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Master's Degrees
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Cherry Hill Seminary programs
are designed to meet the needs of working adults, living in a
complex and demanding world.
Because
Cherry Hill Seminary teaches primarily through distance
education, students have more flexibility in the specific hours
each week they need to reserve for study. With no need for
daily travel to classes, Cherry Hill Seminary classes are both
environmentally-sound and time-efficient.
Each degree
has specific requirements for face-to-face Academic Intensive
sessions, held in various retreat locations. A student can
expect to travel to a four-to-seven-day event once for each
"full-time-equivalent" year.
Majors, also
called focus areas or areas of concentration, are fields of
specific study within a degree. We offer five majors, each
with unique content, goals and objectives, academic expectations
and practical application.
All of our
degrees at this time will be Master’s level. Most classes
will continue to be online, i.e., distance education.
Practicums and internships must be done locally, with Seminary
and local supervision.
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| Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
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Basic professional degree for the
work of clergy supported by academics, requires the equivalent
of three years of full-time study, 72 credit hours. A Master of
Divinity degree is considered a "terminal degree" because no
additional education is needed to practice the profession of
clergy. Ordination by one’s specific group or tradition may be
required for endorsement or employment, in addition to the
degree.
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Master of Pagan Pastoral Care and
Counseling
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Designed to meet various practice
standards, requires the equivalent of two and a half years of
full-time study, 60 credit hours. This degree focuses on
academics and practices, and will require specific types of
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Master of Pagan Ministry |
An in-depth development of
professional ministry specialization, requires 48 credit hours,
the equivalent of two years of full-time study.
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| Master of Pagan Studies
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Study
and research in one particular area of discipline, requires 48
credit hours, the equivalent of two years of full-time study. |
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Majors |
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Text, Tradition, &
Interpretation |
Studies the literature,
language(s), traditions, arts, philosophy, the-logy,history,
ethics, development and contemporary expressions of Pagan
groups, tribes, and communities throughout the world. |
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Nature, Deity & Inspiration |
Studies the history and
development of human interaction with the natural world and its
ecosystems, spiritual formation, direct personal and community
mystical experience, divination and augury, practice, devotion,
meditation, and prayer. |
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Pastoral Care & Counseling |
Trains students to become Pagan
Pastoral Counselors and enhances ministry skills in Pastoral
Care, explores how they as Pagans serve others, and studies the
counseling and/or caregiving encounter. Includes clinical
chaplaincies – those that focus on providing service to persons
in immediate, acute crisis, such as hospital and military
chaplaincy. |
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Public Ministry & Expression |
Equips students to serve
the intra-religious Pagan community, and includes ritual,
religious leadership, education and the arts, as well as
chaplaincy which provides service to Pagans in long-term,
ongoing or chronic settings such as prisons, educational or
residential institutions or organizations. |
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Pagan Advocacy |
Prepares students to serve
the pan-Pagan community in interfaith, inter-religious and
secular venues, and to promote religious and other rights and
responsibilities, through interfaith chaplaincy and dialogue,
media relations, activism and public advocacy. |
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Field Education
(not a major) |
Provides
supervised experience, emotional and intellectual integration,
and on-site and on-line support for students as they exercise
their knowledge and skills in community and other settings. |
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Contact:
P.O. Box 5405, Columbia, SC 29250-5405, 888.503.4131, or by
email.
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