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Calhoun actuallu mentioned in the email that they were excited to see a recommendation letter from him, lol

2002 or 2003... I think?

Thanks, but one of my undergrad profs did his MA there, so I have lots of insider info

Just received an offer from Gonzaga with an assistantship. I like this little program. Invited for a visit, too.

MANY students are successful at fetting into phd programs after an unfunded MA. Many, many.

"Worth" is difficult to quantify here. It just sort of depends really on how much you would value a degree from Marquette and how much that "offsets" your economic loss. Do you want to do a PhD after you finish your MA? Will Marquette put you in a competitive position to do so?

I'm going to have to say Judith Butler. Reminds me of reading Zizek, except it's less coherent.

Me, probably.

Thanks!

Expecting mine any day now.

Coolest. Car. Ever.

Received an offer from the MA program at LSU this morning. Pretty decent stipend with an out-of-state tuition waiver. I might have to consider this one...

If I were to take a seminar with van Fraassen I'd just spend the whole time wondering whether or not I was really taking a seminar with van Fraassen...

That's what I call differential calculus...

Modus Muthafuckin' Tollens, bitches!!

"Pinned" for me, too. I don't know how or why.

Can I turn down their offer of a rejection?

I think Talbot is a good place to study. I think JP Moreland is a good, careful philosopher; I think Scott Rae is a good, careful philosopher; I think William Craig is an excellent philosopher (although I have meaningful disagreements with all three). As academically rigorous as Biola's program is, I still think it might be limiting, though. Also, it has little if any money to give to grad students, and tuition ain't cheap.

This isn't really to the point of the thread, but I find it interesting (personally) as an orthodox Christian with a decidedly non-naturalist/physicalist view on reality that most of my closest friends are atheistic naturalists/physicalists. I guess I too enjoy people who disagree with me (although I seldom find that their views offend-- I don't get offended very easily).

I'd like to recommend a thread just for individuals declining offers and waitlists from Purdue, please

Mmmmmmm... sausage with legs...

One more thing to mention with respect to divinity programs is that in some cases divinity programs are going to largely pastorally driven at the MDiv level (Princeton, for instance). That isn't necessarily a problem as such, but something to consider. Some will offer an MA and an MDiv, and usually the MA doesn't involve the pastoral training. Another school that I might add to the list above is the theological school at Boston University. They have good people in phil religion (e.g. Wesley Wildman).

Oh yeah. You can forget a career in mainstream philosophy. A few conservative departments might hire someone with an SBC background (Dallas Baptist, Houston Baptist, Cal Baptist, Calvin (although that's probably pushing it), Wheaton still has some old school SBC holdovers), but they are hardly mainstream and very few of the philosophers in these departments publish in well-known journals (Del Ratzsch at Calvin is the only one I can think of). If one is willing to take that kind of risk then I suppose that's fine, I just find it to be an imprudent career move. If I were a conservative theist philosopher ( and I'm not, mind you. I am very much the liberal theist), it seems the better move, careerwise, would be to enroll at a more mainstream program and play your conservative cards close to the vest. That's maybe not the preferred tack for some, but it seems more prudent to me.

I would say the main reason not to attend a seminary associated with the SBC is that it will be very limiting in terms of potential career prospects. There are many, many places that would not even consider hiring a PhD from such a seminary environment, irrespective of the candidate's qualifications.