ObjectivesThis programme, wholly taught within our department, combines the study of religion with work in ethics and philosophy. We aim to provide you with detailed knowledge of at least two strands of religion (with emphasis on their conceptual/theoretical content); knowledge of key problems in the philosophical analysis of religious concepts; and knowledge of problems in theoretical and applied ethics. You will deal with the conceptual content of selected major world faiths. You take modules in the philosophy of religion designed to teach relevant philosophical skills such as the ability to think in a rigorous and critical way. Modules in moral philosophy (theoretical and applied) supplement the study of Christian ethics.
Entry requirementsWe ask for 320 UCAS points i.e. AAC or ABB A level grades. Our teaching does not presuppose any previous knowledge of computer science and in selecting candidates for admission we do not insist on evidence of prior competence in computer programming.
-Elements of Ethics
-Philosophers & Religious Truth: the Classical Debate
-Philosophers & Religious Truth: the Modern Debate
Year 2
-The Concept of Natural Law
-The Problem of Evil
-Early Modern Philosophical Theology
-Ethics, Philosophy & Literature
Year 3
-Independent Study Project on a topic from ethics or the philosophy of religion
-Contemporary Philosophical Theology
-Contemporary Religious Epistemology
-The Ethics of Homicide
-Tolerance, Liberty & Religion