Academic Catalog

Mosby (3 credits)

This course is designed to be a comprehensive introduction to ideas and practices that give Unitarian Universalist faith formation its meaning and purpose across the lifespan. Learners will explore the rich history of religious education/faith formation, making note of how formative educators shaped its philosophy; developed teaching strategies; explored the landscape of human and faith identity development.  Students will also investigate through contextual research in a congregation how these theories and models play out. The course is designed with attention to principles of anti-racism, anti-oppression and global/multicultural teaching and learning in mind.

MDiv required course.

Fall semester course

Mosby (3 credits)

Ministry practitioners in the 21st century function in a world framed by diversities, major social crises, local and global demands for justice; and declining confidence in religious and/or faith-based assemblies. This course aims to resource those doing practical ministry and religious education ministry in contemporary contexts by utilizing an expansive understanding of Religious Education that places the discipline at the intersection of education, social activism, and cultural production. We will examine and learn from stories of persons who were (are): 1) Religious Educators & Educators, 2) “Activists-Educators”, and 3) Creatives. They model(ed) resistance against the status quo and re(formation) or the building of more just realities through their written work, spoken word, faith formation journeys, social justice freedom work, and/or their artistic work. 

Spring 2026