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BA Comparative Religion and Social Anthropology

University of Manchester

Institution
University of Manchester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Religions and Theology
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
VL66
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB including one essay based subject

About this course

BA in Religions and Theology, focusing on religious traditions combined with social anthropology. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course examines diverse cultural practices, religious texts, and societal frameworks across historical and modern contexts over three years of full-time undergraduate study.

Modules

  • Introduction to the Study of Religions and Theology
  • Power and Culture: Inequality in Everyday Life
  • Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
  • Key Ideas in Social Anthropology
  • Intro to Ethnographic Reading
  • Histories of the Islamic World
  • Digital Greek New Testament
  • Introduction to Christianity
  • Introduction to Judaism
  • Religion, Ethics and the Environment
  • Truth and Truth Telling
  • Bible in Ancient and Modern Worlds
  • Being Human[e]: Theological Studies in Philosophy and Ethics
  • Standing on The Shoulders of Giants: Foundations for Study in The Arts
  • Regional Studies of Culture: 1
  • Regional Studies of Culture: 2
  • World Philosophies: Ethics and Ideas in the History of Thought
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • The Politics of Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Digital Greek New Testament
  • Religion, Culture and Gender
  • Biblical Hebrew
  • New Testament in Greek II
  • World Christianities
  • God at the Movies
  • Jewish Philosophy and Ethics
  • End of the World and Apocalypticism
  • Problems in Theology, Philosophy and Ethics: Evil
  • All about Eve: Encountering the First Woman from Antiquity to Today
  • Anthropology of Kinship, Gender and Sex
  • Political and Economic Anthropology
  • Anthropological Theory
  • The Ethnographer's Craft
  • Materiality and Representation
  • The Human and the Digital
  • Dissertation
  • Digital Greek New Testament
  • New Testament in Greek II
  • Science and Islam
  • Gender and Sexuality in the Bible
  • Paul: Theology, Ethics, Philosophy
  • Interdisciplinary Literature and Theology: Empathy, Ethics, Liberation
  • Making Sense of Christ
  • The Anthropology of Health and Wellbeing
  • Migrants, Borders and Im/mobilities
  • Screening Culture
  • Anthropology of Vision, Senses and Memory