The Death of the Evangelical PhD - Kiffin's Keep Ep. 88

Jordan Steffaniak examines whether evangelical PhD programs are weakening their intellectual purpose by replacing sustained residency with streamlined modular formats. He argues that regular in-person contact is essential to scholarly formation, while proposing regional mentoring and monthly student meetings as ways to preserve community in flexible programs.

00:00 Why Jordan is raising the question of evangelical PhDs

01:34 Southern Seminary’s shift toward modular study

03:01 How regular contact forms scholars

04:07 A PhD’s purpose is intellectual inquiry, not pastoral training

05:29 Why weakening residency threatens institutions

07:26 Why in-person formation goes beyond acquiring knowledge

09:17 A regional mentoring model for modular students

11:12 The risk of hollowing out evangelical scholarship

12:37 Why doctoral study should remain challenging

14:05 Make the case for residential education

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