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MDiv

MDiv

1 8.6
A master's degree for people training to be Christian ministers or studying religion
  • noun
  • /ˌɛmˈdɪv/
translation icon : Maestría en Divinidad
  • After earning her MDiv, she felt ready to lead her own congregation.

Examples

  • Sara Angella (MDiv, '15) hails from NorCal.

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  • While I was courting my bride, I remember feeling shocked and somewhat outraged to find that, as she sat reading Wittgenstein for her MDiv program, she was actually reading it.

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  • I have also found out that having two master's degrees (M.A. and MDiv) along with over 25 years of practical Christian service in three different local churches will not cut it with churches looking for pastors, whether a senior pastor or assistant pastor.

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  • As an enrollment counselor at a mid-sized evangelical seminary, I have met many people who tell me they want to do an MA or MDIV so that they can get into a doctoral program to become a professor.

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  • A lesbian with the coveted MDiv from Yale, who was "mentored" by Margaret Farley, who writes about gender and sexual orientation issues for the National Catholic Reporter, aka Fishwrap.

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  • Matthew J. Tuininga is a doctoral candidate in Ethics and Society at Emory University, holds an MDiv from Westminster Seminary California, and is licensed to preach in the United Reformed Churches in North America.

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  • Many students enroll in MDiv programs to prepare for a career in ministry.

  • He chose to pursue an MDiv to deepen his understanding of theology and scripture.

Synonyms

1 7.9

An advanced degree in religion for people training to be priests or ministers

is the same degree but written as an abbreviated form

Surface Forms

MDiv singular
MDivs plural

Etymology

The word MDiv stands for Master of Divinity, where divinity means 'things about God and religion' and is related to the word divine, which means 'from God'. So an MDiv is the master's degree for people who study theology and prepare for work in ministry.