Latinx Studies Certificate

Program Code: D-LATINX-C
Degree Designation: Certificate
Department: Divinity School
Website: divinity.duke.edu/academics/certificates/latinx

Program Summary

The certificate in Latinx studies is designed to provide theological and ministerial formation to students preparing for ministry with Hispanic/Latinx churches and communities in the United States.

Through the certificate program, the students will achieve the following goals:

• Be part of a group of fellow sojourners who seek to encounter Christ on the roads connecting Duke Divinity School to the world, while practicing and honing skills for ministry with H/L communities;

• Be part of a learning community that seeks to learn from H/L Christian traditions and cultures; and

• Be part of a learning community that is committed to the H/L community and dedicated to becoming self-aware leaders who can thrive in a diverse context.

Academic Requirements

• Latinx core courses (complete all)

  • XTIANTHE 779 (Introduction to Latinx Theology)

  • Hispanic Summer Program course (by approved transfer credit) or equivalent 

• Latinx Elective (complete any)

  • BCS 762 (Christian Identity and the Formation of the Racial World)

  • BCS 767 (Christianity, Race, and the American Nation)

  • BCS 802 (Race, Modernity, and Theology)

  • WXTIAN 767 (Introduction to Latin American Theology)

  • XTIANTHE 780 (Recent Catholic Theology: Movements and Figures)

  • XTIANTHE 822 (Theology of Las Casas)

  • XTIANTHE 849 (Pneumatology: Global Perspectives on the Holy Spirit)

  • WXTIAN 802 (Popular Revivals in 21st Century World Christianity)

  • WXTIAN 803 (Beyond Borders: Latin American, Latino, and Hispanic Theologies)

  • WXTIAN 820 (History and Theology of Integral Mission)

  • WXTIAN 845 (Foundations of Conflict Transformation: Theology, Theory and Practice)

  • XTIANTHE 861 (Latinx Theological Aesthetics)

  • Other pre-approved courses may also count

• Spiritual Formation: Take exactly 2 courses that match the following: CHURMIN 707

• MDVR Requirement: Field Education 

Requirements for MDiv Residential and MTS Students:

• Two courses in Latinx Studies:

  • XTIANTHE 779 (Introduction to Latinx Theology), also offered in the hybrid format as needed;

  • At least one course in the Hispanic Summer Program or its equivalent;

• One course from a list of approved electives;

• A minimum of one-year participation in Caminantes; and

• (MDiv only) At least one field education placement in a Hispanic-Latinx context or the equivalent in the form of a contextual engagement project.