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Introduction to Ministry Studies
HDS 4510

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Description

Introduction to Ministry Studies (IMS) serves as the foundational classroom experience for Master of Divinity (MDiv) students, as well as those who may be considering the MDiv degree. The purpose of IMS is to provide students with the tools and the time necessary to construct a working model of ministry studies as a framework for integrating the various components of the MDiv program (course work, supervised field work, co-curricular experiences, and spiritual formation) into a coherent practice of intellectual, spiritual, and vocational formation. In IMS, students will be introduced to a methodology for critical and constructive theological/religious reflection that emerges from rigorous contextual analysis and is aimed toward renewed visions for ministerial and ethical leadership practice. In addition to this methodological exploration, IMS also considers the institutional and communal dynamics that make Harvard Divinity School (HDS) a unique context for religious and theological studies in service of a multi-religious and multi-vocational approach to professional ministerial education.

School Harvard Divinity School
Credits 4
Cross Reg

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Course Component Lecture
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HDS Letter Graded
MTS/ThM Area of Focus N/A
Arts of Ministry N/A
MDiv Histories, Theologies, and Practices N/A
Language Course Type N/A
Language Taught N/A
MDiv Scriptural Interpretation N/A
Course Level N/A