Oxford Graduate School
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| Motto | Qui Facit Per Alium Facit Per Se |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1980 |
| Chancellor | Rollin Van Broekhoven |
| President | Kim Geiger |
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Academic staff
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15 |
| Students | approx. 100 |
| Location | Dayton, Tennessee, United States |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | ogs.edu.au |
Oxford Graduate School is a graduate school founded in 1980 in Crystal Springs (Dayton) Tennessee, focused on integrating faith with traditional educational and professional disciplines. Oxford Graduate School is an accredited member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS). Though faculty are primarily Christian in their personal orientation, OGS has graduates from multiple denominations and belief systems. The Graduate School is "non-sectarian, non-profit, and non-discriminatory".
The student body consists of approximately 100 students with a median age of 49 years.[1] The graduate school has fifteen faculty members.[2]
The graduate school is "not a seminary" but offers degrees in which students are encouraged to "incorporate the principles of their faith into their academic work and to show how it influences their vocational practices."[3] The intention is to establish a community of scholars united in their efforts to find practical solutions to social problems in business and industry, the social professions, religion, para-church organizations, and society as a whole. The program teaches social scientific research focused on the family, community, and the church or a combination of these areas [4].
The study of religion is concerned with analyzing the nature and role of religious faith and experience in specific societal contexts. The social setting of Christianity is used as the primary context for research in religion. Studies are conducted to determine how distinct Christian concepts and values assist in shaping the attitudes, goals, and behavior of individuals and various cultural groups. Other religious traditions may be studied to contrast their similarities and differences with Christianity and to provide a perspective for comprehending the nature of religious experience in a particular society.
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