Master of Divinity

Interreligious Contexts Specialization

We live in an increasingly multi-religious country. Our diversity requires leaders who promote positive religious interaction while maintaining the integrity of their own faith traditions. This specialization will equip students to provide leadership in congregational and community settings, with a particular focus on interaction with the broader religious population.

Requirements

An integrative project or paper (normally completed in conjunction with the final course for the specialization) is required. Required field education experience should include some aspect of leadership work in an interreligious setting. Moreover, your cross-cultural immersion trip should give special attention to exposure to another religious context. Assignments submitted need to also give evidence of engagement with multi-religious issues. The specialization requires completion of four pertinent courses from the list below, selected in consultation with the specialization coordinator and their faculty advisor.

Please note: If a 500-level SR course is chosen, it cannot also be used to meet the M.Div. foundational requirement in the study of religions.

CE/SR-680: Religion and Society
CH/SR-740: Holocaust Roots, Realities and Ramifications
CH-750: Wesley and Society
CT/SR-733: The Nones: Spirituality and Belief Beyond Religion
ED-675: Educating for Peace and Justice
HB/NT-641: Dead Sea Scrolls
HB/NT/SR-645: Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
ME-580: The Mission of Church in a Multicultural Society
NT/SR-630: Gender in Ancient Religion
NT/SR-736: Paul, Jews and Gentiles
PC-711: Multicultural Perspectives and Issues in Pastoral Counseling
PT/SR-635: Celtic Spirituality
SR-511: Interreligious Relations
SR-550: Introduction to World Religions
SR-553: Multi-Religious America
SR-652: Christian-Muslim Relations
SR/CE-654: Comparative Study of Religious Ethics
SR-655: Abrahamic Faiths
SR-657: Perspectives on Buddhism
SR-658: Perspectives on Islam

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