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Master of Arts: Peace Studies
Educational goals
Graduates with a MAPS will:
- Articulate and explain the biblical and theological foundations of peace and justice.
- Converse persuasively and sensitively about Anabaptist-Mennonite approaches to peace and justice issues.
- Demonstrate a commitment to spiritual growth that sustains peace- and justice-making.
- Demonstrate growth toward faithful and competent responses to conflict.
- Use the resources of social science and history to help analyze peace and justice issues.
- Demonstrate the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively.
Purpose
The MAPS is an academic degree program that provides the environment for a deepening understanding of and commitment to the biblical vision of peace and justice and its embodiment in the world. The program is grounded in the assumption that Christ calls us to become part of a new community whose mission is to participate in God’s reconciling work throughout the world. The MAPS program prepares students for peace and justice ministries from congregational to worldwide settings.
Design
The MAPS Primary Program emphasizes especially the biblical, theological, ethical, and historical aspects of peace and justice studies that reflect AMBS’s institutional character as a “Mennonite Biblical Seminary.” Three concentrations draw on the resources of regional schools integrating study with specific areas of ministry: Conflict Transformation; International Development Administration; and Urban Community Development. AMBS works in partnership with the following institutions to offer these concentrations:
- Conflict Transformation: Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.
- International Development Administration: Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Mich.
- Urban Community Development: Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE), Chicago, Ill.
More information
For detailed information, please review the AMBS Catalog and the peace and justice fact sheet.
