Message from the Chair
Thank you for expressing an interest in the programs offered by the Department
of Theology and Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University. As administrators and
professors, we seek to equip and encourage undergraduate students to become
effective and faithful scholars and servants by bringing them into fruitful
engagement with a broad range of theological and philosophical resources.
Our department currently offers two programs: Theology and Philosophy.
The theology program exists to prepare students for further theological education as well as for service to the church, by developing in them suitable analytical, reflective, and expressive skills. The goal is to bring students into fruitful engagement with a broad range of theological resources that the Christian faith has produced as they learn to address Christian theology to contemporary issues.
The philosophy program seeks to help undergraduate students become complete people who reason and think reflectively about responses to the world, liberated from inadequate concepts and actions. We hope to inspire them to see philosophy as a tool for the discipleship of the mind, motivating them to explore philosophy further and training them in advanced philosophical topics.
We look forward to talking with you if you wish to know more about our programs in the Department of Theology and Philosophy. Please let us answer any questions you may have.
Daniel Speak, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Theology and Philosophy
Associate Professor of Philosophy
