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	2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 																	 
	    Interfaith Spirituality
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				The Certificate Program in Interfaith Spirituality consists in 16 credit hours distributed over the following requirements: 
	- 4 core credits: any one of the four core courses
	
		- Introduction to Spirituality (RTS5010)
 
		- Christian Spirituality (RTS5020)
 
		- Spirituality and Social Justice (RTS5030)
 
		- Spirituality in a Religiously Diverse World (RTS5040)
 
	 
	 
	- Seminar in the Spiritual Life (RTS5600)
	
		- An 8-credit intensive two-semester seminar course addressing basic skills and ethics that are foundational for the spiritual life
 
	 
	 
	- Independent Research (RTS5750) in a second religious or spiritual tradition (see below*)
 
	- Credit Summary:
	
		- 4 core-course credits (one CORE course)
 
		- 8 credit Seminar
 
		- 4 credit independent research
 
		- Total 16 credits
 
	 
	 
 
  
*Suggested topics for independent research in a second religious or spiritual tradition: 
	- Christian Traditions of the Spiritual Life
 
	- Augustinian Spirituality
 
	- Jewish Mysticism
 
	- Sufi Spirituality
 
	- Hindu Spiritual Experience
 
	- Buddhism and Spiritual Practice
 
	- Spirituality and Social Ethics
 
	- Spirituality and Psychopathology
 
	- The Spirituality of 12 Step Programs
 
	- Gender and Spirituality
 
	- Grief and Spirituality
 
	- The Spirituality of Elder Years
 
 
  
			 
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