Religion (with pathways in Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Religion in Contemporary Society and Systematic Theology)

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

For all pathways, you are required to take the following module:

• Dissertation (60 credits)

Part-time students take the dissertation in their second year.

MA Religion (without a pathway)

In addition, you are required to take up to 120 credits of optional modules, of which 40 credits may be taken from outside the Department with the permission of the course convenor from a list of optional modules which may typically include:

• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (20 Credits)
• Paul’s Writings: Special Study of Chosen Passages (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts A (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts B (20 Credits)
• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, Representation (20 Credits)
• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)
• Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions (20 Credits)
• Religion and Politics in Western Societies (20 Credits)
• Contemporary Religious Movements (20 Credits)
• The Anthropology of Ontology and Religious Innovation (20 Credits)
• Modern Doctrine (20 Credits)
• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• The Christian Text (20 Credits)
• Revelation and Reason: Content and Method in Systematic Theology (20 Credits)
• Identities & Communities in Flux: Texts and Methods in Jewish Studies (20 Credits)
• Religion & the Modern State: Jewish and Other Perspectives (20 Credits)
• Rabbinic Texts and the Readers: Gender, Sexuality and the Body (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)
• Classics of Sufi Literature (20 Credits)
• An Introduction to Buddhism Through its Arts (20 Credits)
• Regional Buddhism (20 Credits)
• Issues and Themes in Contemporary Islamic Thinking (20 Credits)
• Intellectual History of the Muslim World (20 Credits)
• Philosophy, Literature and the Human Condition (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts A (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts B (20 Credits)
• The Gospels (20 Credits)
• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)
• The Devotional Use of Art in Christianity (20 Credits)
• Art as a Theological Medium (20 Credits)
• Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art (20 credits)

Part-time students on the MA Religion without a pathway are required to take 80 credits of optional modules in their first year. In their second year they are required to take the 60 credit dissertation module and 40 credits of optional modules.

Biblical Studies pathway

In addition you are required to take two optional modules (40 credits) from a specialist list of optional modules that may typically include:

• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (20 Credits)
• Paul’s Writings: Special Study of Chosen Passages (20 Credits)

You are also required to take up to 80 credits of optional modules, of which 40 credits may be taken from outside the Department with the permission of the course convenor. The list of optional modules within the Department may typically include:

• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (20 Credits)
• Paul’s Writings: Special Study of Chosen Passages (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts A (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts B (20 Credits)
• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, Representation (20 Credits)
• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)
• Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions (20 Credits)
• Religion and Politics in Western Societies (20 Credits)
• Contemporary Religious Movements (20 Credits)
• The Anthropology of Ontology and Religious Innovation (20 Credits)
• Modern Doctrine (20 Credits)
• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• The Christian Text (20 Credits)
• Revelation and Reason: Content and Method in Systematic Theology (20 Credits)
• Identities & Communities in Flux: Texts and Methods in Jewish Studies (20 Credits)
• Religion & the Modern State: Jewish and Other Perspectives (20 Credits)
• Rabbinic Texts and the Readers: Gender, Sexuality and the Body (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)
• Classics of Sufi Literature (20 Credits)
• An Introduction to Buddhism Through its Arts (20 Credits)
• Regional Buddhism (20 Credits)
• Issues and Themes in Contemporary Islamic Thinking (20 Credits)
• Intellectual History of the Muslim World (20 Credits)
• Philosophy, Literature and the Human Condition (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts A (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts B (20 Credits)
• The Gospels (20 Credits)
• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)
• The Devotional Use of Art in Christianity (20 Credits)
• Art as a Theological Medium (20 Credits)
• Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art (20 Credits)

The following typical optional modules are associated with the pathway:

• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, Representation (20 Credits)
• The Gospels (20 Credits)
• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts A (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts B (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts A (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts B (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)
• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)

Religion in Contemporary Society pathway

In addition you are required to take two optional modules (40 credits) from a specialist list of optional modules that may typically include:

• Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions (20 Credits)
• Religion and Politics in Western Societies (20 Credits)
• Contemporary Religious Movements (20 Credits)

You are also required to take up to 80 credits of optional modules, of which 40 credits may be taken from outside the Department with the permission of the course convenor. The list of optional modules within the Department may typically include:

• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (20 Credits)
• Paul’s Writings: Special Study of Chosen Passages (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts A (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts B (20 Credits)
• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, Representation (20 Credits)
• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)
• Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions (20 Credits)
• Religion and Politics in Western Societies (20 Credits)
• Contemporary Religious Movements (20 Credits)
• Modern Doctrine (20 Credits)
• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• The Christian Text (20 Credits)
• Revelation and Reason: Content and Method in Systematic Theology (20 Credits)
• Identities & Communities in Flux: Texts and Methods in Jewish Studies (20 Credits)
• Religion & the Modern State: Jewish and Other Perspectives (20 Credits)
• Rabbinic Texts and the Readers: Gender, Sexuality and the Body (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)
• Classics of Sufi Literature (20 Credits)
• An Introduction to Buddhism Through its Arts (20 Credits)
• Regional Buddhism (20 Credits)
• Issues and Themes in Contemporary Islamic Thinking (20 Credits)
• Intellectual History of the Muslim World (20 Credits)
• Philosophy, Literature and the Human Condition (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts A (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts B (20 Credits)
• The Gospels (20 Credits)
• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)
• The Devotional Use of Art in Christianity (20 Credits)
• Art as a Theological Medium (20 Credits)
• Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art (20 Credits)

The following typical optional module is highlighted as being associated with this pathway:

• The Anthropology of Ontology and Religious Innovation (20 Credits)

Systematic Theology pathway

In addition, you are required to take two optional modules (40 credits) from a specialist list of optional modules that may typically include:

• Modern Doctrine (20 credits)
• Interpreting the Bible (20 credits)
• The Christian Text (20 credits)

You are also required to take up to 80 credits of optional modules, of which 40 credits may be taken from outside the Department with the permission of the course convenor. The list of optional modules within the Department may typically include:

• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (20 Credits)
• Paul’s Writings: Special Study of Chosen Passages (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts A (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts B (20 Credits)
• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, Representation (20 Credits)
• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)
• Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions (20 Credits)
• Religion and Politics in Western Societies (20 Credits)
• Contemporary Religious Movements (20 Credits)
• The Anthropology of Ontology and Religious Innovation (20 Credits)
• Modern Doctrine (20 Credits)
• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• The Christian Text (20 Credits)
• Identities & Communities in Flux: Texts and Methods in Jewish Studies (20 Credits)
• Religion & the Modern State: Jewish and Other Perspectives (20 Credits)
• Rabbinic Texts and the Readers: Gender, Sexuality and the Body (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)
• Classics of Sufi Literature (20 Credits)
• An Introduction to Buddhism Through its Arts (20 Credits)
• Regional Buddhism (20 Credits)
• Issues and Themes in Contemporary Islamic Thinking (20 Credits)
• Intellectual History of the Muslim World (20 Credits)
• Philosophy, Literature and the Human Condition (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts A (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts B (20 Credits)
• The Gospels (20 Credits)
• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)
• The Devotional Use of Art in Christianity (20 Credits)
• Art as a Theological Medium (20 Credits)
• Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art (20 Credits)

The following typical optional module is highlighted as being associated with the pathway:

• Revelation and Reason: Content and Method in Systematic Theology (20 Credits)

Jewish Studies pathway

In addition, you are required to take two optional modules (40 credits) from a specialist list that may typically include:

• Identities & Communities in Flux: Texts and Methods in Jewish Studies (20 credits)
• Rabbinic Texts and the Readers: Gender, Sexuality and the Body (20 credits)
• Religion & the Modern State: Jewish and Other Perspectives (20 credits)

You are also required to take up to 80 credits of optional modules, of which 40 credits may be taken from outside the Department with the permission of the course convenor. The list of optional modules within the Department may typically include:

• Religion and Politics in Western Societies (20 Credits)
• Contemporary Religious Movements (20 Credits)
• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament (20 Credits)
• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)
• Interpreting the Bible (20 Credits)
• Paul’s Writings: Special Study of Chosen Passages (20 Credits)
• Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: Gospels, Reception, Representation (20 Credits)
• The Gospels (20 Credits)
• Identities & Communities in Flux: Texts and Methods in Jewish Studies (20 credits)
• Rabbinic Texts and the Readers: Gender, Sexuality and the Body (20 credits)
• Religion & the Modern State: Jewish and Other Perspectives (20 credits)
• Revelation and Reason: Content and Method in Systematic Theology (20 Credits)
• Modern Doctrine (20 Credits)
• The Christian Text (20 Credits)
• Classics of Sufi Literature (20 credits)
• Intellectual History of the Muslim World (20 Credits)
• Issues and Themes in Contemporary Islamic Thinking (20 Credits)
• An Introduction to Buddhism Through its Arts (20 Credits)
• Regional Buddhism (20 Credits)
• The Anthropology of Ontology and Religious Innovation (20 Credits)
• Shamanism, Animism, Dreams and Religious Visions (20 Credits)
• Philosophy, Literature and the Human Condition (20 Credits)
• Religion and Spirituality in Modern Art (20 Credits)
• The Devotional Use of Art in Christianity (20 Credits)
• Art as a Theological Medium (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)
• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)
• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek withTexts A (20 Credits)
• Introductory New Testament Greek with Texts B (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts A (20 Credits)
• Advanced Greek Texts B (20 Credits)

The following typical optional modules are highlighted as being associated with the pathway:

• Introductory Biblical Hebrew I (20 Credits)

• Introductory Biblical Hebrew II (20 Credits)

• Advanced Hebrew Texts (20 Credits)

• Cosmology and Chaos in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (20 Credits)

• The Bible and Archaeology (20 Credits)

• Exile and Identity: The Jews of Christian and Muslim Spain (20 Credits; outside the Department)

• A History of Arab-Israelis Conflict (20 Credits; outside the Department)

Part-time students on the MA Religion with a pathway are required to take 40 credits within the specialist list for their pathway and 40 credits of optional modules in their first year. In their second year they are required to take the 60 credit dissertation module and 40 credits of optional modules.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to date, innovative and relevant programmesof study. Therefore, modules offered may change.