Religious Studies : BA Hons : V627

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Core

• Religions of the Modern World

Optional

• Buddhism and Modernity in Asian Societies
• Christianity in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations
• Constructing Ethics: Christianity and Islam
• Ethics: Theory and Practice
• Hinduism in the Modern World
• Indian Politics, Society and Religion
• Islam: Tradition, Community and Contemporary Challenges
• Religion and Society
• Western Philosophy and Religious Thought

Optional

• Early Christianity
• Indian Religious and Philosophical Thought
• Media, Religion and Politics
• Modern Christian thought
• Modern Religious and Atheistic Thought
• New religions and alternative spiritualities
• PPR in Education
• Reading Buddhism
• Reading Islam
• Religion and politics
• Religion and Violence
• Religion in schools
• Religions in the Modern World
• The Ritual and Social Contexts of Spirit Possession

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.