Phoenix Seminary
{{Short description|Christian seminary in Phoenix, Arizona, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| established = {{start date and age|1988}}
{{start date and age|2004}} (became independent)
| type = Private
| name = Phoenix Seminary
| motto = Scholarship with a Shepherd’s Heart
| religious_affiliation = Evangelical
| president = David S. Hogg
| provost = J. Michael Thigpen
| city = Scottsdale
| state = Arizona
| country = United States
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| affiliation = Inter/Multidenominational
| website = [http://ps.edu ps.edu]
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Phoenix Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona.
History
It was founded in 1988 as a branch campus of Western Seminary and became independent in 2004.{{cite magazine |author= |title=News briefs |magazine=Christianity Today |date=October 3, 1994}}
Academics
Phoenix Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=162|title=Member Schools: Phoenix Seminary|publisher=Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada|accessdate=2013-09-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513163459/http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=162|archive-date=2013-05-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ps.edu/about-us/accreditation/|title=Accreditation| publisher=Phoenix Seminary | accessdate=2013-09-25}} The Arizona State Board of Private Postsecondary Education has licensed Phoenix Seminary to offer the Master of Arts in Counseling degree.
The seminary offers several degrees, including: Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Arts (MA) in Biblical and Theological Studies, Master of Arts in Counseling, Master of Arts in Ministry, Master of Theology (Th.M.), and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.). The seminary partners with Ottawa University in a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling program.{{cite web |url=http://www.ps.edu/academics/degrees-programs/master-of-arts/professional-counseling/ |title=Master of Arts in Professional Counseling |publisher=Phoenix Seminary |accessdate=2010-07-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606005521/http://www.ps.edu/academics/degrees-programs/master-of-arts/professional-counseling/ |archive-date=2011-06-06 }} The seminary also offers a Graduate Diploma in Biblical Studies.{{cite web |url=http://www.ps.edu/academics/degrees-programs/graduate-diploma/ |title=Graduate Diplomas |publisher=Phoenix Seminary |accessdate=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606011702/http://www.ps.edu/academics/degrees-programs/graduate-diploma/ |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead }}
Campus
Classes were held at the former Scottsdale, Arizona, campus from 2000 through 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.ps.edu/about-us/historical-milestones/ |title=Historical Milestones |publisher=Phoenix Seminary |accessdate=2010-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708040732/http://www.ps.edu/about-us/historical-milestones/ |archive-date=2010-07-08 }} In 2005, Phoenix Seminary purchased and moved its campus to a new building in central Phoenix. In 2017, the seminary moved to a new campus in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Research
In 2019, Phoenix Seminary founded the Text & Canon Institute (TCI) to foster academic biblical research, resource the Church, and mentor ThM students.{{Cite web|url=https://textandcanon.org/|title=Text & Canon Institute – Illuminating the History of the Bible|first=Peter J.|last=Gurry|website=Text & Canon Institute}} In 2021, the TCI became the host for the Hexapla Institute, which is a cooperative venture between University of Oxford, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and the Hexapla Project and is committed to producing a new critical edition of the remains of Origen’s Hexapla. The first volume of the new series was published in 2020 by (now former) Phoenix Seminary professor John Meade as A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22–42.{{Cite web|url=https://textandcanon.org/research/hexapla/|title=Hexapla Institute}}
Notable people
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://ps.edu/}}
- [http://textandcanon.org/ Text & Canon Institute]
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Category:Evangelical seminaries and theological colleges
Category:Seminaries and theological colleges in Arizona
Category:Universities and colleges in Phoenix, Arizona