study albeit with a sharp focus on everything God.
A holder of the doctor of theology degree should be able to decipher materials that have denominational undertones. The student will be exposed to all available paradigms in church operation. The spirituality content of this degree stands in the center of the academic and professional intersection. Program credits and durations are the same across the doctoral program platforms. Research requirements are also the same as in the other doctoral programs.
The difference will reside in whatever makes the difference between Theology, Ministry, and Biblical Research. Students have 50 credits to achieve. These credits will come from 24 months of coursework and 12 months of intensive scholarly inquiry completion to wit, a dissertation.
The initial aspects of the doctoral dissertation will commence upon enrollment and run side by side with coursework. By so doing, the student has the opportunity to incorporate lessons learned along the way in the research. The final dissertation should be no less than dissertations from major institutions across the globe. The overall duration of this program will depend on the student’s due diligence and the logistical intersection with the schedules of dissertation committee members.
This institution will constitute a dissertation committee for the student, and the student will work with the committee through the direct guidance of the research supervisor and in line with this institution’s dissertation guidelines. The specifics of the research activity and the dissertation document will follow stipulations in a separate document to whom it may concern. Furthermore, the dissertation must be relevant to one or more areas in spirituality, religiosity, churchiology, ecumenism, etc. Every step of the dissertation initiation up to the completion must pass through university approval from the Office of Academic Research.
Students will route all approval requests through faculty members serving as their research supervisors. Students must receive approvals for their topics before they may commence writing their proposals. Students must defend their proposals, and if the proposals have merit, the university will give the necessary approvals for the students to commence the study properly. Students will defend their final dissertation before faculty and other audience. Students who complete this program must attend the solemn assembly and participate in the commencement ceremonies.
Doctor of Ministry
The program in Doctor of Ministry involves a demonstration of the mastery of the terrain of ministering. The doctor of ministry must show excellence in thoughts and deeds regarding the discharge of ministry obligations. Hebrew-American Studies constitute our flagship offering. Enrollees in this program are expectedly already ministering at high levels or organized churching. Enrollees must come with their preconceived notions and be prepared to strengthen such notions or adjust them based on the content of the Holy Bible. Program credits and durations are the same across the doctoral program platforms. Research requirements are also the same as in the other doctoral programs. The difference will reside in whatever makes the difference between Theology, Ministry, and Biblical Research. Students have 40 credits to achieve. These credits will come from 24 months of coursework and 12 months of intensive scholarly inquiry completion to wit, a dissertation, or 48 months of documented research, teaching, measurable community ministry, and publishing, in a portfolio.
Doctor of Biblical Research
The degree of Doctor of Biblical Research is essentially a demonstration of scholarship. The student must cover 60-semester credits that can be broken down into quarters. Note that Hebrew-American Studies constitute our flagship offering. The difference between this degree and secular doctorate degrees lies in this program’s complete dependence on the Holy Bible for content and ethics. The research methodology is universal and will run its full course in this and other doctorate degree programs, no matter a student’s doctoral specialization.
The doctor of biblical research is essentially the same as the doctor of philosophy except that the doctor of biblical research lives and breathes the Holy Bible. Upon graduation, the doctor of biblical research can find any information or resource on any spiritual, religious, ethical, moral, and philosophical topic. Graduates will be able to stand their ground in any educational institution anywhere in the world requiring academic and educational excellence.
In other words, a student of this degree program must be personally qualified, strong, astute, and prepared academically, socially, professionally, technically, and educationally to pass through this program. Other scholars all over the world will gladly take on the graduate of this program hoping to have a field day. Therefore, a graduate of a doctor of biblical research must be a no-nonsense scholar. The graduate must be able to teach religion, reading, research, speaking, ethics, morality, and writing. Other subject areas include the advanced levels of the courses available at the master’s degree program courses pool. Program credits and durations are the same across the doctoral program platforms. Research requirements are also the same as in the other doctoral programs. The difference will reside in whatever makes the difference between Theology, Ministry, and Biblical Research. Students have 40 credits to achieve. These credits will come from 24 months of coursework and 12 months of intensive scholarly inquiry completion to wit, a dissertation.
Doctorate Degree General Course Pool
Biblical Customs and Traditions
This course covers customs and traditions the people of God observed as documented between Genesis and Malachi. Students will learn the similarities and dissimilarities between the customs of Biblical times and the Common Era in modern societies. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
First, Second, and Third World Anti-Semitism
This course covers focuses on the three seasons of hate suffered by the Semitic people Critical components of the course are (a) the theory of the migration of Shem’s bloodline (b) the travails of Shem’s offspring, (c) the specific acts of violence and violation perpetrated on Shem’s bloodline, and (d) the pro-Shem activism and push-back on the hate actions against Shemites. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Biblical Landmarks and Shemites
This course covers the geographies of Shemite odyssey. Students will learn the who, what, when, where, and how of Shem and his descendants.
Influence of the American Church
This course covers the power American style evangelism exerts on Christians the world over. Prominent names and churches in the United States will serve as examples of church journeys from 1776 AD to the present. Students will learn the similarities and dissimilarities in liturgy – American on the one hand, and other cultures on the other hand. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Biblical Versus Human Verbiage
This course covers common expressions that are popular in the Holy Bible and those manifesting in secular human conversations. Students will become circumspect in the use of words within and outside sacred and secular environments and atmospheres. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Govern-mentation and God-mentation
This course covers systems thinking with a focus on the parallel paradigms of the human political process and Theocratic considerations in forging the polity. Students will become aware of existing systems and comprehend the delineation of the two parallel systems to be able to create appropriate systems within the ministries or organizations they find themselves.
Church Doctrines and Church Members
This course covers doctrinal foundations of different churches and the disposition or indisposition of members of such churches. Students will learn why members would leave a church for doctrinal reasons and others stay with the church without resenting the doctrines.
Membership Orientation Through Sermonology
This course covers the use of sermons from the pulpit to ground audiences into becoming committed members of the church. Students will learn that kingdom-minded preachers have deemed short membership orientations insufficient to elicit long-term loyalty and that the sermons meant for preaching salvation and eternal life are being used to win the hearts of attendees for the ‘kingdom’ belonging to pastors (on earth) rather than win the souls for the kingdom belonging to Christ (in eternity). The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Jewish Igbo Extraction 1600BC to 2018 BC
This course covers the disconnected Jewish society in the diaspora, revealing the countries of their exiles as well as their post-exodus ethnographic habitat. Students will learn who constituted the extraction and the continuum of their ethnography.
Applicability of OT and NT Genealogy
This course covers the sequencing (a) the genealogy of man from creation down to Noah’s children, (b) the genealogy of Christ, and (c) applying them to contemporary human generations. Students will learn where they fit as human generations and be able to convey knowledge. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Paul of Tarsus Versus Yeshua Hamashiach:
This course covers specific comments and teachings in which Paul of Tarsus appeared to be at variance with Yeshua Hamashiach. Students will compare texts to evaluate any noticeable variances.
God-mentality Representations in the Bible:
This course covers incidences of the recognition of God in the activities of men. Students will learn about people and situations in which the mentality of God-First undergirded human actions.
Paul of Tarsus Versus Simon Peter:
This course covers the personalities of Paul and Peter, highlighting their interactions and how the church appropriated relevance to each of them in the 1st Century and in the 21st Century. Students will learn about church alignments to either Paul or Peter.
Theology and Natural Sciences:
This course covers the Theology’s perception of natural sciences and natural science’s perceptions of Theology as religious texts and science texts reveal. Students will become aware of divergences that might exist and how to scripturally and spiritually manage those divergences. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Prophecies, Revelations, and Divinations
This course covers (a) the messages God gave to the prophets of old, (b) the future happenings God showed to Apostle John in Patmos Island, and (c) the activities of the Witch of Endor and other diviners. Students will learn to determine the veracity of so-called prophetic massages and to test revelatory reports to avoid relying on diviners.
The Seven Churches of Revelation
This course covers the churches Apostle John heard about when he was on the Island of Patmos. The content will include (a) actual locations of the churches, (b) timelines and events around the churches, and (c) what became of the churches. Students will become aware of the symptoms of success or failure among churches. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
God, Tradition, and the Contemporary
This course covers an exploration of the Godliness factor in the traditions of the Genesis-to-Malachi people in comparison with the contemporary people of the 21st Century. Students will learn (1) what God demanded of His people, and (2) the effects of the contemporary era on supposed worshippers of God.
21st Century Churchiological Antecedents:
This course covers modern-day churcheous (outward) behaviors in the church that convey appearances of Spirit-controlled atmospheres. Other constituents of the course are body language, verbiage, terminology, and other spontaneous antecedents conveying deep-rooted involvement in the worship service some or all of which might be fake. Students will learn the ramifications of churchiological behaviors with a view to taking a stand for the pure worship of God.
Human Versus God’s Celebrations
This course covers (a) the feasts God commanded and ordained, and (b) the feasts human beings imposed on themselves. Students will streamline these feasts and logically justify or nullify some or all of them. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
The Big Bang Theory
This course covers the science-laden anti-creationist belief and the Christian perception of the ‘big bang’. Students will become thinkers who can hold a meaningful topical conversation and match Christian belief in creationism against the diverse views on how man came to populate the planet earth. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
The Apocalyptic Jurisprudence
This course covers the judgmental prerogative of God in executing the final destruction of the world. Students will learn the postulations regarding the apocalypse with a view to unraveling the pros and cons of the future event.
Creationism
This course covers the belief in creation – the entire Chapters 1 and 2 of the book of Genesis. Discussion of contemporary presentations by diverse schools of thought. Students will learn to rely solely on ONLY what the Bible specifies, which is creationism.
Old Testament
This course covers treatment of the backgrounds of all the books of the old testament with a view to eliciting Bible-centered followership rather than discipleship based on the personal guidance of a speaker, apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, or teacher. Students will be able to understand God through God’s dealings with people of old as an example of how modern humans may perceive their relationships with God of the old testament.
The Great Man Theory
This course covers the enunciation of the qualities of greatness in an individual that endears the individual to others around him and using this principle to interpret the person of Jesus Christ in the context of leadership. Students will develop the morale to not only manifest their individual leadership styles but to also dare to be ‘great’ in the sense of this theory. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Hebrew-Americans:
This course covers (a) the Hebrewic content of the United State, (b) the difference between the Hebrew and the Jew, and (c) what people-grouping constitutes the ‘Hebrew-American’. Students will be able to objectively dissect religious affinities and the antecedent human content within the contiguous United States.
New Testament
This course covers the treatment of the backgrounds of all the books of the new testament with a view to exploring the thrust of the Gospels, the Acts, and the Epistles. Students will be able to identify the effects of these texts on Judeo-Christian believers. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top two-quarters of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
International Missions
This course covers the programs and activities surrounding the delivery of God’s Word and knowledge to people of far-flung places such as foreign countries. Students will learn from international missionaries, connect with missions in foreign lands, complete an International Missions Certificate examination, and plan (or execute) an international mission experience with one of the university’s affiliated ministries in foreign lands.
Church Unity and Disunity Factors
This course covers the principle Christ taught that a kingdom divided against itself will fall. Students will use that teaching to test the contemporary body of Christ (body of believers attending different churches).
Missionary Journey Analytics
This course covers an analysis of all three missionary journeys of Paul of Tarsus. Each student will become a critical thinker, develop and demonstrate an analytical mind, and identify incidents that stand out to him or her. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Leadership Ethics and Morality
This course covers leadership responsibilities to lead by examples and embody righteousness through compliance with ethical and moral precepts. Students will learn leadership styles, leadership traits, and leadership activities.
The Law and the Prophets
This course covers spiritual antecedents of the scriptures on the law portion of the Holy Bible and the prophets' portion of the Holy Bible. Students will have a thorough understanding of the laws of God and who the major and minor prophets were. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Biblical Literature
This course covers the language, poetic, literary, and historical domiciliation of Bible stories. Students will become versed in the usage and abusage contained in texts to show the idiosyncrasies, whims, and fancies of central characters in the specific scripts. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Indoctrination in Judaism
This course covers (a) the principles that adherents of Judaism must embrace and (b) the process by which adherents are grounded for complete loyalty and commitment. Students will learn the principles and simulate the indoctrination processes.
Christian Indoctrination:
This course covers (a) the principles that adherents of Christianity must embrace and (b) the process by which adherents are grounded for complete loyalty and commitment, and (c) the methods 21st Century some pastors and Christian teachers use to strengthen the faith of their followers. Students will learn the principles of Christian indoctrination and simulate the indoctrination processes.
Hebrews in America
This course covers the life, times, timelines, dislocation, relocation, and localization of Hebrews in the contiguous United States. Students will learn the specifics of the shift in culture and geography.
Churchiology and Theology
This course covers the comprehension and analysis of human churching antics visible in some churches versus the godliness of Theocracy demanded by God. Students will become wary of churcheous (outward) appearance versus the manifestation of Godliness. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top half of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Igbo Language
This course covers alphabets, words, names, and rudimentary numerals. Students will learn how to use these items to construct phrases and sentences as well as read and write texts in that language. Ambitious students will be able to pass the standard written and oral Igbo language administered by Alta Language Testing Board and by Emmanuel University Writing Center.
Research Methodologies
This course covers the study of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods in academic research. The different research designs as applicable or pertinent to each method will also be covered. Students will learn the principles of each methodology and use each methodology to conduct an academic research activity.
Evangelization: Christianization/Islamization
This course covers the modes and moods, and acts of Christian and Muslim fanatics who pursue an enlargement of their religious worship paradigm. Students will become conscious of the signals of toxicity or safety in the midst of any fanatical propagator. This course covers a multi-faceted comprehension of evangelism in the perspectives of Christians and Muslims with a view to revealing evangelization approaches. Students will become aware of the symptoms of religious propaganda in the two domains. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top quarter of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Applying Technology to Religion
This course covers the specific use of computers and other high-technology apparatuses in the prosecution of religion. Students will learn who, where, when, how, and why specific individuals (corporate or otherwise) have applied technology to prosecute religion.
Islamization
This course covers the act of entrenching the religion of Islam in a geographic area. Students will learn the agenda formula, the treaty formula, and the staccato formula in Islamization.
The Body: The Temple
This course covers the body-spiritual and body-physical ramifications of the Biblical mandate God placed on humanity regarding preserving the body. Elements of the course will include health and wellbeing, God’s prescriptions for human health, God’s creations and their health implications, and man’s destructive activities against the body, especially the heart. Students will become conversant with the connection between spiritual and biological aspects of the body. The performance level in this course will be gauged with the top (fourth) quarter of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
OT and NT People
This course covers an analysis of comparative and parallel personalities selected from the Old and New Testament. Students will identify and describe the similarities of the individuals as well as match them against individuals who are diametrically opposite in character.