The University of Notre Dame Department of Theology has launched a new area of concentration within its (MTS) program: (WRWC). Applications for the two-year, full-time program are due Jan.听15, 2019, for admission in August 2019.
The area of WRWC offers students the opportunity to study both global religions and the global Church while receiving exposure to other areas of Christian theology. In WRWC coursework, students will have the freedom to focus on a particular non-Christian tradition or cultural context of the Church聽and develop skills in primary and research languages.听
Students in the MTS program complete 12 credits of coursework for four contiguous semesters (excluding summer) to complete the degree.
, professor of theology and director of Notre Dame's聽MTS program, said: 鈥淕iving keen attention to world religions and the world church is a theological imperative. Just as theology today requires an ecumenical context for effective research and reflection, so also it requires a global context. The new WRWC concentration in our MTS program is thus particularly felicitous and promises to have a major impact on theological education at Notre Dame.鈥�
WRWC also has a successful doctoral program. Its faculty have聽conducted two international conferences (at Notre Dame and in Rome), published the book "Finding Beauty in the Other" and currently edit the journals聽"Hindu-Christian 91视频" and "Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations."
The area of WRWC is dedicated to studying the world religions in all of their dimensions, along with the global Church and its theological expressions. It prepares students to appreciate the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions through rigorous study of different traditions 鈥斅燼nd also to explore the cultural and theological diversity of the Church.
, professor of theology and department chair, said: "WRWC is a timely addition to the MTS program. Across all areas of theology, the context of our work is the global world and Church, making聽the WRWC聽focus critical for the ongoing development of our MTS 辫谤辞驳谤补尘.鈥澛�
With the new addition, the MTS program now includes six total areas of concentration: biblical studies, history of Christianity, liturgical studies, moral theology, systematic theology聽and WRWC.
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Originally published by at on Aug.听30.