Doctor of Theology Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === United Kingdom === In the United Kingdom, the Doctor of Theology is a relatively new academic doctoral programme.<ref>{{cite web |title=Degrees of the University |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/university/governance/Ordinance-Docs/Ordinances-.pdf |website=Ordinances |publisher=University of Birmingham |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Certain universities have begun offering it as a form of research-based professional doctorate, not unlike the [[Doctor of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Professional Doctorates |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgr/teaching-learning/doctoral.aspx |website=University of Birmingham |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> To distinguish the more practical nature of the degree, some British universities have adopted the term [[Doctor of Practical Theology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/research/thr/practical-theology-doctorate.aspx|title=DPT Practical Theology Doctorate|website=www.birmingham.ac.uk|publisher=University of Birmingham|access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page