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One-page Executive Summary

Doctor of Theology (Public Administration) — DTh (PA)

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Program purpose

A graduate-level doctoral program for senior leaders and management researchers who want to integrate public administration research, administrative law and natural justice, and a biblically faithful theology of governance. The program is designed for a multi-sectorial cohort (public sector, private enterprise, civil society, faith-based and humanitarian organisations), intergenerational peer learning, and location-independent delivery.

Intended degree recipients (target profile)

• Senior managers, executives, directors, and founders with substantial leadership responsibility.
• Policy, legal, compliance, governance, risk, or organisational development practitioners.
• Researchers seeking a rigorous doctoral pathway that is academically credible and spiritually coherent.
• Candidates able to conduct applied research in complex, real-world, multi-stakeholder environments.

Distinctive emphasis

• Administrative Law: legality, delegated authority, procedural safeguards, judicial review principles, and administrative decision design.
• Natural Justice: fairness, due process, impartiality, right to be heard, reason-giving, evidence, and transparency.
• Bible and Public Administration: Scripture-informed ethics, stewardship, authority, vocation, justice, and the limits of power.

Learning outcomes (graduation capabilities)

Graduates will be able to:

• Produce original doctoral-level research that strengthens governance, legitimacy, and institutional trust.
• Diagnose administrative failure modes and design remedies grounded in law, ethics, and organisational realities.
• Apply natural justice principles to complex decisions, investigations, enforcement, discipline, and appeals.
• Integrate biblical theology with public administration without collapsing either into proof-texting or secular reduction.
• Lead intergenerational, cross-cultural, and cross-sector collaborations with integrity.