Theology and Religion

Courses

Three or four papers are taken:

• The Christian doctrine of creation
  
• The study of religions
  
• The study of Old Testament set texts
  
• The study of New Testament set texts
  
• The history of the early Church
  
• Introduction to philosophy
  
• New Testament Greek
  
• Biblical Hebrew
  
• Classical Arabic
  
• Pali
• Sanskrit

Assessment

First University examinations:
One written paper in three or four subjects

Courses

Four compulsory core subjects

• History, literature and theology of the Old Testament (Hebrew as optional)
  

• History, literature and theology of the New Testament (Greek as optional)
  

• Development of the doctrine in the early church
  

• Plus one other
  

Four further options
You may choose between three tracks, from which you take four papers in all:

• Track One: at least two papers from a range which offers a more extensive study of the Old and New Testaments, with some use of biblical languages
• Track Two: two or three papers on the development of Christian doctrine and history from the early medieval period to modern times, Philosophy of religion and Christian moral reasoning
• Track Three: one paper on the nature of religious belief and two papers specializing in one of four major world religions – Judaism, Buddhism, Islam or Hinduism

Assessment

Final University examinations:
Eight written papers (four core papers and four options), plus an optional extended essay and optional papers in Greek and Hebrew