BA Theology and Religion
About this course
BA in Theology and Religion, a theology and religion degree focused on the academic study of religious traditions, texts, and histories. Core topics include Statistics, Fieldwork, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme covers the origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alongside ethics, philosophy, and the relationship between religion and science. Throughout the first year, students complete compulsory modules such as The Bible: Past and Present, What is Religion?, Reform, Retreat and Reinvention: A History of Christianity, and God and the World: Constructive Christian Theology, which introduce foundational concepts and historical traditions. Optional modules in the first year allow study in areas such as Biblical Hebrew, religion in the modern world, and material culture. In subsequent years, students choose from optional modules covering topics including New Testament letters, church architecture, the history of encounters between philosophy and theology, and the reception of Jesus. The curriculum also incorporates opportunities to examine religious communities in the Middle East and the interactions between different faiths.
Modules
- The Bible: Past and Present
- What is Religion?
- Reform, Retreat and Reinvention: A History of Christianity
- God and the World: Constructive Christian Theology
- Religious Communities of the Middle East: Culture, Endangerment and Survival
- Introducing Biblical Hebrew
- Religion in the Modern World
- Religion and Material Culture
- Introducing Social-Scientific Approaches to Religion
- Intermediate Biblical Hebrew
- Reading New Testament Letters
- Building God's House: The Origins of Church Architecture
- The Invention of God
- Conflicts and Encounters between Religions: War, Peace, Politics and the Quest for Dialogue
- History of Encounters between Philosophy and Theology
- Poets as Theologians
- Jesus: Histories and Receptions
- Early Christians and the Jewish Law: Puzzling over Paul's Roman and Galatian Letters with Ancient and Modern Readers