Admission Requirements Admission to the Master of Arts program requires a completed four-year bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.Applicants should submit the following documents: 1. Completed application form. 2. Official academic transcripts from all postsecondary educational experiences. 3. Recommendations from four persons who are in a position to evaluate the applicant’s ability and promise. Recommendation forms are provided in the application packet and on our website. 4. A 5-to 6-page personal statement responding to the specific questions outlined in the application packet. 5. A nonrefundable application processing fee of $35.
Application Deadlines Students who intend to begin in the fall should apply no later than July 1.Students who intend to begin studies in the spring should apply no later than December 1.
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Master of Arts in Kairos Studies
Faith in Action Faith in Action
Curriculum Curriculum
The degree program consists of 16 courses, The MA in Kairos Studies provides students The degree programand consists of 16 courses, 12 12 required 4 electives. The MA in Kairos Studies provides students with in-depth with a unique opportunity to gain knowledge of in-depth Kairos from biblical, theological required and 4 electives. a unique opportunity to gain knowledge and historical perspectives. Required Courses of Kairos from biblical, theological and historical Required Courses to the Old Testament Kairos, a Greek word for “time”, refers to • perspectives. Introduction “God’s time” – a concept in sharp contrast to • Kairos, a Greekthe word for “time”, time refersbytowhich we most Introduction to the New Testament chronological • Introduction to the Old Testament often order our day-to-day lives. Kairos “God’s time” – a concept in sharp contrast to the • to the New Testament Belief Today represents God’s “in-breaking” into the times • Introduction Christian chronological time by which we most often order in which we live, providing an essential lens • Christian• Belief Today Black Church Studies our day-to-day lives. Kairos represents God’s “inthrough which we must view, understand and breaking” into the times in which we live, providing • Black Church Studiesand Gender Studies • ultimately respond to the realities of our Women an essential lenspresent throughlives. which we must view, • Women and Gender Studies Response to Pluralism • Faith & Christian understand andThis ultimately respond to the of program engages therealities Global Kairos • Faith & Christian Response to Pluralism our present lives. Movement while continuing the CRCDS • American Religious History legacy of social justice. Through the • American• Religious History This program engages the Global Kairos Movement exploration of Kairos, students will learn how Organizing for Change while continuingtothe of social justice. liveCRCDS out thelegacy foundational values of justice • Organizing for Change • Introduction to Kairos Studies and love of as Kairos, they arestudents appliedwill specifically Through the exploration learn to • Introduction to Kairos Studies bothfoundational global and local contexts, while how to live out the values of justice and • Introduction to Kairos Immersion engaging this growing, transformative • Introduction to Kairos Immersion love as they are applied specifically to both global movement that incorporates the values of • Final Project (2 course equivalence) and local contexts, while growing, peace andengaging nonviolentthis resistance. • Final Project (2 course equivalence) transformative movement that incorporates the values Elective Courses (students may choose The MA in Kairos Studies provides students 4 of the following): of peace and nonviolent resistance. with the concrete tools necessary to speak truth to power, to advocate the “least of The MA in Kairos Studies provides studentsfor with these,” to build communities of radical the concrete tools necessary to speak truth proclaim to reconciliation and to boldly the power, to advocate for the “least of these,” to build Gospel. communities of radical reconciliation and to boldly
proclaim the Gospel. Career Preparation Graduates of the program will be prepared Career Preparation for the following types of work:
Graduates of the program will be prepared for the • Community Activist following types of work: • Community Organizer • Community Activist • Advocacy Work • Community Organizer • Advocacy Work
Elective Courses (students may choose •4 of the following): Ministry on the Margins
• Ministry •on the Margins Small Christian Communities • Small Christian Communities • Abrahamic Faiths & the Making of War • Abrahamic Faiths & the Making of War and and Peace Peace • Global Reading of the Bible • Global Reading of the Bible • Preaching Difficult Texts • Preaching Difficult Texts • Feminist/Womanist Preaching • Feminist/Womanist Preaching • Preaching Contemporary Issues • Preaching Contemporary Issues • Introduction to Islam • Introduction to Islam
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Opportunities for Global Opportunities forTravel Global
Travel
CRCDS offers CRCDS offers travel travel opportunities, opportunities, called called delegations, for formation anddeepening deepeningofof delegations, for formation and students personally, professionally professionally and and globally. globally. students personally, Delegations go not to take but to receive, Delegations go not to take but to receive, not not to to convert but to be transformed. We travel in convert but to be transformed. We travel in the spirit the spirit of accompaniment--to share the of accompaniment--to share not the because struggles we of pursing struggles of pursing justice; justice; but not because because we are “know” because "know" openbut to learn andwe open to Kairos moments. Wetoreturn witnesses are open to learn and open Kairos moments. We who speak to thewho transformation we have return witnesses speak to thethat transformation experienced. We tell the stories of the lives of thatpeople we have experienced. Wethe tellGospel the stories the who have revealed of of the lives of the people whoradical have revealed theWith Gospel resurrection hope and hospitality. missionary zealhope we proclaim God’s preference of resurrection and radical hospitality. With for the poor zeal and we the proclaim marginalized. missionary God’s preference for the poor and the marginalized.
Three-Month Immersion Three-month Immersion Experience Experience • Accompaniment • Accompaniment groups groups • Border ministry • ministry • Border Peace & Justice Work • Community Organizing • Peace Justice Work • &And others • Community Organizing
• And others