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BA (Hons) Theology & Religious Studies

Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This degree allows you to study Christian Theology while exploring other major religious traditions of the world. We live in an increasingly interconnected and fast-moving world. Ideas and people are on the move – and the ability to understand the perspectives of others, to learn from them, and to enter into conversation with them is essential for the future. Our Theology and Religious Studies degree is designed to help you to be at the cutting edge of that dialogue.

You will investigate the rich history and diversity of human religious experience and look in detail at how the lives of billions of people worldwide are shaped and affected by religious identity and faith questions. The degree combines the study of Christian theology with exploring several other major World Religions. It emphasises the possibilities – and limits – for dialogue between the religions, explicitly focusing on practical issues such as ethics. Study with us, and you will be taken to the very heart of some of the significant problems that are faced by our Age.

General Eligibility

A-Levels BBC

UCAS Tariff Points 112 UCAS Tariff points must come from at least two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications.

BTEC DMM

Access to HE 112 Tariff Points

IB 28

Irish Leaving Certificate 112 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only

Welsh Baccalaureate This qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications.

T-Levels 120 Tariff Points / Merit

Subject Requirements No specific subject requirements

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Foundations in Theology and Religious Studies

  • Introducing Theology

  • Who is Jesus?

  • Introduction to the Bible 

  • Christian Initiation 

  • Mediaeval Spirituality 

  • Introduction to the Study of Religion 

  • African Traditional Religion

  • Introduction to Islam

  • Introduction to Judaism 

  • Introduction to Hinduism 

  • Religion and Violence in Liverpool 

2 Year 2
  • Explorations in Theology and Religious Studies

  • Reformation Theology and Responses 

  • New Testament Epistolary Literature 

  • Theology in an Age of Enlightenment 

  • Biblical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Sexuality

  • Ethics and Evil

  • Religion and Conflict in Old (and New) England 

  • Religious Ethics and Spirituality

  • Christianity

  • Buddhism

  • Islamic law and society 

3 Year 3
  • Advanced Studies in Theology and Religious Studies

  • Post/Modern Theology and the Darkness of God 

  • Christian Spirituality

  • Theological Trends in Eastern Christianity in the Twentieth Century and Beyond 

  • Theology and Disability Studies 

  • Islamic political thought

  • Judaism in the Shadow of the Shoah (Holocaust)

  • Islamic Sufism (mysticism) 

  • Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation 

Language Requirement

IELTS 6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score below 5.5.

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