Doctor of Metaphysical Religious Studies: Comparative Religion and World Sacred Traditions

Study format, tuition and admissions

Online, self-paced religious study. The current curriculum lists 10 courses and 30 credit hours. Completion depends on meeting the program's academic requirements; no fixed completion time is promised.

Current tuition is $119 per month. Total tuition depends on the number of billed months, not a fixed program total.

New students need program-specific application approval before their first tuition payment. Applicants above Associate level must complete prior-credential review.

Credential recognition

These are church-issued religious credentials, not regionally accredited academic degrees or state licensure. Acceptance by employers and other institutions is not guaranteed. Spiritual care study does not qualify graduates to provide regulated clinical services.

Program courses

• DRS-CRW-701 — Doctoral Seminar in Comparative Religion

  Doctoral comparative religion. Original scholarly contribution, advanced methodology, primary source research.

• DRS-CRW-702 — Advanced Methods in Religious Studies Research

  Doctoral research methods in religious studies. Ethnography, textual analysis, phenomenology, oral history at doctoral level.

• DRS-CRW-703 — Teaching Comparative Religion at Advanced Level

  Doctoral educator formation in religious studies. Curriculum design, teaching methodology, facilitating difficult dialogues.

• DRS-CRW-704 — Religion and Public Life — Doctoral Perspectives

  Religion in public sphere at doctoral level. Religious freedom, religion and politics, sacred public intellectuals.

• DRS-CRW-705 — Writing and Publishing in Religious Studies

  Doctoral publishing in religious studies. Journal articles, book proposals, public religious scholarship.

• DRS-CRW-706 — Dissertation Seminar I — Comparative Religion

  First dissertation seminar. Research question, literature review, methodology.

• DRS-CRW-707 — Dissertation Seminar II — Comparative Religion

  Second dissertation seminar. Data collection, analysis, writing.

• DRS-CRW-708 — Dissertation Seminar III — Comparative Religion

  Third dissertation seminar. Final writing, revision, defense preparation.

• DRS-CRW-709 — Religious Studies Legacy and Field Contribution

  Building a doctoral religious studies legacy. Publishing, mentoring, contributing to comparative religion scholarship.

• DRS-CRW-710 — Doctor of Religious Studies Capstone — Comparative Religion

  Doctoral capstone. Dissertation defense in comparative religion or world sacred traditions.