{"id":3709,"date":"2025-08-05T16:42:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/?page_id=3709"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:51:42","slug":"3709-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/3709-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RCT Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Religion and Conflict Transformation Certificate equips values-rooted leaders with frameworks and practices to work amidst conflicts toward peace and justice in their communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Certificate in Religion and Conflict Transformation, awarded by the BTI Consortium, recognizes courses taken in this field at member schools, work in the field, and a capstone integrative presentation. Overseen by the Director of the Boston University School of Theology Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostontheological.org\/certificates\">BTI Consortium<\/a>, this certificate is not a degree but acknowledges your specialized interest within your broader studies.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">How to Participate<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">1. Contact the RCT Program Director, Dr. James McCarty<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To register for the program, please email Dr. McCarty at mccartyj@bu.edu<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">2. Contact Leadership Based on School<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BU Students<\/strong>: please contact the registrar, Jamie Shore:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:shorej@bu.edu\" title=\"mailto:shorej@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>shorej@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Students at Other BTI Schools<\/strong>: please contact the BTI to inform them of your interest:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:btioffice@bostontheological.org\"><span>btioffice@bostontheological.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">3. If you are pursuing the graduate certificate, fill out and submit <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScpGbNVvIiefMjDxWM3fpWjOevXn4wOO7C8R1te-W8uxKEAFQ\/viewform?usp=header\">this form<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">4. Sign-up for the RCT Program Newsletter to receive monthly program updates and event announcements<\/h4>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_shell\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=3051dee0fef981e76dca96910&amp;id=f107b1891e&amp;f_id=006aefe3f0\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"><span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>indicates required<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\" required=\"\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-FNAME\">First Name<\/label><input type=\"text\" name=\"FNAME\" class=\" text\" id=\"mce-FNAME\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-LNAME\">Last Name<\/label><input type=\"text\" name=\"LNAME\" class=\" text\" id=\"mce-LNAME\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Religion and Conflict Transformation Certificate equips values-rooted leaders with frameworks and practices to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24948,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3709"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3866,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3709\/revisions\/3866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}