Church History
    Resources Development Policy


            1. Description

        1.1 Courses in the curriculum are organized under the following categories:

        • History
        • Theology
        • Church State Studies

        1.2 The Ph.D. area of specialization as described in the bulletin.

          Adventist Studies
          • Development of Adventist lifestyle
          • Development of Adventist theology
          • General Adventist history
          Church State Studies

        1.3 Dissertation Specialties as reported by the Department:

        General Adventist History

        • History of Adventist Doctrine and Theology
        • History and Theolgoy of Adventist Lifestyle
        • History of Prophetic Interpretation
        Church-State studies
          History of Religion in America
        • Religious Liberty
        • Religion and the First Amendment to the American Constitution
        Early Church History (in cooperation with Departments of Old Testament,
            New Testament, and Theology and Philosophy.)

            2. Resources Development Goals

        2.1 Masters Level:

        • 2.1.1. Standard reference works including the following:
          a. Collected works of leading fugures in English
          b. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases
          c. Aids in sermon preparation
        • 2.1.2 Graduate level introductory works
        • 2.1.3 General works supporting the curriculum
        • 2.1.4 Spiritual Formation (limited)

        2.2 Doctoral Level:

        • 1.1.1 Advanced scholarly works that support dissertation specialties,
          including title in English, German, and French
        • 1.1.2 Works of prominent scholars
        • 1.1.3 Primary texts and source materials

            5. Selection

        The Church History degree programs participate in five fund lines:

        5.1 Church History / Theology: masters level materials
        5.2 Church History: doctoral level research materials
        5.3 Standing orders: selected standing orders for continuationseries
        5.4 Focused Strengths: 19th Century American Religion
        5.5 Focused Strengths: Seventh-day Adventist Topics - Exhaustive collection of
            works by and about Advnetists
        5.6 General

        The faculty of the Church History Department are encouraged to recommend
        titles for the library to purchase, and to indicate whether the title should be
        funded in the Masters level or the Doctoral level fund lines.