Description

Type

Bachelor's degree
Location

London

Duration

3 Years

This new and innovative degree links political science, sociological, and anthropological perspectives to illuminate religion’s role in domestic and global contexts, and, conversely, explores how contemporary religious expressions shape and are shaped by cultural, social and political trends. This is a pioneering programme and is the first of its kind in the UK.

Facilities

London

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Start date

On request

About this course

Course objectives

King’s is home to a large, vibrant Department of Theology & Religious Studies, with special expertise in Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism and a variety of contemporary religious movements.

The Department is ranked joint third in the UK for world-leading and internationally excellent research.

Our teaching makes the most of London’s rich religious culture, incorporating many places of worship and the collections of the British Museum.

King's central location offers easy access to numerous libraries across London.

Students develop key transferable skills which can lead to a variety of careers.

Who is it intended for?

A Religion, Politics & Society degree at King’s will equip you with key transferable skills in critical analysis, argument and communication that are indispensable in a wide variety of occupations.

King’s students go on to careers in: government, the Civil Service, non-government organisations, social services, the caring professions, charities, law, the City, academia, PR and advertising, journalism and the media, entertainment and the arts, the church and other religious organisations.

Recent graduates from Theology and Religious Studies have found employment as an Insight Manager at ISPUN, a Sales Executive at an Events company, a PR Assistant, a Research Ethics Co-ordinator at the National Research Ethics Service, a Researcher, at the Houses of Parliament, a Trainee Accountant, a Children/ Family Worker at Regents Trust, a Publishing Assistant at Allison and Busby, a Research Assistant at Tyndale House and a Company Director at a Musical Entertainment company

Requirements

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.

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Greek
Hebrew
Politics
Theology
Philosophy
Ethics
Christianity
Study Skills
Sociology of Religion
Anthropology
Religion

Course programme

1st Year

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

Study Skills (15 credits)
Introduction to the Sociology of Religion (15 credits)
Introduction to the Anthropology of Religion (15 credits)
Introduction to Religion & Politics (15 credits)

You are also required to take two modules from the following list:

Introduction to Islam (15 credits)
Introduction to Jewish Thought & Practice (15 credits)
Introduction to Buddhism (15 credits)

Optional Modules

You are also required to take a further 30 credits from a wide range of optional modules that may typically include:

Elements of Ethics (15 credits)
Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts (30 credits)
From Machiavelli to Bodin: Renaissance & Reformation Political Thought (15 credits)
Thinking about Evil (15 credits)
Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (15 credits)
Introduction to Modern Christianity & Culture (15 credits)
Introduction to Early & Medieval Christianity & Culture (15 credits)

2nd Year

Full-time students have the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner universities around the world in your second year. Our current partner universities include:

University of Helsinki
National University of Singapore
University of Toronto (semester one or full year only)
University of North Carolina
Süleyman Demirel University
University of Sydney
George Washington University

Required Modules

You are required to take modules totalling 45 credits from a list that may typically include:

Religion in Different Social & Geo-Political Contexts: Anthropological Perspectives (15 credits)
Religion in International Relations (15 credits)
Leadership in Religion & Politics (15 credits)
Modern Islam I: History & Politics (15 credits)
Religious Differences: Jewish, Christian & other Perspectives (15 credits)

Optional Modules

You are also required to take modules totalling 75 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

An Introduction to the Doctrine of the Person of Christ (15 credits)
Intermediate Greek with Texts (15 credits)
Paul in Context (15 credits)
Religion, Culture & Society in Reformation Europe (15 credits)
Ritual in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (15 credits)
Salvation & the City: Christian Faith & the Arts (15 credits)
Applied Ethics (15 credits)
Philosophy & Film (15 credits)
Religion in Different Social & Geopolitical Contexts - Anthropological Perspectives (15 credits)
New Testament Greek & Exegesis A (15 credits)
The Bible in Modern Imagination (15 credits)
Theological Themes of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (15 credits)
‘What is Christianity?’: Patristic Perspectives (15 credits)
Between Revolutions: British Christianity 1689–1860 (15 credits)
Faith & Enlightenment: Philosophies of Religion from Anselm to Kant (15 credits)
Buddhist Ethics (15 credits)
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (30 credits)

3rd Year

Required Modules

You are required to take 30 credits from a list that may typically include:

The Anthropology of Dreams, Visions and Shamanism (15 credits)
Religion, Politics & Global Media (15 credits)
New Religious Movements in Global Perspective (15 credits)

Optional Modules

You are also required to take modules totalling 90 credits from a range of optional modules that may typically include:

Varieties of Religious Experience: Christianity in Britain 1850–1970 (15 credits)
Anthropology of Dreams, Visions & Shamanism (15 credits)
The English Reformation (15 credits)
Exploring New Testament Theology I (15 credits)
Hebrew Texts – Prose (15 credits)
Special Questions in Social Ethics (15 credits)
Principles of Systematic Theology (15 credits)
Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World (15 credits)
Law & Ethics in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (15 credits)
Women & Gender in the Bible (15 credits)
European Jews & the Orient (15 credits
Contemporary Theology & Philosophy (15 credits)
The Search for Meaning (15 credits)
Philosophy of Religious Life (15 credits)
Theravada Buddhism (15 credits)
Theology, Vulnerability & Culture: Shakespeare & Modernity (15 credits)
Independent Study Project (30 credits), which should be in the study of religion from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology or politics

Additional information

International tuition fee - £18,900 per year.

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