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Ah, that clears things up a bit. I was being (very) loose with terminology and considering "Arminian" to mean one who affirms the possibility of fallen grace, not in terms of the necessary and sufficient cause(s) of salvation (viz., human or divine action or certain degrees of both)--that spectrum is quite broad in both camps. (As the Princeton school has argued well for though, It all is tied together...) I thought that Falwell was an Amyraldist--one who believes in the perseverance of the saints, etc. but wants to assert unlimited atonement (which seems to be the right view to hold given his hermeneutic). TEDS has some great people, especially Kevin VanHoozer in systematics. I don't know much about Toronto, I was going to apply to Wycliffe originally but decided against it (funding is tough, and the $110 application fee is insane, too). I really like Prof. Radner, and Prof. Mangina has a really neat approach to Barth.

Yes, actually I made this account name so I could respond to that thread, because I had someone from Boulder get back to me. I suppose I should accept reality and forget about it entirely. (edits made). Thanks

Well, if it isn't too much skin off your back it would be silly not to. My school gives officials out to any email (including your own) for free, and it is submitted instantly--thus, no big deal.

Hello RichardHooker, From what others have stated, yes, I think your biggest hurdle isn't your GPA, but your being from Liberty (as justified or unjustified as that may be). I'm pretty familiar with Liberty, their Phil head was a PhD in my department (I read his dissertation last year in a seminar on the Problem of Evil), my younger sister attends there, and my father is a D.Div. alum from there (and about the arminianism--that surprises me quite a bit. From my understandings the vast majority of theology professors there are calvinist dispensationalist, like Dallas but even more conservative). Being "conservative Anglican", and interested in Philosophical Theology (what I am also going into, though I am more interested in the academic arena), I would recommend Yale Divinity, if you can get in with some funding. Like others have stated above--divinity schools are way easier to get into than good philosophy MA programs, especially good MA programs (like Miami's competitive funded program). Also, if you want to move on from there, having a more broadly accepted name on your CV will help as well. Paul Griffiths at Duke is incredible, but he is a mildly conservative (yet post Vat II) Catholic--pick up his Apology for Apologetics to pick up how serious he is about some issues. One issue you might have is that Yale's program is more considered "analytic" than not, especially with John Hare heading the Philosophical Theology programs (in both the Divinity school and Religion & Philosophy programs)--but I don't know where your philosophical inclinations lie on that scale. Are you thinking of Calvin or TEDS? They have some great scholars on the conservative side who do some philosophical theology.

That's what I anticipated as well. I'm applying to 18 programs and almost all the major ones have asked this question... I'm coming late to this, but it's never too late to procrastinate more... PhD Programs I'm applying to are: Notre Dame (Philosophy) Cornell (Philosophy) Princeton (Philosophy of Religion) Duke (Christian Theological Studies) Virginia (TEC) Yale (Philosophical Theology) Purdue (Philosophy) St. Louis (Philosophy) Rutgers (Philosophy) I'm coming out of undergrad, so a lot of the theology/religion programs I'm looking at are masters programs. Unlike in Theology, in Philosophy the "norm" is to go straight into a PhD program (with the exception of Oxford...)

Just inquired and received this: "The Graduate School is considering what to do about ETS score costs. I will let you know when they have reached a decision."

EXACTLY. Received this e-mail and this was literally my first thought. Second thought: How mysterious, and unprofessional. I want my $25 GRE score money back, at least... we'll see if that happens. (... not)