Dr. Dwight Hopkins

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Biography

Dwight N. Hopkins is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has a diverse academic background, having earned degrees from both Union Theological Seminary in New York and the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Professor Hopkins has initiated and managed a 14-country network aimed at building healthy communities through cultural exchange. This network includes representatives from countries such as the USA, Brazil, Cuba, and South Africa, all focused on fostering understanding and cooperation in addressing global challenges. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Renmin University in Beijing, China, where he taught a course on the History of Western Civilization, and as a Visiting Lecturer at the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in Dalian, China. His teaching areas include topics such as black ownership, social entrepreneurship, and liberation theology, promoting a vision of faith and wealth that emphasizes individual freedom and agency.

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Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy