REIMAGINING THEOLogical education
For students
looking to go deeper
for pastors
looking to be sharpened
for laypeople
looking to gain wisdom
for educators
looking to lay foundations
About us
Davenant Hall advances and renews Christian wisdom for the digital age. Launched in 2019, our classes allow students to work through classic texts alongside expert guides, developing a firm grasp of God’s Word and his world grounded in the classical Protestant tradition. We offer affordable 10-week courses in the treasures of Scripture, Christian doctrine, and the rich intellectual tradition through which they have flowed down over the centuries–even to the present day.
Three degree programs in
CLASSICAL PROTESTANTISM
Classes are held over Zoom for 2 hours each week. Students can audit, enroll in our Certificate or M.Litt degree programs, or mix-and-match courses on a for-credit or auditing basis.
CERTIFICATE
Certificate in
Classical Protestantism
1 year | 36 credits
M.LITT. IN classical Protestantism
M.Litt.
Standard Track
2 year | 72 Credits
M.Litt.
Pastoral Ministry Track
3 Year | 78 Credits+Practicum
FACE-TO-FACE
RESIDENTIAL COURSES
Residential intensives and discipleship weeks at our Davenant House property in the Blue Ridge Mountains are a key component of the M.Litt program, and open for anyone else to attend.
Academic year
2022-2023 CALENDAR
Admissions are on a rolling basis; enroll at any point in the academic year.
michaelmas term (fall)
September 26 – December 10, 2022
Hilary term (winter)
January 9 – March 18, 2023
Trinity Term (Spring)
April 10 – June 17, 2023
Summer term
July 3 – August 26, 2023
tUITION AND COST
ENROLLMENT OPTIONS
Auditing ($225/class)
Enroll in individual classes on an Auditor basis: readings, live class participation, but no graded assignments.
Full course Part-time ($399/class)
Register for individual classes on a for-credit basis, and you can later on apply them toward a Certificate or Degree.
full course Full-time ($275/class)
Apply to take for-credit courses toward our Certificate or M.Litt in Classical Protestantism. (Full time students receive a tuition discount per class, and can receive a significant further discount by paying per year in advance.)
Download our 2022-2023 Course Catalog for complete listings.
FALL TErM 2022
CURRENT COURSES
Course listings and options vary by term.
Natural Law and Scriptural Authority
Join Dr. Brad Littlejohn in understanding the
meaning of sola Scriptura and use of moral reason
in classical Protestantism.
Covenant Theology in Redemptive History
Join Dr. Dan McManigal in exploring the biblical covenants as the unifying thread of redemptive history.
Reforming Virtue: Vermigli
and Edwards
Join Tim Jacobs in an introduction to reformed
virtue ethics in the work of Peter Vermigli and
Jonathan Edwards.
Presence and Holiness of God
Join Ryan Hurd in a consideration of presence and holiness
as said of God, and in its broader use in theology.
The Plato Seminar III
Join Colin Redemer in exploring the thought, influence
and philosophy of Plato.
Approaches to Defending
the Faith
Join Joe Minich in a survey of apologetics and cultivating
tools of persuasion for effective Christian witness.
An Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism
Join Dr. Michael Lynch in exploring an appreciative
approach to early modern scholasticism.
Streams in the Desert: the Christian Wisdom of the Desert Fathers
Join Dr. Matthew Hoskin in a study of the literature and disciplines of the ancient Christian ascetics.
C.S. Lewis’s Theology of Love
Join Dr. Jason Lepojärvi in a study of C.S. Lewis’s key writings about love, in dialogue with both ancient and
modern thinkers.
The Church of England and the Anglican Communion Since the Reformation
Join Dr. Samuel Fornecker in examining the evolution of Anglicanism from the time of the English Reformation
to the twenty-first century.
Early Reformed Confessions
Join Dr. Daniel Hyde in a study of early
confessionalization, considering both ecclesiastical
and magisterial confessions.
New courses will be offered each term in a wide range of topics.
Sign up to get updates as soon as new courses are offered!
Davenant Distinctives
A New Republic
of Letters
Here at Davenant Hall, we are seeking to re-imagine the medieval university and the early modern republic of letters for the digital age. By harnessing the new powers of the internet to offer effective and flexible online instruction, and the old practices of in-person fellowship and mentorship to seek wisdom together in community, we are building an army of friends to take on the challenges of the twenty-first century.
OUR Instructors
MEET OUR FACULTY
At Davenant Hall, our expert faculty members convene classes on their areas of specialization, while rooting them within the broader tradition of Christian thought. This is just one of the ways we are recreating the medieval university for the digital age.