Nesti Center for Faith and Culture

The M.A. in Faith & Culture at the University of St. Thomas is designed to form leaders seeking to live with deeper faith, hope, and love in today’s world while ministering to others. Our curriculum emphasizes the practical and pastoral application of Church teaching as articulated in the documents of Vatican II, with special attention to insights from social science research. ongoing spiritual transformation, interpersonal and ecumenical dialogue, and ‘full, conscious, active participation in the communal life of the Church.

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The Graduate Certificate in Faith and Culture is rooted in the same course offerings as the M.A. in Faith and Culture degree program. It can be completed with half the credit hours and allows you to enrich your academic or professional career while earning a recognized credential.

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The Master in Liberal Arts with Concentration in Faith and Culture allows students to expand their liberal arts education, while focusing on the Catholic theological, moral, social, and spiritual traditions.

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The Master of Arts in Catholic Women’s and Gender Studies grounds students in a Catholic understanding of human personhood and then explores its meaning and application to contemporary circumstances. It will bring the depths of the Catholic intellectual tradition to bear in examining the effects secular feminist theories have had on women's health care practices, law, education, family policy, and the culture at large

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The Graduate Certificate in Catholic Approaches to Sexuality and Gender program will answer a strong need from professionals for the knowledge, tools, and skills required to communicate the Church’s understanding of what it means to be a man or a woman.

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In the Graduate Certificate in Catholic Feminism, learners will participate in robust discussion and deep historical and theological study from Feminist thinkers such as 18th century philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, 19th century thinkers Lucricia Mott and Sarah Grimke, 20th century philosopher Edith Stein, and 21st century Catholic thinkers Erika Bachiochi, Abigail Favale, and Helen Alvare. Contrasting writings from contemporary Feminist writers such as Judith Butler, Betty Friedan, and Ruth Bader-Ginsburg show the necessity for the roadmap our program provides for learners to cut through popular rhetoric about women’s roles and gender identity in the modern world.

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As an interdisciplinary degree program, the MA in Catholic Women’s and Gender Studies also goes where few other Women’s and Gender Studies programs go in exploring the intersection of feminist and gender theory with changes in women’s healthcare practices and treatment of the body. The Graduate Certificate in Women’s Health and Wellness helps students gain an understanding of why it is necessary to anchor any feminist thought or activism in the natural female body. With courses that tie authentic female experience to the natural female body, learners will understand how healthcare policy has shifted with the waves of Feminism and how women’s bodies became the scapegoats and dispensable variable for Feminist progress.

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The Graduate Certificate in Gender and Family Policy will address head on the major issues of today with regard to sexuality and gender and how policy affects society in all areas; professionally, spiritually, personally. With the richness of the Catholic Church’s understanding of human flourishing as a backdrop, students will engage in examination and evaluation of policies around the world and their effects on family structures, divorce rates, and human wellness.

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