MA Theology and Religion
Course Overview
This MA in Theology and Religion offers a flexible and advanced exploration of how spiritual traditions, sacred texts, and religious practices shape contemporary and historical societies. The program is designed to equip you with critical analysis skills for professional roles or further academic research, allowing you to tailor your studies to your specific interests. You will learn to engage robustly with complex, multidisciplinary issues in a globally relevant field.
Key Program Highlights
- Design a personalized academic pathway from a diverse range of specialized modules
- Develop advanced critical thinking by analyzing your own and others' presuppositions
- Gain highly transferable skills in research, written analysis, and oral presentation
- Receive dedicated guidance from expert tutors and thesis supervisors
- Access free graduate-level academic language classes to support your studies
Course Overview
This MA in Theology and Religion offers a flexible and advanced exploration of how spiritual traditions, sacred texts, and religious practices shape contemporary and historical societies. The program is designed to equip you with critical analysis skills for professional roles or further academic research, allowing you to tailor your studies to your specific interests. You will learn to engage robustly with complex, multidisciplinary issues in a globally relevant field.
Key Program Highlights
- Design a personalized academic pathway from a diverse range of specialized modules
- Develop advanced critical thinking by analyzing your own and others' presuppositions
- Gain highly transferable skills in research, written analysis, and oral presentation
- Receive dedicated guidance from expert tutors and thesis supervisors
- Access free graduate-level academic language classes to support your studies
Requirements
Modules
- LM Dissertation Preparation and Guided Reading
- LM Research Methods
- LM Dissertation
- LM Placement-based Dissertation
- Islamic Philosophy
- LM Approaches to the Study of Islam
- LM Auschwitz in History and Memory
- LM Continental Philosophy of Religion: Selected Themes and Issues
- LM Gender, Sexualities and Religion
- LM Governance and Public Law in Islamic Thought
- LM Hindu Approaches to Philosophy of Religion
- LM Historical and Contemporary Debates on the Holocaust
- LM Interfaith Relations and Issues
- LM Law and ethics as theology in Christian and Muslim thought and practice
- LM Mediaeval Arabic Thought
- LM Political Philosophy in Theological Ethics
- LM Psychology and Religion: Islamic Perspectives
- LM Religious Nationalism
- LM Special Study - Autumn
- LM Special Study - Spring
- LM Thematic Study of Shi’ism: History, Doctrines and Religious Authority
- Religion in Contemporary Global Politics I
