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Religious modifier

Religious Modifier

According to Florida Statute 1005.06 (1)(f), each degree title includes a religious modifier that immediately precedes, or is included within, any of the following degrees: 

Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education.

The religious modifier is placed on the title line of the degree, on the transcript, and whenever the title of the degree appears in official school documents or publications.

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TYPES OF RELIGIOUS MODIFIER SYMBOLS

The chosen religious symbols for our programs are many. Below we provide some non-exhaustive examples:

Christian symbols: ✠ (Maltese cross), ☩ (Cross of Jerusalem), ☧ (monogram of Christ, ), ☨ (patriarchal cross), ☦ (Ortodox cross), ♱ (East Syriac cross), ☥ (the ankh, the ansate cross), 🕈 (celtic cross), and many more.

Religious symbols applied to other interfaith programs: ☬ (Khanda, symbol of sikhism), ☥ (the ankh, also called the ansate cross and the key of life), 🕉 (Om symbol), ☸ (Wheel of Dharma), ✡ (the star of David), ☯ (Yin yang), 🕎,  ☪ and many others.


TYPES OF RELIGIOUS MODIEFIER WORDS

The words used as religious modifier can be many and depend on the program. Below we provide some non-exhaustive examples:

agnostic, agnosticism, anatta, anglican, anglicanism, anicca, appamada, atheism, atheist, ayurveda, baptism, baptist, beatitude, beliefs, bible, biblical, bodhisatta,  brahma, Buddha, buddhism, buddhist, cabala, calvinism, calvinist, calvinistic, canon, catholic, catholicism, chakra, chaplaincy, Christ, christendom, christian, christianity, christmas, christology, church, communion, creed, cult, dhamma, dharma, divine, divinity, doctrinal, doctrine, dogma, dogmatic, dogme, dukkha [dukkha], easter, enlightenment, eucharist, evangelical, evangelicalism, faith, fundamentalism, God, god, goddess, gnosis, gnostic, gnosticism, gospel, gregorian, hebrew, hermetic, hindu, hinduism, holy, incarnation, interchurch, interreligious, interspiritual, islam, islamic, Jesus, jewish, judaic, judaism, kabbalah, liturgy, lutheran, lutheranism, Mahābhārata, meditation, messiah, methodist, ministry, monastic, monasticism, monotheism, moral, mormon, multifaith, mystic, mysticism, myth, new testament, nirvana, old testament, om, orthodox, orthodoxy, pagan, paganism, pentecost, pentecostal, pious, pray, preach, presbyter, presbyterianism, presbytery, prophet, protestant, protestantism, purity, qabalah, religion, religiosity, religious, resurrection, rite, ritual, sacred, saddha [saddhaa], saint, salvation, samsara, sangha, scripture, shaman, shamanism, sikh, sikhism, spirit, spiritual, spiritualism, spirituality, sufi, sufism, surah, sutta, synagogue, syncretic, syncretism, tao, taoism, taoist, theism, theology, theosophy, theravada, tiratana, torah, transcendental, trinitarian, trinity, veda, vedic, vinaya, worship and many more

A religious modifier is a religious word or a religious symbol. Its choice in AGU depends on the type of religious program offered to students.

RELIGIOUS MODIFIER IN OFFICIAL SCHOOL DOCUMENTS 

  • RELIGIOUS WORD -  When the religious modifier applied to the diplomas is a religious word (for instance: Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry, where Christian is the religious modifier), the transcripts will also bear the same religious word. In this case, the seal of the Archangel Gabriel will be absent, replaced by a word as a religious modifier within the line of the academic title. Students can still request to add the seal of the Archangel Gabriel in addition to the religious modifier consisting of a word. Students may request to add the seal of the Gabriel when requesting an official document. 
  • RELIGIOUS SYMBOL - Whenever the religious word is lacking, in the official documents as diploma (pdf and parchments) and transcripts, the religious modifier will be the symbol of the Archangel Gabriel (see above), placed on the title line of the degree;  Students can request to replace it with the religious symbol of their study program;
  • Regardless of the religious modifiers used in publications as online academic programs (website) and printed publications (books, flyers or brochures), where the religious modifier is absent in the words included in the degree title, the religious symbol placed on the same line of the final diploma will be the symbol of the archangel Gabriel (see the seal above);
  • When the religious modifier placed on the diplomas is the archangel Gabriel, also the transcripts will have the same symbol of the archangel Gabriel. 

RELIGIOUS MODIFIER IN ONLINE PUBLICATIONS 

  • instead, to lighten AGU website from too many images, a lighter religious symbol or a religious word has been chosen as a religious modifier to indicate the relevant religious program. See in the programs the chosen modifiers.

RELIGIOUS MODIFIER IN PRINTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Depending on the type of publication, they can bear any kind of religious modifier: the seal of the Archangel Gabriel, a lighter religious symbol or a relgious word. 


According to Florida Statute 1005.06 (1)(f), the institution offers only educational programs that prepare students in the categories of: 

Ministry, Counseling, Theology, Education, Administration, Music, Fine Arts, Media Communications, or Social Work.