MA Christian Theology (Anglican Studies)

Explore ethical, philosophical and systematic theology, historical theology and church history in the Anglican tradition

This course focuses on the Anglican theological tradition within the more general context of Christian theology. Durham offers unparalleled resources for the theological study of Anglicanism, a strong basis for which is provided by the Department’s close historical links with Durham Cathedral, the seat of numerous theologian-bishops.

Course Structure

• Classic Texts in Christian Theology – core module
• Three optional modules
• Dissertation.

Core modules:

• Classic Texts in Christian Theology
• Dissertation.

Examples of optional modules:

Optional modules in previous years have included 2-3 choices from:

• Anglican Theology in Context
• Liturgy and Sacramentality
• Ritual, Symbolism and Belief in the Anthropology of Religion
• Ecclesiology and Ethnography
• Selected modules from the MA in Theology and Ministry course.

Plus up to 1 choice from:

• Paul and his Interpreters
• Gospels and Canon
• The Bible and Hermeneutics
• Patristic Exegesis
• Patristic Ecclesiology
• Christian Northumbria 600-750
• England’s Religious Revolution 1640-1660
• Conceiving Change in Contemporary Catholicism
• Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology
• Christian Gender
• Principles of Theological Ethics
• Theology, Ethics and Medicine
• Social Scientific Methods in the Study of Religion
• Literature and Religion
• Advanced Hebrew Texts
• Advanced Aramaic
• Middle Egyptian
• The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the New Testament
• Catholic Social Thought
• Doctrine of Creation
• Selected modules from the MA in Theology and Ministry course
• Level 3 undergraduate module, or any Level 1 – 2 language module offered by the Department of Theology and Religion, taken in conjunction with the designated Extended Study in Theology & Religion module
• 30 credits from another Board of Studies (including appropriate credit-bearing language modules offered by the University’s Centre for Foreign Language Study).