Advanced Certificate In Religion And The Black Experience
New York, USA
Advanced Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Explore religious experience and practices of the African diaspora in multinational, multifaith, gendered contexts. Examine how religion organizes Black life in America and engage with scholarship in Black theology, the Black social gospel, liberation and womanist theology. Union Theological Seminary's urban roots center ministerial training amid city life, combining faith, scholarship and justice. The Seminary may modify policies, calendar dates, instructors or curriculum; students must know institutional policies.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles in pastoral ministry, community organizing, nonprofit leadership, public leadership, interfaith chaplaincy, academic research, and religious education, applying expertise in theology, social justice and urban ministry.
Explore the religious experience, ideas and practices of the African diaspora in multinational, multifaith and gendered contextsExamine the complicated, contested and central organizing force of religion in the making of black life in AmericaEngage with the groundbreaking work of scholars in areas including black theology, the black social gospel, and liberation and womanist theologyThe Seminary reserves the right to cancel or modify policies and courses of instruction, change academic calendar dates, course instructors, and other details of the curriculum and academic programs. Students are responsible for acquainting themselves fully with the Seminary's policies and procedures.
