Philosophy and Theology

Courses

Philosophy:

• Introduction to philosophy: General philosophy; Moral philosophy; Logic

Theology (two or three taken):

• The Christian doctrine of creation; The study of religions; Old Testament set texts; New Testament set texts; Church history; New Testament Greek; Biblical Hebrew; Classical Arabic; Pali; Sanskrit

Assessment

First University examinations (taken after the second term): Three or four written papers (one in Philosophy, two or three in Theology)

Compulsory core subjects:

Philosophy:

• Either History of Philosophy from Descartes to Kant, or Plato’s Republic, or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics; Philosophy of Religion; either Knowledge and Reality, or Ethics

Theology:

• The Gospels and Jesus; God, Christ and salvation; either Development of doctrine in the early church, or Christian moral reasoning

Further Options:

• Two further subjects (one may be an extended essay), either both in Philosophy, or both in Theology, or one in Theology and one in Philosophy

Assessment

Final University examinations: Eight written papers (either five in Philosophy and three in Theology, or five in Theology and three in Philosophy, or four in each). A thesis may replace one written paper