Graduate Catalog

Graduate Certificate in Trauma, Theology, and Ministry

This certificate prepares students to address the effects of trauma in ministry and congregations. Students will be trained to recognize, assess, and respond to trauma from a biblical and theological perspective with practical takeaways to form trauma-safe churches.

Graduate Certificate in Trauma, Theology, and Ministry Program Goal

To prepare students to understand and articulate the existential, clinical, and hermeneutical impact of trauma and trauma-informed care on theology and spiritual experience.

Required Courses

Course List

MIN5323Pastoral Care

3

MIN6613Trauma-Informed Theology and the Church

3

MIN6623Hermeneutics, History, and Legacies of Trauma

3

MIN6633Theodicy and Trauma Counseling

3

MIN6231Final Integrative Project

1