Cherry Hill Seminary is a nonprofit distance education program of higher education for Pagan ministry.

Tracks include public ministry, counseling, and chaplaincy.  Visit our portal for news of our pursuit of degree-granting authority, and, ultimately, accreditation - a first for Pagan education.

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Time to register now:  Summer Semester 2008

Our Summer Semester starts June 4, 2008. Pre-registration April 21 until May 2. Regular registration  May 3 until beginning of classes. Course offerings are subject to change.  Please check below for the current course offerings!

Tuition for courses is $40 per unit hour for early registration and $60 per unit hour after May 2. Technology fee of $25 per student per semester. Students in online classes should have a basic understanding of their computers and online use.  Course offerings are subject to change. Courses that do not meet minimum registration will be cancelled. Sign up early to ensure a seat in your class of choice!

 

Being Thea/ologically Children in Contemporary Paganism
Instructor: Cynthia Jane Collins, M.Div, M.S.

Class Meeting Times: Instead of weekly classes: two 90-minute conference calls with the class; two phone meetings with instructors, and ten hours of dialogue with others. Note that attending the 2008 Summer Intensive fulfills the dialogue requirement for Being Thea/ologically.
3 Unit Hours

What have you experienced? What do you know that you know? What do you sense and what do you think? How is it the same, or different, for you as an individual, a part of community, a being in the world? What, then, do you do, believe, and value? And what preconceived notions, which no longer apply, are operating? What questions inform your curiosity? How can you use your insight, your questions and your scholarship to be of service?

You will be asked to raise up the skin, the muscles, the blood and the bones of your true self, and to reflect carefully on your thoughts, your experiences, your feelings, your traditions and your communities. Your ruminations will be expressed in an academically credible way that helps equip you for being Pagan clergy.


Required Texts:
Pagan Theology, Michael York

She Who Changes, Carol Christ

plus, One new-to-you, academically-credible book, agreeable to the teacher, in an area of your interest

plus, One already-read credible book that was formative for you, deliberately chosen for reflection and recounting your history/experience

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Instructor: Anne Hill, D.Min.

Class Meeting Times: Wednesdays. No Chat Component. Readings, posted lectures and electronic discussion list. Term paper will be required.
3 Unit Hours

A survey course exploring various issues of Pagan parenting and education, the ways in which children are incorporated into Pagan communities across traditions, and how this next generation is shaping (or re-shaping) Paganism. The course is primarily designed for Pagan parents and other community leaders who are responsible for or interested in facilitating the participation of children in Pagan spiritual life. While the course is not specifically designed for counseling professionals, those who are engaged in pastoral counseling of Pagan families may also find the class informative.


Required Texts:
Young Children and Spirituality, Myers, Barbara Kimes.

Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions, Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0415916550. Starhawk, et al., Bantam, 2000. ISBN 0553378058.

Wild Girls: The Path of the Young Goddess, Monaghan, Patricia. Llewellyn, 2001. ISBN 1567184421.

Course reader, available from instructor.

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