Graduate Certificate in Faith-Based Peacebuilding

Class Type:

Online/Synchronous, In-person

Cost:

$525/credit, $9,450 total

Next Start Date:

August

Program Options:

Scholarship Availability: Tuition scholarships up to 75% plus Church Matching Grants

18*

Credit Hours

1

Years (Avg.)

In a new partnership, Eastern Mennonite Seminary is collaborating with the world-renowned Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University to offer a graduate certificate in faith-based peacebuilding.

The Graduate Certificate in Faith-Based Peacebuilding blends skills and practices for leading communities in times of conflict with reflection on the theological commitments embodied in these practices.

The certificate is designed for faith community leaders who want to respond more effectively to social conflicts as they arise in their community and those who seek faith-informed social engagement in the complex justice issues of their communities.

Gain skills and practices to identify, discuss, and lead communities through conflict. Blend Anabaptist perspectives on scripture, theology, cultural studies, and ethics with strategies to respond to social conflict.

Online or on campus, join EMU's dynamic interfaith community learning together to move towards dialogue, transformation, and healing.

The inaugural cohort for this program will begin on August 30, 2022. Don't miss out on this opportunity to equip yourself to transform your community. Bring your lived wisdom to this vital conversation and learn alongside others whose faith informs their deep desire to build peace.

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Curriculum - 18 SH

Required Core Courses - 9 SH

PAX 533: Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3SH)
PAX 532: Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3SH)
CM 631 Faith-Based Social Transformation or CTT 546 Justice, Peace and the Biblical Story (3 SH)

Theology Electives - choose 6-7 SH from the following:

CM 631 Faith-Based Social Transformation or CTT 546 Justice, Peace and the Biblical
Story (3SH, whichever did not fulfill above requirement)
CM 643 Missio Dei in Cultural Context (3SH)
CM 654 Race and Religion in America (3SH)
CM 724 Racial Healing and the Blue-Eyed Soul (3SH)
SMCL 521 Teaching for Christian Community (3SH)
CTT 634 Living Theology (3SH)
CTE 702 Christian Ethics (3SH)
SMCL 564 Theological Reflection on Trauma (1 SH) - must be taken with PAX 540 Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience I (2 SH) below

Peacebuilding Electives - choose 2-3 SH from the following:

PAX 601 Mediation & Negotiation (2 or 3 SH)
PAX 672 Circle Processes (1 or 2 SH)
PAX 610 Facilitation (2 or 3 SH)
PAX 665 Designing Processes for Conflict Transformation (2 or 3 SH)
PAX 571 Restorative Justice (2 or 3 SH)
PAX 588 Nonviolent Mobilization (2 or 3 SH)
PAX 540 Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience I (2 SH)
PAX 640 STAR Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience II - prerequisite
STAR I (2 SH)
Offerings in the Summer Peacebuilding Institute