Theology & Religious Studies Research
PhD
In London
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
London
Overview
REF rankings 2014: The Department ranked 3rd in the country according to the ‘power’ metric, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and received an outstanding score for the impact of its research. Overall, 76% of the Department’s research was rated 3* or 4* - indicating internationally excellent and world-leading quality – in the REF, which assesses the quality of research taking place between 2008 and 2013 in UK higher education institutions.
Current number of academic staff: 28
Current number of research students: 120
Recent publications:
Visualising a Sacred City: London, Art and Religion.
London Youth, Religion and Politics: Engagement and Activism from Brixton to Brick Lane.
Beauty in Sufism: The Teachings of Rūzbihān Baqlī.
Nobody Owns the Moon: The Ethics of Space Exploitation.
A Philosophy of Tragedy.
Current research projects:
Pre-reform Buddhist meditation practices of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
A Visual Commentary on Scripture
Identities and Beliefs in the Eastern Mediterranean (6th-8th centuries)
The philosophy of religious experience and desire
Partner organisations: London School of Jewish Studies & Leo Baeck College, and the National Gallery.
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Subjects
- Politics
- Staff
- Religious Studies
- Theology
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Quality
- Quality Training
Course programme
The lively research-orientated atmosphere of our department offers a stimulating environment for graduate research.
The department represents a broad range of overlapping research areas. Students can pursue traditional areas of study through Theology (Systematics; Philosophical Theology; Patristics and Medieval Theology; History of Christianity in the reformation and modern period; Biblical Theology, Ethics, Business Ethics, and Christianity and the Arts) and Biblical Studies (literary, ideological and theological approaches to the Hebrew Bible; Second Temple Judaism, gender and the Dead Sea Scrolls; New Testament studies, including biography, genre, environment and ethics). Central to our department too is the social scientific study of religion (anthropology, sociology, history and politics), together with philosophy of religion, the world of Jews in modern Europe, contemporary Islamic thought, and Chinese religions. Staff are engaged in research and publishing at the cutting edge of their areas, and several are involved in editing leading academic journals and monograph series.
Students pursue their research by working with a supervisor, and the department's graduate seminars and day conferences offer excellent opportunities for interaction with other staff and students, including the chance to try out research papers on a friendly audience. We pride ourselves on the quality of our research training at every level.
Theology & Religious Studies Research