Jewish-friendly/Jewish-oriented D.Min/Th.D degrees

[Stonybeach]

Interesting (and slightly frustrating): a quick google search for M.Div degrees is mainly turning up Christian-oriented degrees and not really any Jewish-oriented (or at least interfaith) ones.

It appears that some CAP units offer virtual attendance. The Chaplain Assistant character development position is also available. Don't forget that membership in CAP as a "First Responder" may be eligible for tuition discounts at various universities. When it comes to military service, it is beneficial for Chaplains to have a broad religious background (Interfaith). My experience with military chaplains revealed that they were already ordained in their specific religion as priests, rabbis, bishops, etc., and the chaplain training focused on duties related to counseling, comfort, and fellowship for service members with diverse religious backgrounds. For example, I am not Jewish, but a Rabbi who was a Chaplain gave me counsel. It was great! If you are considering becoming a Rabbi, that educational track is completely different. One may be able to be ordained as an interfaith clergy member from one of these master's programs, then become an interfaith Chaplain, but that obviously does not make one a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, or an LDS bishop.

I thought this one was interesting but pricey: https://www.gtu.edu/projects/icp

There appear to be numerous unaccredited online chaplain programs, but I have no idea of their utility, especially if one is not presently ordained.

[sanantone]

I recommend going to my thread at Degreeinfo for seminaries that are accepting of humanists, atheists, and agnostics. Most of those programs are either interfaith or offered by a liberal Christian denomination, such as Disciples of Christ, ELCA, Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), United Church of Christ, and United Methodist Church (to a lesser extent). Unitarian Universalist seminaries will also accept any faith. Divinity schools, as opposed to seminaries, tend to be at more secular institutions. For example, Duke has a divinity school that offers a hybrid MDiv.

Off the top of my head, Luther Seminary, Brite Divinity School, and Claremont School of Theology (accreditation problems) offer distance MDiv programs that are pluralistic. There's also a small number of non-MDiv programs that are 72 credit hours, but I don't know their faith requirements.

https://www.ahu.edu/programs/online-mast...curriculum