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Torture! A toddler just dialed me from a Virginia phone! "Why do you mock me, O Lord!"

Do you know if they online or if they sending letters?

Has anyone heard anything regarding Duke's Th.D., whether they have sent out acceptances?

Sounds pretty hopeful to me. Congrats, Giotto.

Does anyone have any word from Notre Dame?

If a school "has made a decision" but the grad assistant will not tell over the phone, that probably means "no", right?

I rewrote mine. I'll see if it pays off at all. You'll see, though: If you don't get in somewhere, a year later you will likely have second thoughts about resubmitting the same ideas exactly. To answer your question, as I understand it, your materials would be considered afresh because it's unlikely that the faculty would remember the essay or even that the same faculty would be reviewing the application (as some schools rotate responsibilities from year to year).

Good luck! Quite nearly finished with mine as well. 10 of 11 done! I wish I were getting some sort of hourly wage for all this application work.

Prepare to enter into my murkiness... Do programs define these fields of study precisely, or according to the hermeneutics of their own departments? Judging from my research, it seems that how the departments define their own programs can greatly affect a candidate's research trajectory once they enter. I think that what historical theology means is that basically one studies theology concurrent with the histories surrounding those theological developments. The difference between programs seems to be in the emphasis upon the "theology" part or the "historical" part. No? So what, then, would the difference be between "historical theology" and "history of Christianity"? Seems like a change in terms means some sort of shift in emphasis, but that is unclear. History of religions, on the other hand, would seem to emphasize the historical dimension and decline to make a judgment upon the theological dimension or the question of truth because of their treating many religions in the same department. Please, someone with the γνωσις, educate me. Trying to find clarity from department web sites is challenging.

I would add from my experience that writing a statement of purpose is like writing poetry to a girl who you are pretty sure has never noticed you before and who has a lengthy history of spurning poetry from better-looking guys. Perfect agony. Is death preferable to writing nearly a dozen such statements? Perhaps.

Boston College seems to have the most confusing and unnavigable of all doctoral application waters. Has anyone applied to study early or medieval Christianity there? I take it one would not go through the STM, correct?