DPT: Religious Studies (MA Hons) (UTRELSTUDI1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Students in this degree programme can pursue studies in the following religious traditions: Asian Religions, Christianity, Indigenous Religions, Islam, Judaism.

Students must take a minimum of 80 credits in the School of Divinity (School B) OR in a religious tradition offered by LLC (School G).

Compulsory courses

Studying Religions

Theology and Religious Studies Foundation Seminar

Course options

Students should take at least two of the courses below over Year 1 and 2.

Selected courses must be passed

Buddhism in Global Contexts

Religion in Modern Britain

Global Indigenous Religions

Jews and Muslims: Religions, Cultures, Histories

AND

Modern East Asian History A

Modern East Asian History B

Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World

Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'

Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges

Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict

Introduction to Islam

Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures

AND

You may select 40 credits of further courses in the School of Divinity, or select courses from outside the School.

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Students must take a minimum of 80 credits in the School of Divinity (School B) or in a religious tradition offered by LLC (School G).

Compulsory courses

Studying Religions

Course options

Students should take at least three of the courses below over Year 1 and 2.

Selected courses must be passed

Buddhism in Global Contexts

Religion in Modern Britain

Global Indigenous Religions

Jews and Muslims: Religions, Cultures, Histories

AND

Islamic History A: The Formation of the Islamic World

Islamic History B: From the Crusades to the 'Gunpowder Empires'

Modern Middle Eastern History A: Domestic Transformation and International Challenges

Modern Middle Eastern History B: Postwar Independence and Conflict

Introduction to Islam

Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures

AND

Sanskrit 2

Arabic 2

History of Art 2

Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History

Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World

The Transformation of the Roman World, ca. 300-800: Towards Byzantium and the Early Medieval West

Roman Art and Archaeology

Greek Art and Archaeology

Classical Literature 2: Greek and Roman Epic

Greek 2A

Greek 2a Ex-Beginners

Latin 2A

Latin 2B

Music 2D: Theory and Practice of Music Technology

Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism

Music 2B: Music and Ideas from Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century

Making and Breaking Medieval Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales c.1100 - c1500

Themes in Scottish History since 1560

Students on this combined studies track should choose one first Semester course and one second Semester course with matching prefixes

International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond

Comparative Politics in a Globalized World

Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field

Ethnography: Theory and Practice

Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically

Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life

European Social Policy

Social Policy Enquiry

You may select 40 credits of further courses in the School of Divinity, or select courses from outside the School

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

During Year 3 students must prepare for their dissertation. Further information about this will be provided.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Adam, Eve and LGBT+: Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

The Dark Lord: God and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Religion and the Climate Crisis

Emotion, Spirituality and Mysticism in Early Modern Christianity

Theology in the Age of Technology

Ancient Wisdom: Biblical sages and their writings

Buddhist Literature

Islamic Theology: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

Christianity in Africa to 1500

Lived Theology

The New Testament in the Graeco-Roman World

The Apostle Paul in and beyond the New Testament

The Holocaust in History and Culture

Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation

Religion and Ethics in Literature

Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914

Christianity and Colonialism in Africa, 1800 to the present

Augustine in his Age

Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999

The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451

Early Christian Writers

Byzantine Church and Society 451-1672

Church, Sacraments and Ministry

Pastoral Care and Theology

Modern Christology

Christian Ethics

Homiletics

Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Theology and Contemporary Science

Mission in Contemporary Scotland

Scottish Theology

Film, Religion and Ethics

Food in Christian Religion

Theological Ethics in Continental European Perspective

Reformations: Britain and Ireland 1475-1600

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Religions in Africa

Buddhist Ethics

Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue

Contemporary Systematic Theologies

Literature of the Islamic World

Islamic Law: From Prayer to Politics

Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination

Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Jesus

God of the Oppressed: Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam

Peacebuilding, Religion and the Arts

Biblical Hebrew Texts A

Biblical Hebrew Texts B

Advanced Greek Texts

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus in Film

Women and Gender in the New Testament World

The Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Issues

The Gospels

Hebrew Prophecy

Aramaic

Early Christian Greek Texts

Early Jewish Texts

Old Testament Texts

Old Testament Texts 2

Second Temple Judaism

Historical Jesus

Old Testament Theology

New Testament Themes

Parables in Practice

Bible and Archaeology

Introducing New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Jesus in and beyond the New Testament

Newman - Anglican and Catholic

Reformations: Continental Europe 1475-1600

Religion, Covenants and Revolution in Britain and Ireland c. 1600-1660

Theravada Buddhism

The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana

Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion

Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism

Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics

Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World

Theories of Religion

Metaphysics and Morality

Doctrine of Creation

The Theology of Karl Barth

Body, Soul and Self: Theological Anthropology

Modern Theology: From the French Revolution to the First World War

Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace

Theology that Liberates: From Latin American to Queer Theology

Conflicts and Controversies in Islam: Theology, Law and Politics

The Importance of Being Islamic: Explorations in Premodern Muslim Thought

Public Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Pioneers of Political Islam

Political Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Christianity and Politics in Latin America, 1800 to the present

Christians and Other Animals

The Future of the End of the World: Interdisciplinary Interpretations

Science, Sorcery and Wonder in Islam

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture

Intermediate New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Classical Syriac (Honours)

Introducing Sanskrit (Honours)

Intermediate Sanskrit (Honours)

Religion and Culture in the Modern Middle East

Buddhist Monasticism Across Time and Place

Christianity and the Crisis of Faith in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

Gender in Islam

Christianity in Ukraine (988 to the present)

Race and Religiosity

AND

Adam, Eve and LGBT+: Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

The Dark Lord: God and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Religion and the Climate Crisis

Emotion, Spirituality and Mysticism in Early Modern Christianity

Theology in the Age of Technology

Ancient Wisdom: Biblical sages and their writings

Buddhist Literature

Islamic Theology: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

Christianity in Africa to 1500

Lived Theology

The New Testament in the Graeco-Roman World

The Apostle Paul in and beyond the New Testament

The Holocaust in History and Culture

Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation

Religion and Ethics in Literature

Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914

Christianity and Colonialism in Africa, 1800 to the present

Augustine in his Age

Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999

The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451

Early Christian Writers

Byzantine Church and Society 451-1672

Church, Sacraments and Ministry

Pastoral Care and Theology

Modern Christology

Christian Ethics

Homiletics

Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Theology and Contemporary Science

Mission in Contemporary Scotland

Scottish Theology

Film, Religion and Ethics

Food in Christian Religion

Theological Ethics in Continental European Perspective

Reformations: Britain and Ireland 1475-1600

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Religions in Africa

Buddhist Ethics

Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue

Contemporary Systematic Theologies

Literature of the Islamic World

Islamic Law: From Prayer to Politics

Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination

Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Jesus

God of the Oppressed: Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam

Peacebuilding, Religion and the Arts

Biblical Hebrew Texts A

Biblical Hebrew Texts B

Advanced Greek Texts

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus in Film

Women and Gender in the New Testament World

The Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Issues

The Gospels

Hebrew Prophecy

Aramaic

Early Christian Greek Texts

Early Jewish Texts

Old Testament Texts

Old Testament Texts 2

Second Temple Judaism

Historical Jesus

Old Testament Theology

New Testament Themes

Parables in Practice

Bible and Archaeology

Introducing New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Jesus in and beyond the New Testament

Newman - Anglican and Catholic

Reformations: Continental Europe 1475-1600

Religion, Covenants and Revolution in Britain and Ireland c. 1600-1660

Theravada Buddhism

The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana

Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion

Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism

Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics

Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World

Theories of Religion

Metaphysics and Morality

Doctrine of Creation

The Theology of Karl Barth

Body, Soul and Self: Theological Anthropology

Modern Theology: From the French Revolution to the First World War

Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace

Theology that Liberates: From Latin American to Queer Theology

Conflicts and Controversies in Islam: Theology, Law and Politics

The Importance of Being Islamic: Explorations in Premodern Muslim Thought

Public Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Pioneers of Political Islam

Political Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Christianity and Politics in Latin America, 1800 to the present

Christians and Other Animals

The Future of the End of the World: Interdisciplinary Interpretations

Science, Sorcery and Wonder in Islam

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture

Intermediate New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Classical Syriac (Honours)

Introducing Sanskrit (Honours)

Intermediate Sanskrit (Honours)

Religion and Culture in the Modern Middle East

Buddhist Monasticism Across Time and Place

Christianity and the Crisis of Faith in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

Gender in Islam

Christianity in Ukraine (988 to the present)

Race and Religiosity

Students should check with Asian Studies to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues

Japanese Religions in the Modern Era

The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism

China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence

Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia

Students should check with IMES to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Mystical Islam (Sufism)

Cinema and Society in the Middle East

Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision

Islam Through the Arts

Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature

The First Muslim Empire: The Islamic World before Sunnism and Shi'ism

Gender and Media in the Arab World

The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book

Islamic Movements in the 20th-21st Century

Muslims in Europe

History and Culture of Iran

The Ottoman World: the Society, Culture and Legacy of Islam's Last Empire

Globalized Muslim Politics

The Seventh Century: The Transformation of East Rome and the Rise of Islam

Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World

International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World

Muslim Africa in Global Perspective

Gulf Histories, Cultures, and Societies

AND

Adam, Eve and LGBT+: Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

The Dark Lord: God and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Religion and the Climate Crisis

Emotion, Spirituality and Mysticism in Early Modern Christianity

Theology in the Age of Technology

Ancient Wisdom: Biblical sages and their writings

Buddhist Literature

Islamic Theology: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

Christianity in Africa to 1500

Lived Theology

The New Testament in the Graeco-Roman World

The Apostle Paul in and beyond the New Testament

The Holocaust in History and Culture

Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation

Religion and Ethics in Literature

Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914

Christianity and Colonialism in Africa, 1800 to the present

Augustine in his Age

Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999

The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451

Early Christian Writers

Byzantine Church and Society 451-1672

Church, Sacraments and Ministry

Pastoral Care and Theology

Modern Christology

Christian Ethics

Homiletics

Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Theology and Contemporary Science

Mission in Contemporary Scotland

Scottish Theology

Film, Religion and Ethics

Food in Christian Religion

Theological Ethics in Continental European Perspective

Reformations: Britain and Ireland 1475-1600

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Religions in Africa

Buddhist Ethics

Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue

Contemporary Systematic Theologies

Literature of the Islamic World

Islamic Law: From Prayer to Politics

Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination

Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Jesus

God of the Oppressed: Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam

Peacebuilding, Religion and the Arts

Biblical Hebrew Texts A

Biblical Hebrew Texts B

Advanced Greek Texts

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus in Film

Women and Gender in the New Testament World

The Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Issues

The Gospels

Hebrew Prophecy

Aramaic

Early Christian Greek Texts

Early Jewish Texts

Old Testament Texts

Old Testament Texts 2

Second Temple Judaism

Historical Jesus

Old Testament Theology

New Testament Themes

Parables in Practice

Bible and Archaeology

Introducing New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Jesus in and beyond the New Testament

Newman - Anglican and Catholic

Reformations: Continental Europe 1475-1600

Religion, Covenants and Revolution in Britain and Ireland c. 1600-1660

Theravada Buddhism

The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana

Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion

Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism

Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics

Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World

Theories of Religion

Metaphysics and Morality

Doctrine of Creation

The Theology of Karl Barth

Body, Soul and Self: Theological Anthropology

Modern Theology: From the French Revolution to the First World War

Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace

Theology that Liberates: From Latin American to Queer Theology

Conflicts and Controversies in Islam: Theology, Law and Politics

The Importance of Being Islamic: Explorations in Premodern Muslim Thought

Public Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Pioneers of Political Islam

Political Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Christianity and Politics in Latin America, 1800 to the present

Christians and Other Animals

The Future of the End of the World: Interdisciplinary Interpretations

Science, Sorcery and Wonder in Islam

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture

Intermediate New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Classical Syriac (Honours)

Introducing Sanskrit (Honours)

Intermediate Sanskrit (Honours)

Religion and Culture in the Modern Middle East

Buddhist Monasticism Across Time and Place

Christianity and the Crisis of Faith in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

Gender in Islam

Christianity in Ukraine (988 to the present)

Race and Religiosity

Students should check with Asian Studies to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues

Japanese Religions in the Modern Era

The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism

China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence

Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia

Students should check with IMES to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Mystical Islam (Sufism)

Cinema and Society in the Middle East

Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision

Islam Through the Arts

Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature

The First Muslim Empire: The Islamic World before Sunnism and Shi'ism

Gender and Media in the Arab World

The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book

Islamic Movements in the 20th-21st Century

Muslims in Europe

History and Culture of Iran

The Ottoman World: the Society, Culture and Legacy of Islam's Last Empire

Globalized Muslim Politics

The Seventh Century: The Transformation of East Rome and the Rise of Islam

Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World

International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World

Muslim Africa in Global Perspective

Gulf Histories, Cultures, and Societies

Students may choose courses following on from combined studies subjects taken in years 1 and 2. Courses chosen are subject to the approval of the owning School. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Students a MUST pass DIVI10001 Theology & Religious Studies: Final Dissertation in order to be awarded an honours degree.

Compulsory courses

Theology and Religious Studies: Final Dissertation

Must be passed

Course options

Adam, Eve and LGBT+: Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

The Dark Lord: God and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Religion and the Climate Crisis

Emotion, Spirituality and Mysticism in Early Modern Christianity

Theology in the Age of Technology

Ancient Wisdom: Biblical sages and their writings

Buddhist Literature

Islamic Theology: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

Christianity in Africa to 1500

Lived Theology

The New Testament in the Graeco-Roman World

The Apostle Paul in and beyond the New Testament

The Holocaust in History and Culture

Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation

Religion and Ethics in Literature

Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914

Christianity and Colonialism in Africa, 1800 to the present

Augustine in his Age

Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999

The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451

Early Christian Writers

Byzantine Church and Society 451-1672

Church, Sacraments and Ministry

Pastoral Care and Theology

Modern Christology

Christian Ethics

Homiletics

Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Theology and Contemporary Science

Mission in Contemporary Scotland

Scottish Theology

Film, Religion and Ethics

Food in Christian Religion

Theological Ethics in Continental European Perspective

Reformations: Britain and Ireland 1475-1600

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Religions in Africa

Buddhist Ethics

Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue

Contemporary Systematic Theologies

Literature of the Islamic World

Islamic Law: From Prayer to Politics

Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination

Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Jesus

God of the Oppressed: Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam

Peacebuilding, Religion and the Arts

Biblical Hebrew Texts A

Biblical Hebrew Texts B

Advanced Greek Texts

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus in Film

Women and Gender in the New Testament World

The Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Issues

The Gospels

Hebrew Prophecy

Aramaic

Early Christian Greek Texts

Early Jewish Texts

Old Testament Texts

Old Testament Texts 2

Second Temple Judaism

Historical Jesus

Old Testament Theology

New Testament Themes

Parables in Practice

Bible and Archaeology

Introducing New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Jesus in and beyond the New Testament

Newman - Anglican and Catholic

Reformations: Continental Europe 1475-1600

Religion, Covenants and Revolution in Britain and Ireland c. 1600-1660

Theravada Buddhism

The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana

Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion

Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism

Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics

Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World

Theories of Religion

Metaphysics and Morality

Doctrine of Creation

The Theology of Karl Barth

Body, Soul and Self: Theological Anthropology

Modern Theology: From the French Revolution to the First World War

Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace

Theology that Liberates: From Latin American to Queer Theology

Conflicts and Controversies in Islam: Theology, Law and Politics

The Importance of Being Islamic: Explorations in Premodern Muslim Thought

Public Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Pioneers of Political Islam

Political Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Christianity and Politics in Latin America, 1800 to the present

Christians and Other Animals

The Future of the End of the World: Interdisciplinary Interpretations

Science, Sorcery and Wonder in Islam

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture

Intermediate New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Classical Syriac (Honours)

Introducing Sanskrit (Honours)

Intermediate Sanskrit (Honours)

Religion and Culture in the Modern Middle East

Buddhist Monasticism Across Time and Place

Christianity and the Crisis of Faith in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

Gender in Islam

Christianity in Ukraine (988 to the present)

Race and Religiosity

Students should check with Asian Studies to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues

Japanese Religions in the Modern Era

The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism

China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence

Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia

A list of available courses is made available before the beginning of each semester, and students will be able to choose from among these courses in consultation with IMES.

Mystical Islam (Sufism)

Cinema and Society in the Middle East

Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision

Islam Through the Arts

Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature

The First Muslim Empire: The Islamic World before Sunnism and Shi'ism

Gender and Media in the Arab World

The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book

Islamic Movements in the 20th-21st Century

Muslims in Europe

History and Culture of Iran

The Ottoman World: the Society, Culture and Legacy of Islam's Last Empire

Globalized Muslim Politics

The Seventh Century: The Transformation of East Rome and the Rise of Islam

Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World

International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World

Muslim Africa in Global Perspective

Gulf Histories, Cultures, and Societies

AND

Adam, Eve and LGBT+: Sex and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

The Dark Lord: God and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

Religion and the Climate Crisis

Emotion, Spirituality and Mysticism in Early Modern Christianity

Theology in the Age of Technology

Ancient Wisdom: Biblical sages and their writings

Buddhist Literature

Islamic Theology: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives

Christianity in Africa to 1500

Lived Theology

The New Testament in the Graeco-Roman World

The Apostle Paul in and beyond the New Testament

The Holocaust in History and Culture

Jews and Non-Jews: Co-existence, Conflict, Co-operation

Religion and Ethics in Literature

Church, Conflict and Community in Britain and Ireland 1850-1914

Christianity and Colonialism in Africa, 1800 to the present

Augustine in his Age

Paradise Lost? Christianity in the Pacific 1668-1999

The Making of Christian Orthodoxy 325-451

Early Christian Writers

Byzantine Church and Society 451-1672

Church, Sacraments and Ministry

Pastoral Care and Theology

Modern Christology

Christian Ethics

Homiletics

Science and Christian Theology: Historical and Theological Perspectives

Theology and Contemporary Science

Mission in Contemporary Scotland

Scottish Theology

Film, Religion and Ethics

Food in Christian Religion

Theological Ethics in Continental European Perspective

Reformations: Britain and Ireland 1475-1600

Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency

Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion

New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic

Religions in Africa

Buddhist Ethics

Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue

Contemporary Systematic Theologies

Literature of the Islamic World

Islamic Law: From Prayer to Politics

Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination

Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Jesus

God of the Oppressed: Liberation Theologies in Christianity and Islam

Peacebuilding, Religion and the Arts

Biblical Hebrew Texts A

Biblical Hebrew Texts B

Advanced Greek Texts

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Jesus in Film

Women and Gender in the New Testament World

The Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Issues

The Gospels

Hebrew Prophecy

Aramaic

Early Christian Greek Texts

Early Jewish Texts

Old Testament Texts

Old Testament Texts 2

Second Temple Judaism

Historical Jesus

Old Testament Theology

New Testament Themes

Parables in Practice

Bible and Archaeology

Introducing New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Jesus in and beyond the New Testament

Newman - Anglican and Catholic

Reformations: Continental Europe 1475-1600

Religion, Covenants and Revolution in Britain and Ireland c. 1600-1660

Theravada Buddhism

The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana

Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion

Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism

Indigenous Futures: Knowledge, Ecology and Politics

Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World

Theories of Religion

Metaphysics and Morality

Doctrine of Creation

The Theology of Karl Barth

Body, Soul and Self: Theological Anthropology

Modern Theology: From the French Revolution to the First World War

Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace

Theology that Liberates: From Latin American to Queer Theology

Conflicts and Controversies in Islam: Theology, Law and Politics

The Importance of Being Islamic: Explorations in Premodern Muslim Thought

Public Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Pioneers of Political Islam

Political Theologies: Thinkers and Themes

Intermediate Biblical Hebrew (Honours)

Christianity and Politics in Latin America, 1800 to the present

Christians and Other Animals

The Future of the End of the World: Interdisciplinary Interpretations

Science, Sorcery and Wonder in Islam

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in History and Culture

Intermediate New Testament Greek (Honours)

Introducing Classical Syriac (Honours)

Introducing Sanskrit (Honours)

Intermediate Sanskrit (Honours)

Religion and Culture in the Modern Middle East

Buddhist Monasticism Across Time and Place

Christianity and the Crisis of Faith in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

Gender in Islam

Christianity in Ukraine (988 to the present)

Race and Religiosity

Students should check with Asian Studies to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Korean-Japanese Relations: Historical and Contemporary Issues

Japanese Religions in the Modern Era

The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism

China and Japan: National Development, International Relations, and Transnational Convergence

Buddhism and the State in Early East Asia

Students should check with IMES to find out which of the courses will be running, and if there is any quota in place. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

Mystical Islam (Sufism)

Cinema and Society in the Middle East

Modern Persian Literature and 'Modern' Iran

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nations in Collision

Islam Through the Arts

Of Wine, Love and Loss: Reading Iran through Classical Persian Literature

The First Muslim Empire: The Islamic World before Sunnism and Shi'ism

Gender and Media in the Arab World

The Qur'an - Islam's Holy Book

Islamic Movements in the 20th-21st Century

Muslims in Europe

History and Culture of Iran

The Ottoman World: the Society, Culture and Legacy of Islam's Last Empire

Globalized Muslim Politics

The Seventh Century: The Transformation of East Rome and the Rise of Islam

Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

Regional Perspectives in a Globalised Muslim World

International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World

Muslim Africa in Global Perspective

Gulf Histories, Cultures, and Societies

Only students on combined studies should choose this option, in consultation with the outside School. The School of Divinity cannot guarantee places on outside courses.

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Degree Programme Table: Religious Studies (MA Hons) (UTRELSTUDI1F)

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

Course options

Religious Studies Year 1 Core Courses

Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity

Y1 Asian Studies Courses from School(s) G - Level(s) 8

Courses from School G - IMES - Level 8

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Course options

Religious Studies Year 2 Core Courses

Level 8 courses in the School of Divinity

Courses from School G - IMES - Level 8

Courses from School(s) G - Language Courses - Level(s) 8

Courses from School A - History of Art - Level 8

Classics Year 2 Courses

Courses from School of History, Classics and Archaeology- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Courses from School of History, Classics and Archaeology- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Courses from School A - Music - Level 8

Courses from School E - History - Level 8

Courses from School J - SPS

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Course options

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Religious Studies Asian Studies Level 10 courses

Religious Studies IMES Level 10 courses

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Religious Studies Asian Studies Level 10 courses

Religious Studies IMES Level 10 courses

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Course options

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Religious Studies Asian Studies Level 10 courses

Religious Studies IMES Level 10 courses

Divinity Level 10 courses excluding Dissertation

Religious Studies Asian Studies Level 10 courses

Religious Studies IMES Level 10 courses

Level 10 courses in Schedules A, E, I and J