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Continuing Education Program

Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law

Faith, Values, and the Rule of Law is a year-long, interdisciplinary hybrid course that focuses on the intersection of moral and spiritual frameworks with legal systems, public service and social impact.Rooted in Seton Hall’s Catholic mission and open to students of all faith backgrounds, this program seeks to cultivate a reflective, ethically grounded approach to leadership and justice.

Who should take these programs?

The course is designed to bring together a diverse learning community, including Law students, graduate students (e.g., Public Policy, Jewish-Christian Studies, Seminarians), undergraduates, and adult learners.   

Program Format:

  • Hybrid Delivery: Combines asynchronous online 4-week modules with three required in-person sessions (Convivium) per semester. Food/meals will be provided at all in-person sessions.
  • Community Learning Model: Emphasizes interdisciplinary dialogue across student populations and encourages ongoing engagement through symposia, public lectures, and service learning.
  • Asynchronous Time Requirements: 5-10 hours per week of reading and online interaction.

Upcoming Sessions

Academic Year 2025-2026:
August 17, 2025 through April 23, 2026

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Program Pricing:

The course is available to non-matriculated participants, including adult learners, for a fee of $1,299.

A limited number of scholarships are available to ensure access for those who may need financial assistance.

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Curriculum

Fall Semester

Module I Ancient Near Eastern (Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Hebrew Scriptures)
Convivium I  
Module II Rome; the New Testament; Patristic Christian Sources; Philo and Rabbinic Jewish Source
Convivium II  
Module III The rise of Islam; Medieval Christian and Jewish Sources; Classical Islamic Sources
Convivium III  
Module IV The Edge of Modernity; Late Medieval and Renaissance Christian and Jewish Sources; The “Discovery” of the New World; Diversification of Islamic Thought

Spring Semester

Module I The Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation; the English Civil War, Establishment, and Dissent; the Westphalian Settlement and International Law
Convivium I  
Module II Challenges to Religious Authority in Early Modernity and Religious Responses; Separation of Continental and Analytic Traditions; Revolution, Democracy, and Public Theology; Indigenous Norms and Western Law in Conflict; Law, Religion, and Slavery
Convivium II  
Module III Law and Religious Values in the Industrial Revolution; WWI, the Byzantine Empire, and Occupation of the Levant; Zionism, Jewish Views of Law, and Land; Ghandi the Lawyer; Progressive Anglo-American Theologies of Law and the Economy; the American Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy; the Shoah, “Nazi Law,” and the Confessing Church; Conflicting Narratives of Law, Faith, and Land:  the Israeli War of Independence / the Nakba
Module IV The Post-WWII Global Order: Rise and Fall.  Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue, and the Law; Faith, Liberalism, and Markets; Fundamentalisms, Traditionalists, and Discontents; Faith, Law and Values in a Secular Age.
Convivium III  

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Continuing Education and Professional Studies at Seton Hall University provides professionals with opportunities to continue their education, earn degrees, advance their careers, and enjoy personal enrichment. 

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