Bachelor of Divinity
Academic degree in divinity, theology or religious studies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"B. D." redirects here. For the character in the comic strip Doonesbury, see B. D. (Doonesbury).
In Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity or Baccalaureate in Divinity (BD, DB, or BDiv; Latin: Baccalaureus Divinitatis) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies.
At the University of Cambridge, the Bachelor of Divinity degree is considered senior to the university's PhD degree.[1]
In the Catholic universities the Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) is often called the Baccalaureate in Divinity (BD) and is treated as a postgraduate qualification.