Creative rituals, prayers and ceremonies to be celebrated or executed in pastoral care by the student.
- Teacher: Michael Conley
Creative rituals, prayers and ceremonies to be celebrated or executed in pastoral care by the student.
This course is a study of a globally responsible model for dialogue, common cause and ground, eco-human justice as a criterion for religious truth, and examples of globally responsible dialogue.
An examination of syllabus for course on Interfaith Prayers, Rituals and Ceremonies
Designed to teach ministers, chaplains and celebrants how to write and perform prayers, ceremonies and rituals, to serve interfaith and multi-faith communities during times of transition and celebration
This course will provide training to write and perform weddings and commitment ceremonies for interfaith, religiously un-affiliated and same-sex couples, including commitment ceremonies, Holy Unions and reaffirmations.
This course is designed to cover one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of our times, Fethullah Gulen, along with the civic transnational movement (influenced by his work and writings), which advocates for education, promotes intercultural and interfaith harmony, and delivers humanitarian aid and disaster relief. A journey through the story of Gulen and the Hizmet Movement, this course will be an excellent introduction to Islam for both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, since Gulen reinterprets Islam for the contemporary world. The President of GMU, Doctor Gerald Grudzen, and a member of the Hizmet movement, Doctor Nihal Sahan, are co-instructors for this course, which will include several interactive Zoom sessions.
This course offers an overview of contemporary social justice issues from the perspective of different faith beliefs in Christianity, lived experience and the work of interfaith networks to achieve structural transformation and societal change in a just world. It presents the prophetic call to do justice, and Catholic social justice teachings; develops pastoral strategies for addressing:
This course is offered on Teachable© rather than in the GMU Classroom. After registering for the course, the student will receive a link to access its classroom in Teachable©.
This course is designed to cover one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of our times, Fethullah Gulen, along with the civic transnational movement (influenced by his work and writings), which advocates for education; promotes intercultural and interfaith harmony; and delivers humanitarian aid and disaster relief. A journey through the story of Gulen and the Hizmet Movement, this course will be an excellent introduction to Islam for both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, since Gulen reinterprets Islam for the contemporary world. The President of GMU, Doctor Gerald Grudzen, and a member of the Hizmet movement, Doctor Nihal Sahan, are co-instructors for this course, which will include several interactive Zoom sessions.