American Benedictine Catholic University’s Master of Theology (ThM) is an advanced research-oriented graduate program that prepares students for the rigorous practice of theological scholarship in its various dimensions: exegetical, hermeneutical, historical, systematic, and comparative.

Designed to meet the standards of the world’s most demanding programs, the program combines the strength of academic tradition with the unique context of Latin America, incorporating theology and biblical hermeneutics produced in and for Latin America as the backbone of the curriculum.

Students acquire proficiency in the original biblical languages, develop research methodologies specific to the theological sciences, and produce an original thesis that represents a genuine contribution to knowledge in their field of specialization.

“Theology is not an intellectual luxury: it is the discipline that interrogates the foundations of human existence, the meaning of history, and the relationship between the human and the divine through texts, traditions, and living communities of faith.”— Program Philosophy, UniBenedictine ThM

The program welcomes graduates in theology, philosophy, religious studies, the humanities, or related fields who seek to attain a higher level of research training, as well as ministerial leaders with an academic vocation and professionals who wish to ground their practice in the rigor of contemporary theological thought.

First Year · Two Semesters

• Biblical Hebrew
• Biblical Greek
• Exegetical Methodology
• Research Practice I
• Research Seminar
• Exegesis I & II (electives)
• Exegesis III & IV (electives)
• Research Practice II
• Biblical Geography, History, and Archaeology
• Thesis Project
• Tutorial I

Second Year · Two Semesters

• Advanced Research Supervision
• Tutorial II
• Exegesis V — Old Testament
• Latin American Biblical Theology I & II
• Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics I & II
• Exegesis VI — New Testament
• Public Thesis Defense