Ecumenical Doctor of Ministry


For the experienced minister interested in educating other leaders in ministry


This degree integrates advanced theological studies with your rich experience. Through an intercultural perspective, you will learn about doing ministry in a global Church. And you will study with and learn from the most diverse and inspiring colleagues you could imagine.


Focus your studies in one of these areas: intercultural ministries, educating for witness, liturgical studies, spirituality, and now Hispanic theology and ministry.


Participating Schools of Theology:  Catholic Theological Union  Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago  McCormick Theological Seminary


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sewer system. It was a windowless, humid, vermin-infested cell measuring 5ft by 9ft and containing no bed or blanket. While incarcerated, Salmon also had to contend with the Catholic bishops’ support of Woodrow Wilson. Cardinal John Farley, the Archbishop of New York, remarked in 1918 that “criticism of the Government irri- tates me. I consider it little short of treason … Every citizen of this nation, no matter what his private opinion or his political leanings, should support the President and his advisers to the limit of his ability.” At the heart of the Church’s support of the war was its “just war” theology. Salmon meanwhile staked out his own position not merely on political and humanitarian grounds but upon his Christian-Catholic religious grounds and also wrote a 200-page critique of just war theology. His only refer- ence tools were a Bible and the Catholic Encyclopedia. This was a remarkable achievement for a man whose education ended with the eighth grade (typically around the age of 13 or 14).


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n his critique, Salmon declared: “If you are a Christian, listen to the voice of Christ echoed from the pages of the New Testament.” He cited Christ’s blessing of the “peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9) and the “merciful” (Matthew 5:7), and noted that Jesus said, “You shall not murder” (Matthew 19:18). In Salmon’s Catholic ethic, there was no such thing as a just war. After two years of prison, Salmon announced he was beginning an indefinite hunger strike to protest against his treatment. In a letter written to the Secretary of War, as well as the military commandant of Fort Douglas where he was incarcerated, Salmon said: “For more than two years I have been illegally imprisoned because I refused to kill or help kill. I will not kill … I wish to inform you that I am on a hunger strike for liberty or death …” After two weeks, authorities began to force- feed Salmon. Although this kept up for several months, Salmon continued to lose strength. Charging that he was mentally ill, authorities transferred him to St Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane in Washington, DC. Finally, fearful that he would die and not wanting publicity, the authorities released Salmon from prison in 1920. Also, by then, several attorneys including members of the American Civil Liberties Union had taken an interest in his case. Salmon returned to his wife and family, moving to Chicago where he lived a quiet life. Incarceration, however, took a toll on his health, contributing to his early death at the age of 43 on 15 February 1932. To the end, he remained a faithful, devout Catholic. Of his three children, one became a priest and another a Maryknoll sister.


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■Victor M. Parachin is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) whose recent books include Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds, published by Orbis.


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