CENTRE of THEOLOGY and PHILOSOPHY

'Every doctrine which does not reach the one thing necessary, every separated philosophy, will remain deceived by false appearances. It will be a doctrine, it will not be Philosophy’ (Maurice Blondel, 1861-1949)

The Department of Theology and Religious Studies has vibrant atmosphere, where students of theology and philosophy interact with scholars of a diverse range of fields, including but not limited to biblical studies, sociology of religion, Islamic studies and critical theory. It is a fertile and friendly atmosphere for both taught and research MAs, where students often seek to organise their own activities, be it book groups or post-graduate research seminars.

Theology and Religious Studies Modules 2011/12

Autumn

Part I

V81001	Great Religious Texts I	Prof Philip Goodchild
V81103	Introduction to Biblical Hebrew	Dr Carly Crouch
V81105	Introduction to Biblical Greek 1	Mr Peter Watts
V81200	History of Christian Thought to 1600	Dr Mary Cunningham
V81202	Introduction to the Study of the New Testament	Prof Richard Bell
V81217	Introduction to Islam	Dr Jon Hoover

Part 2

V82100	Presentations	Prof Tom O’Loughlin
V82101/V83102	The Eucharist: An Historical Approach	Prof Tom O’Loughlin
V82121	Intermediate Biblical Hebrew	Dr Carly Crouch
V82122	Encountering God: Theology, Worship and Spirituality	Dr Chris Ellis
V82172	Literature and Religion: An Introduction	Dr Alison Milbank
V82182/V83182	Prophets and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible	Dr Carly Crouch
V82226	The Hindu Tradition	Dr Nick Sutton
V82227/V83278	The Trinity	Dr Karen Kilby
V82234/V83170	New Testament Greek Readings in the Gospel of Mark	Prof Roland Deines
V82283/V83167	The Jewish Context of Jesus and Early Christianity	Prof Roland Deines
V82302/V83304	Islamic Theology	Dr Jon Hoover
V82305	Forgiveness	Dr Stuart Jesson
V83171	Methodology and History of Jesus Research	Prof Roland Deines
V83257	Problems of Religious Diversity	Prof Philip Goodchild
V83276	Darwinism	Dr Conor Cunningham

MA Modules

V84121/V84256	Old Testament Interpretation in History, Theology and Practice	Dr Carly Crouch
V84132/V84252	Continental Philosophy of Religion	Prof Philip Goodchild
V84240/V84240	Central Issues in New Testament Theology	Prof Richard Bell
V84250/V84254	Methodology and History of Jesus Research	Prof Roland Deines
V84266/V84267	Theology, Philosophy and Language from Plato to Hegel	Dr Simon Oliver
V84332/V84333	Darwinism	Dr Conor Cunningham
V84334/V84335	Doing Theology with Richard Wagner	Prof Richard Bell

Spring

Part I

V81002	Great Religious Texts II	Prof Philip Goodchild
V81101	Introduction to the Study of the Hebrew Bible	Dr Carly Crouch
V81110	Introduction to Judaism	Dr Holger Zellentin
V81120	Philosophy for Theologians	Prof Agata Bielik-Robson
V81204	Biblical Hebrew Readings	Dr Carly Crouch
V81206	Introduction to Biblical Greek 2	Mr Peter Watts
V81248	Christian Thought in the Modern World	Dr Andrea Russell

Part 2

V82110	The Philosophy of Religion	Dr Conor Cunningham
V82201/V83201	Creation	Dr Simon Oliver
V82211	History of Muslim-Christian Relations	Mrs Jacqueline Hoover
V82213/V83213	Religion in Nineteenth-century Britain	Dr Frances Knight
V82214/V83156	The Theology of Paul	Prof Richard Bell
V82231	Jewish Theology and Philosophy: From Philo to Levinas	Prof Agata Bielik-Robson
V82236/V83242	Virtue Ethics and Literature	Dr Alison Milbank
V82241/V83244	Love and Death	Prof Philip Goodchild
V83136	Grace and Nature: From Blondel to Balthasar	Dr Conor Cunningham

MA Modules

V84126/V84127	Jewish Readings of Greek Tragedy	Prof Agata Bielik-Robson
V84130/V84259	20th Century Theology: Barth, Rahner and Balthasar	Dr Karen Kilby
V84143/V84253	Dante, Religion and Culture	Dr Alison Milbank
V84280/V84281	Justice	Prof John Milbank
V84147/V84336	The Theology of Paul	Prof Richard Bell