Florida, USA
CICS · British American University, Florida, USA
The British American University (BAU), Florida, USA, proudly welcomes you to the Prof. Brian Cameron Center for Interfaith and Chaplaincy Studies (CICS), a newly established institutional initiative dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary education, professional chaplaincy formation, interfaith understanding, and the integration of spiritual care with humanitarian service to promote global peace and security most especially at places of worship.
The establishment of the CICS at the British American University represents a forward-looking commitment to developing informed, ethically responsible, spiritually sensitive, and professionally competent individuals prepared to serve across diverse religious, cultural, educational, healthcare, correctional, community, humanitarian environments, and most importantly to promote global peace.
Recognizing the increasingly important role of spiritual care in contemporary society, BAU-CICS seeks to promote academic inquiry, theological reflection, interfaith dialogue, practical chaplaincy training, and compassionate engagement with individuals and communities experiencing crisis, bereavement, trauma, displacement, and other complex human challenges.
The CICS was established to advance educational and professional development in the following areas:
Professional Practical Chaplaincy: Developing the knowledge, ethical awareness, pastoral competencies, and practical skills required for effective chaplaincy service.
Interfaith Studies and Dialogue: Promoting informed engagement, mutual respect, religious literacy and tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and constructive cooperation among diverse faith traditions.
Interfaith Rescue Mission and Chaplaincy Education: Exploring the integration of spiritual support, humanitarian assistance, crisis response, and compassionate community intervention.
Christian Theology and Chaplaincy Studies: Providing opportunities for theological inquiry, biblical interpretation, pastoral formation, spiritual care, and the application of religious principles to professional chaplaincy practice.
Spiritual Care, Ethics, and Humanitarian Service: Encouraging responsible, culturally sensitive, ethically and religious informed approaches to supporting individuals and communities in challenging circumstances.
To become a recognized Center of Academic and Professional Development that advances interfaith understanding, strengthens chaplaincy practice, encourages responsible spiritually energized leadership, and contributes meaningfully to the welfare and dignity of humanity.
The CICS at British American University is founded upon the conviction that education must extend beyond the acquisition of knowledge to the development of character, professional competence, ethical responsibility, and compassionate service.
Through its developing educational initiatives, the Center seeks to encourage collaboration among educators, theologians, chaplains, religious leaders, humanitarian practitioners, researchers, and institutions committed to spiritual care and human flourishing.
We welcome the interest of prospective students, academic professionals, chaplains, theologians, interfaith practitioners, religious organizations, humanitarian workers, and institutional partners who share a commitment to education, ethical leadership, interfaith understanding, and service to humanity to promote global peace. The future of chaplaincy requires knowledge. The advancement of interfaith understanding requires dialogue. The transformation of human lives requires compassion, competence, and commitment in all ramifications of knowledge and religious beliefs. The Center for Interfaith and Chaplaincy Studies (CICS) at the British American University, Florida, USA, looks forward to receiving contributions to the realization of these important and challenging educational and humanitarian objectives.
The BAU-CICS offers the following range of programs at the Diploma, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degree levels:
For more details, contact the Center or the Registrar of the University.