Religions and Theology MA Units on offer 2010-11
Please note that some programmes (Biblical Studies, South Asian Studies, Jewish Studies) will also include course units run outside the subject area, or language units not listed below. Please consult the relevant research and teaching concentration pages for details of these options. Click the links above for more information on these specialised modules.
The list below may be subject to change
Semester One
Student choices must include at least one of the five starred courses which provide key methodological input in their subject area.
RELT60121 Studying South Asia*
Course convenor: Dr. John Zavos
Wednesday 13.00-15.00
RELT60131 The Holocaust in History
Course convenor: Dr. Jean-Marc Dreyfus
Tuesday 16:00-18:00
RELT60231 New Testament in the Roman Empire
Course convenor: Dr. Peter Oakes
Friday 10:00-12:00
RELT70001 Bible and Early Judaism in Context*
Course convenor: Prof. George Brooke
Wednesday 10.00-12.00
RELT270291 Religion and Politics in Modern India: The Development of Hindu Nationalism
Course convenor: Dr. John Zavos
Friday 14:00-16:00
RELT70561 Jews among Christians and Muslims*
Course convenor: Prof. Daniel Langton
Tuesday 10.00-12.00
RELT70901 Religion and Civil Society*
Course convenors: Dr Michael Hoelzl, Dr Peter Scott
Wednesday 10.00-12.00
RELT71001 Religion, Nature and Society
Course convenor: Dr. Peter Scott
Thursday 14.00-16.00
SAHC72111 Writing, Power and Memory: The History of the Book in the Middle Ages*
Course convenor: Dr. Kate Cooper
Friday 10.00-12.00
Ehrhardt Biblical Studies Research Seminar (both semesters)
Convenor: Prof. George Brooke
Thursday 14.00-16.00
Semester Two
RELT60042 Religious Revivals in Britain
Course convenor: Prof. Jeremy Gregory
Tuesday 14:00-16:00
RELT60082 Magic in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Course convenor: Dr Todd Klutz
Monday 10.00-12.00
RELT60142 Religion, Politics and the Media
Course convenors: Dr. Peter Scott, Dr. Michael Hoelzl
Monday 14.00-16.00
RELT60242 Constantine's Dream: Religion and Society in Late Antiquity
Course convenor: Dr. Jamie Wood
Friday 10.00-12.00 (fortnightly)
RELT60302 Trinity and Incarnation in Modern Christian thought
Course convenor: Dr. David Law
Wednesday 11.00-12.00
RELT60342 Contemporary Society and Politics in South Asia: Reason or religion?
Course convenor: Dr. Atreyee Sen
Wednesday 13:00-15:00
RELT70062 Questions in Indian Philosophy
Course convenor: Dr. Jacqueline Suthren Hirst
Wednesday 10.00-12.00
RELT70992 Dead Sea Scrolls
Course convenor: Prof. George Brooke
Thursday 10:00-12:00
Ehrhardt Biblical Studies Research Seminar
Convenor: Prof. George Brooke
Thursday 14.00-16.00