Graduate Certificates
Creating a Social Justice Church
MDV Theology
Creating a Social Justice Church
This certificate equips congregational and community leaders with the essential tools to energize, mobilize, and train a new generation of social justice advocates within the local church who will challenge systems of inequality in a redemptive way. It prepares individuals for roles that integrate social justice principles into faith-based communities
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COURSES
CH1 654 Black Religion, Black Politics (3cr)
This seminar examines the intersection of race, religion, and politics. The course will emphasize the complex relationship between religion and politics in the African American experience. Readings on and by black religious leaders will provide context for the social and political issues of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States. The course will assess the contributions of black religious and political traditions, ranging from nationalism to social conservatism.
CH1 651 A History of the Black Churches (3cr)
This course challenges the idea of the Black Church and charts the historical development of black Christians in the United States. It aims to trace the history of the construct “The Black Church” and the histories of Christian experiences among African Americans.
ID1 607 Ethics and Politics (3cr)
This course examines the ethical framework of social and political tensions, the intersections of personal decisions and social consequences, and the community's quest to fulfill the Creator's intent and design. Issues examined include wealth and poverty, war and peace, crime and violence, environmental ethics, criminal justice systems, and gender and family. The course is taught on-site at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections Jail and will include residents of the jail and other seminarians from the Washington Theological Consortium.
This seminar examines the intersection of race, religion, and politics. The course will emphasize the complex relationship between religion and politics in the African American experience. Readings on and by black religious leaders will provide context for the social and political issues of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States. The course will assess the contributions of black religious and political traditions, ranging from nationalism to social conservatism.
CH1 651 A History of the Black Churches (3cr)
This course challenges the idea of the Black Church and charts the historical development of black Christians in the United States. It aims to trace the history of the construct “The Black Church” and the histories of Christian experiences among African Americans.
ID1 607 Ethics and Politics (3cr)
This course examines the ethical framework of social and political tensions, the intersections of personal decisions and social consequences, and the community's quest to fulfill the Creator's intent and design. Issues examined include wealth and poverty, war and peace, crime and violence, environmental ethics, criminal justice systems, and gender and family. The course is taught on-site at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections Jail and will include residents of the jail and other seminarians from the Washington Theological Consortium.