GDip Theology And Religion

Interested in theology but have a degree in another discipline? Take this conversion course to enable you to study for an MA in Theology and Religion.

This course is intended for those who hold a Bachelor’s degree in another discipline, but who wish to acquire a knowledge of Theology and Religion at a level which would permit them to undertake further study in the subject.

There are five or six optional modules to choose from, with no core modules on the course. The range of optional modules available varies from year to year.

Examples of optional modules:

Optional modules in previous years have included two choices from:

• Landscapes of Worship in Contemporary South Asia
• Literature and Theology of the Old Testament
• New Testament Theology
• Topics in Christian Ethics
• Death, Ritual and Belief
• The Reformation and its Legacy
• Christian Theology: Essential Questions I
• Christian Theology: Essential Questions II
• God, Freedom and the Soul
• Philosophy and the Christian Tradition
• One further 20 credit module offered by the Department of Theology & Religion at Levels 1 or 2.

Plus three or four choices from:

• Aramaic
• Biblical Theology
• Advanced Greek Texts
• New Testament Ethics
• Issues in Old Testament Studies
• The First Urban Churches
• Religion and Film
• Emotion and Identity in Religion
• The Sociology of Conservative Protestantism
• The Postmodern God
• Peter and the Petrine Tradition (English)
• Peter and the Petrine Tradition (with Greek)
• Christian Tradition and the Practice of Politics
• The Letters of John and the origins of Gnosticism (English)
• The Letters of John and the origins of Gnosticism (Greek)
• The Historical Jesus
• Reading Greek Sources about the Historical Jesus
• Jesus Christ in the Twentieth Century
• Faith and the Experience of War in the Christian World
• Religions in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Thomas Aquinas: Background, context and Legacy
• Religion, Media and Popular Culture
• Graduate Diploma Dissertation (counts as 2 choices)