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Study Details:
This flexible programme examines Christian history and theology from a wide variety of different perspectives - systematic, historical, intellectual, social and ethical - from the early Church through to modern times.
These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, a minimum US 3.25 GPA, or its international equivalent, in theology/religious studies or a relevant field within humanities and social sciences.
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Compulsory courses
Creeds, Councils and Controversies I: Patristic and Medieval
Creeds, Councils and Controversies II: Reformation and Modern
two courses in research methods
Option courses
You will choose three options. At least one must be a theology in history course, such as:
African Christianity to 1500
Augustine: Confessions, City of God, On the Trinity
Christianity in Asia: 1700 to the Present
Jesus Christ in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Martyrdom, Monasticism and Mysticism: Women Writers of the Early and Medieval Church
Religion and the Enlightenment: the Birth of the Modern
Systematic Theology: Recent Perspectives
Theology in the Long Reformation 1400-1600
New College Collections: Archival History and Theology
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