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This core Doctor of Ministry course has been created specifically to train DMin students in creating viable research methods for their DMin projects that will result in reliable qualitative and quantitative data. Course will meet January 2024 in remote formats using Zoom and Moodle. Typically six months after DM-6078 Becoming Culturally Responsive. Part I.

This week-long intensive class is offered in Korean for Doctor of Ministry Students only who are located in Korea and the United States. Each student will be guided, along with inputs of fellow students, not only for theoretical and practical steps for writing academic papers including dissertation proposals, but also for diverse ways of biblical interpretations in this 21st century. By going through this process, students will be able to hone their analytical and hermeneutical skills for the biblical text and ministerial contexts. Class meets daily, 1/8/24 to 1/12/24. 2 pm to 10pm Pacific Standard Time.

For DMin students who have completed most of their competencies and are ready to refine dissertation proposals for submission to Academic Committee for candidacy review. Prerequisite completion of DM-6078 Becoming Culturally Responsive, part 1 & DM 6046 Research Methods. Class meets daily, 1/8/2024-1/12/2024, from 9:10am-5:00pm, in hybrid formats (in-person and Zoom option).

This course will incorporate travel to Rwanda January 7-17, 2024 as part of the learning experience. Readings for the course will include: Rwanda before the Genocide: Catholic politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era and Inside Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts. Themes for discussion and discovery will include: the impact of the church for good and for ill in societal conflicts; restorative justice; the strategies, successes, and failures of the Gacaca courts. Students will be required to meet 2x before traveling to Rwanda for conversation around book #1 (listed above) as well as preparatory discussion for the trip. Students will be required to participate in all activities planned in Rwanda. A final paper will be required on a topic selected in consultation with the professor.