教育计划
The Center has been a leader in developing 教育al programs that address interfaith 领导 in 业务 and the professions and 宗教的多样性 in governmental institutions.
In addition to taking the lead with an interdisciplinary team to develop an exciting new executive certificate program for professionals, the Center collaborated with the School of Economics and Business administration to develop and now supports the Intercultural-Interfaith 领导 Concentration, 适用于商科专业, and the Interfaith 领导 Minor, available to any of the College’s many majors. The Center also trains state and federal officials who oversee religion programs and chaplaincy in the Center's "Governmental Chaplaincy and Religious 多样性: Toward Best Practices” program, which is co-sponsored with the American Academy of Religion.
Intercultural-Interfaith 领导 Course
This course provides an introduction to intercultural communication,
领导 in a culturally and religiously diverse world, cultural and religious
literacy, and bias and identity formation. These areas of study will help
学生 develop knowledge, understanding, and skills that will widen
学生' ability to do well in today’s global environment, whether their
careers are domestically-based or involve international or global
组件.
Intercultural-Interfaith 领导 Minor, for Students in Any Major at SMC
这小, which is available to any student at Saint Mary’s College regardless of major, begins with some of the introductory courses of the Business Concentration described above but explores intercultural communication, 领导, 宗教的多样性, and bias and identity formation in more depth, depending on the student’s interests. It ends with a project that integrates learning across all four dimensions of interfaith 领导.
Governmental Chaplaincy and Religious 多样性 Training
The American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism (CERP) cosponsored for many years Governmental Chaplaincy and Religious 多样性 (G-CARD) training for senior officials who oversee chaplaincy in governmental institutions, including statewide and federal prison chaplaincy directors, 高级军事牧师, and those who oversee military chaplaincy endorsements. The training focused on religions in all their diversity, especially on religions that tend to be less familiar. 多年来, more than 30 leading religions scholars and chaplaincy directors from 26 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons have participated.
Intercultural-Interfaith 领导 Executive Certificate Program Initiative
越来越多地, leaders in 业务 and other professions are recognizing the need for significant “soft skills” for people management, 团队合作, 和协作. This new certificate is designed to address a significant dimension of that need: managing and leading in environments that are, and among constituents who are, culturally and religiously diverse.
Today cross-cultural contacts are unavoidable, whether one pursues professional goals domestically or globally. Consequently, professionals in various sectors (e.g., 业务, 医疗保健, 教育, and government service) are beginning to recognize the need to address the cultural and religious dimensions of their work not only to build effective teams and organizations but also to be effective when collaborating with others all around the world. The failure to address cultural and religious differences adequately too often leads to heedless ignorance, harm to relationships with constituents and colleagues, 组织功能障碍, 甚至是诉讼. Yet engagement with religion often remains taboo and attention to cultural differences is not sufficiently addressed in most professional contexts – or if addressed, such matters are not given the depth and quality of training that is needed.