Theology BA (Hons)

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

In Year 2 you will study these modules:

You can also choose from these module options:

YEAR 3

In Year 3 you will study these modules:

You can also choose from these module options:

RST 104	CHRISTIANITY & JUDAISM
The task of Christian theology, the person of Christ, redemption, the Trinity, creation and escatology. The origins of Islam and the life of Mohamed, the Quran, Muslim law and theology.
RST 112	CHRISTIANITY & JUDAISM
Jesus and his background, New Testament and scriptural authority, the Christian calendar and worship. The Hebrew Bible, festivals, Jewish customs and symbols, Judaism in the modern world.
RET 201	THE SCOPE OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS
Diversity in Christian moral judgements; the sources of Christian morality, the Bible, church and community; reason and ethics; popits of contention in Christian ethics; arenas for making moral judgements.
RST 205	CLASSICAL & MEDIEVAL THEOLOGY
The nature and origin of Christianity, the development of the doctrines of the Trinity, Grace and Sin, Truth, Beauty etc. and the end of Christianity.
RST 206	HEBREW BIBLE
The Hebrew Bible and Israelite history, the book of Genesis, The prophet Amos, its background and social morality. The book of Job, its litary forms, structure and contents and its ancient Near Eastern parallels.
RST 230	INDEPENDENT STUDY
A topic in the study of theology, Christian practice or theologically relevant questions in a related academic discipline.
RST 247	EXPLORING RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA
Historical and contemporary features of religious belief in Cumbria and Lancashire; chosen areas for special study in the region. Student negotiated topics and research tasks define the content for each participtant.
RST 248	PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
World views, arguments for the existence of God, Atheism, religion and science, the soul and life after death, revelation free will and predestination.
RST 263	JESUS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Sources and methods of analysis, the synoptic Gospels, parables of the Kingdom, the Passion and Resurrection, the 'Messianic secret' and the titles of Jesus. Jesus in the four Gospels. The apostolic proclamation Acts and the Cross and Resurrection in theology of Paul.
RST 270	CHURCH & SACRAMENTAL THEOLOGY
Worship and its relevance to the mission and identity of the Christian community, ecumenical ecclesiology and theology, the development of sacramental theology and contemporary developments in ritual sacraments.
RST 301	FUNDAMENTALISM
Fundamentalism and modernity, US and Christian fundamentalism, Pentecostalism and Neo- Pentecostalism, Jewish fundamentalism, Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh movements.
RST 320	INDEPENDENT STUDY
A topic in the study of theology, Christian practice or theologically relevant questions in a related academic discipline.
RST 321	DOUBLE MODULE DISSERTATION
Introduction to topic choice, planning and research, a review of methods of critical analysis, interpreting different forms of theological expression and faith based practice, using primary and secondary sources and the correct deployment of evidence and contextual considerations.
RST 323	MISSION, CONVERSION & DIALOGUE
Biblical responses to religious pluralism; Religious pluralism in the history of the church, anti Semitism, relativising of religion, the WCC dialogue, Jewish vies of Christianity, Hinduism and Christianity, Hindu nationalism and toleration, Turks Infidels and Islam through the crusades, contemporary Islam and Christianity.
RST 324	MODERN THEOLOGY
An introduction to modernity, the rise of the secular, liberal theology, truth and the loss of God. The response to modernity; neo orthodoxy, Roman Catholic, evangelical, liberation and feminist theology; theology and the post modern.
RST 364	THE BIBLE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Israel and the ancient Near East, the Patriarchs, myths from Mesopotamia; the flood and creation, Ugarit myths, language and culture, iconography and material culture, Law codes, covenants and treaties; Kingship, Wisdom and Prophecy in the ancient Near East.
RST 365	BIBLE IN THE MODERN WORLD
Historic and critical methods, aims, limitations and possibilities: the bible as text; the Bible and the reader, reader-response criticism, feminist interpretations, the Bible in Asia and native America; the Bible in literature and art.
RST 368	POST SECULAR THEOLOGY
The rupture of the modern; the post modern; autonomy and nihilism, Nouvelle Theologie, the Yale school; the post secular, radical orthodoxy, the return of Aquinas; the future for Christianty.
RST 369	PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
Traditions on the psychology of religion, biological, psychoanalytical and descriptive / humanistic; religious experience, faith and knowledge; analogies of religious knowing, self-knowledge and the knowledge of God; Interpreting experience in prayer; trans-personal psychology, altered states of consciousness and the contemporary Christian response.
RST 371	JESUS CHRIST IN MODERN THOUGHT
Developments in modern Christology, the key stages in historical Christology, contemporary developments, especially, feminist and liberation Christologies, critical theological issues in Christology.