Examines the principles of restorative justice from a theological perspective and their application to human suffering. The biblical narrative of God’s love for the poor, widows, orphans, and foreigners will serve as the basis for study and practice. Group discussions, book reviews, research papers, and quizzes will help the student them better understand and engage in restorative justice.

Class focuses on how the day-to-day practitioner conducts business in the field of corrections, in both the institutional and community settings. The student will learn how the corrections system works, from classification, to security, to treatment, re-entry and rehabilitation.

An examination of the theories, methods, applications, and issues in prison ministry. We exploring professional boundaries both for the professional correctional chaplain and the prison ministry volunteer. The policies and procedures of the Religious Services at the Department of Correction are evaluated in light of ongoing prison ministry. Students identify personal, social and spiritual issues underlying incarceration, particularly addiction and an awareness of the need for and benefit of professional ethical boundaries.

This course addresses recidivism of offenders, and the care of their families, which includes strategies for a political advocacy and Christian based ministries around issues in today's criminal justice reform. Learners will learn how empathy, compassion, understanding, presence and awareness play a central role in the field of pastoral care. At this level a verbatim will also begin to address the learner's evaluation and participant's feedback.

This course addresses the similarities of one's faith with that of others. It also stresses the importance of listening to other individual's stories as well as sharing your own story that is similar to theirs. The learners will share each others stories of faith and write a short verbatim using some of the tools they shall develop in the form of an acronym.

This course is an overview that looks at correctional ministries in general. Learner address the ministerial factors of leadership that ministers must address within a correctional facility. How to facilitate the different kinds of ministries even if they are not a part of their own religious belief system shall be discussed. Ways to invite, not force, Christian beliefs to those that are seeking a religious belief and how to maintain respect for other religious belief systems will also be discussed.

This course will enlighten learners on alternative ways to minister in the midst of today's contemporary justice complexes. This course will also prepare the learners, both clergy and laity, to effectively use ministry skills and personal qualities needed to provide effective spiritual care of offenders in correctional institutions.