<p>Job Details</p> <p>Job Location: New Rochelle - New Rochelle, NY</p> <p>Position Type: Part Time</p> <p>Education Level: Masters Degree</p> <p>Salary Range: $1273.00 - $1273.00 Commission/year</p> <p>Description</p> <p>The Religious Studies department at Iona University seeks to hire Adjunct instructors for Fall 2025 (08/25/2025 - 12/12/2025) to teach two sections of the course RST 206--Spirituality, one section of the course RST 326-- Theology of Christian Service, and one section of the course RST 328--The Religious Imagination. Course descriptions and section timings are provided below. Note that there is flexibility regarding content, structure, and evaluation. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in teaching similar courses. For candidates applying to teach Spirituality, preference will be given to those able to teach both sections of the course. For candidates applying to teach Theology of Christian Service, priority will be given to applicants with experience in grassroots community engagement. All sections are capped at 26 students. All courses are taught in person. Minimum qualification for all applicants: Masters Degree.</p> <p>RST 206-Spirituality. Course description:</p> <p>An exploration of contemporary Christian spirituality as the lived experience of faith - the on-going life-project of person integration and self-transcendence - offering theological, historical, cultural, psychological and interfaith contexts for understanding its manifold expressions. The course will survey select trends and issues in contemporary Catholic spirituality signaled by Vatican Council II such as the post-modern quest for meaning; the impact on personal self-understanding of contemporary psychology and cosmology; the challenge of social and ecological commitment; the variety of contemplative resources available for the development of the inner self; the way of Gospel conversion and sacramentality; and the relevance of the Catholic vocation - its vision, values, and practice virtues - for the life of the self and of the world.</p> <p>Section timings:</p> <ul> <li>Mondays and Wednesdays: 2:00PM - 3:18PM </li><li>Mondays and Wednesdays: 3:30PM - 4:48PM </li></ul> <p>RST 326-Theology of Christian Service. Course description:</p> <p>A critical exploration through academic analysis and community engagement into the theological meanings of Christian service, the particular interconnections of service and justice in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, contemporary understandings of service as informed by Christian theology, Catholic social teachings, and modern-day icons of faith. Service Learning Course.</p> <p>Section timings:</p> <ul> <li>Tuesdays and Thursdays: 3:30PM - 4:48PM </li></ul> <p>RST 328-The Religious Imagination. Course Description:</p> <p>This course explores the myriad ways that human beings have encountered "the sacred" as an alluring yet perplexing horizon of existence. The course examines the rich variety of such encounters as they have been expressed across history and cultures. Students will also explore how our ideas of the self, society, and the cosmos are shaped by the religious imagination.</p> <p>Section timings:</p> <ul> <li>Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2:00PM - 3:18PM </li></ul> <p>Salary: $1273 per credit</p> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>About Iona University/EEO language</p> <p>Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona also continues to be recognized in prestigious national rankings. Most recently for 2025, Iona has been named one of the nation's best colleges by The Princeton Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of top colleges for social mobility in the country, while Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranked an Iona degree in the top 5 percent nationally for long-term return on investment. Iona's LaPenta School of Business, meanwhile, is also accredited by AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.</p> <p>Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.</p> <p>Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an equal opportunity employer, Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live.</p>