Adventist studies

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"Adventist Studies" (as an abbreviation of "Seventh-day Adventist studies") is the academic study of Seventh-day Adventism.[1] This article describes the way Adventism has been conceived and taught.

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[edit] Overview

Adventist Studies is a Christian subset of religious studies.[1] Arthur Patrick has surveyed the discipline,[1] describing it as a "maturing discipline".[2]

[edit] Ellen White studies

An important segment is "Ellen White studies" which is concerned with study of the life and writings of Ellen G. White, a co-founder of the church.[1] It is sometimes considered an academic discipline in its own right.[1]

[edit] History

Detailed study of Adventism by doctoral candidates has been occurring since at least Everett N. Dick's 1930 dissertation.[3] Richard Schwarz' Light Bearers to the Remnant (1979) was the first history of the Adventist church written by a trained historian (now revised by Floyd Greenleaf as Light Bearers: A History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2000).[2]

Andrews University was the first institution to offer a PhD in Adventist studies.[4]

George Knight has supervised more doctoral students in Adventist studies than any other educator.

[edit] Australia

Avondale College Church in Australia has hosted annual presentations on Adventist studies, beginning in 2002.[5][1] Keynote speakers have been Fritz Guy in 2002, William Johnsson in 2003, Alden Thompson in 2004, and Kendra Haloviak in 2005.[5] The annual Avondale College Murdoch Lecture started in 1997.[1] Avondale College was approved to offer PhDs in 2006.[6]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Arthur Patrick. Adventist Studies: An Annotated Introduction for Higher Degree Students, May 2006. Prepared for Avondale College. (Online version - without footnotes; probably an earlier version)
  2. ^ a b "Twenty-Five Years After Glacier View" by Arthur Patrick. Adventist Today 13:6
  3. ^ Patrick, who quotes Gary Land's assessment favorably. Dick's manuscript William Miller and the Advent Crisis based on his doctoral thesis was not published until 1994.
  4. ^ http://www.atoday.com/magazine/1993/11/andrews-university-offers-ph-d-adventist-studies by George Knight
  5. ^ a b brief news article on p.3 of the August 20, 2005 issue of Record
  6. ^ Stacey, Brenton. "Avondale approved to offer PhDs". Record: 3.  See also Doctor of Philosophy on the Avondale College website