About the Director
Dr. Derek Dodson
Lecturer, Department of Religion

Dr. Dodson began teaching at Baylor University in 2007 after receiving his Ph.D. in New Testament studies from Baylor in 2006. His area of research and academic interest is in the Gospels and Acts as well as other early Jewish and Christian narratives. He also has an interest in the hermeneutical task of appropriating the Christian scriptures for theological and ethical reflection. Dr. Dodson is also an ordained minister, having served as pastor in churches in Kentucky and Texas. Dr. Dodson will be joined in St. Andrews with his wife Sherrie, who works in University Development, and his daughter Emily, a then-to-be 8th grader.


About the Director's Course
REL 4315: The Birth of the Messiah

This course offers a detailed study of the so-called "infancy narratives" in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Our reception of these texts has tended to be a harmonized version, so that our traditional Christmas plays and crèches combine elements from both Gospels-shepherds, angels, and a manger along with magi and a star. Our curriculum, however, will take seriously the unique accounts of each Gospel. We will explore these texts primarily in terms of their literary and theological functions, but questions of history and tradition will also be considered. Our study will be guided by Raymond Brown's magisterial The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, updated edition (Doubleday, 1993).

All students will be required to take Dr. Dodson's course while attending the Baylor in St. Andrews program. All other courses will be chosen from the 2013-2014 St. Andrews's University course list.

Fall 2013


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About Fall 2013
The Baylor in St. Andrews - Fall 2013 program will run from September to late December, 2013.

Students will take courses at the University of St. Andrews and one course from the program director.

For more information contact Lexi_English@baylor.edu

Deadlines
$500 deposit: due upon acceptance into the program

$1500 deposit: due April 1

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible, and no later than April 1.

Program Cost= Baylor Tuition (about $15,500) + Program Fee (about $7,000)
Includes:
• Full tuition
• Housing and meals
• Britrail flexi pass
• Health insurance
• Group trip: London

All financial aid applies

Students will pay a $100 administrative fee and a $300 study abroad fee. They will not pay the $1500 General Student Fee.