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Religious Studies
SCQF Level 08 (9 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
REST08015
SV1
Global Religions A: Judaism, Buddhism, Islam
Semester 1
20
REST08017
Global Religions B: Indigenous African Religions and Religions of Asia
Not delivered this year
20
REST08009
Lived Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Not delivered this year
20
REST08019
Modern Hebrew 1A
Not delivered this year
20
REST08014
Qur'anic Studies: History, Themes and Practice
Not delivered this year
20
REST08011
Religion in Culture: Theory, History and Interpretation
Not delivered this year
20
REST08018
Religion in Modern Britain
Not delivered this year
20
REST08020
Religions of Ancient India: Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
Not delivered this year
20
REST08016
SV1
Studying Religions
Semester 1
20
SCQF Level 10 (25 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
REST10013
African Voices in the Study of Religions
Not delivered this year
20
REST10054
Atheism, Humanism and Non-Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST10047
Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST10046
Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency
Not delivered this year
20
REST10007
Indigenous Religions: Sub-Saharan Africa 3/4
Not delivered this year
20
REST10044
Islam Past and Present: Issues of Gender and Ethics
Not delivered this year
20
REST10034
Jewish Christian Relations in Modern Times
Not delivered this year
20
REST10057
Lives of the Buddha: Jataka Stories and Early Buddhism
Not delivered this year
20
REST10049
Modern Religious and Ethical Debates in Contemporary Literature
Not delivered this year
20
REST10045
New Age Beliefs and Practices
Not delivered this year
20
REST10009
New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4
Not delivered this year
20
REST10052
New Spiritualities: from New Age to Holistic
Not delivered this year
20
REST10022
Promised Land or Land of Conflict 3/4
Not delivered this year
20
REST10035
Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World
Not delivered this year
20
REST10056
Religions in Africa
Not delivered this year
20
REST10043
Studies in the Qur'an
Not delivered this year
20
REST10051
The Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana
Not delivered this year
20
REST10041
Theories of Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST10048
Theravada Buddhism
Not delivered this year
20
REST10033
Visual Representations of the Holocaust and Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST10050
Year Abroad Work Religious Studies
Not delivered this year
40
THET10050
Christian-Muslim Relations: diatribe, discourse and dialogue
Not delivered this year
20
THET10028
Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4
Not delivered this year
20
THET10054
SV1
Literature of the Islamic World
Semester 2
20
THET10016
Metaphysics and Morality
Not delivered this year
20
SCQF Level 11 (24 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
REST11026
Lives of the Buddha in Indian Art and Literature
Not delivered this year
20
REST11027
African Religious Diversity
Not delivered this year
20
REST11025
Atheism and the Rejection of Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST11015
Contemporary Theories of Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST11014
SS1
Dissertation (MSc in Religious Studies)
Full Year
60
REST11024
Elementary Modern Hebrew 1A
Not delivered this year
20
REST11018
Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations
Not delivered this year
20
REST11010
New Age Spirituality in Contemporary Culture
Not delivered this year
20
REST11009
New Religious Movements in Global Perspective
Not delivered this year
20
REST11023
New Spiritualities
Not delivered this year
20
REST11016
Reflections on Gender and Ethics in Classical and Contemporary Islam
Not delivered this year
20
REST11019
Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance
Not delivered this year
20
REST11002
Religion and the New African Diaspora
Not delivered this year
20
REST11008
Selected Themes in the Study of Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST11017
The Holocaust in Visual Culture
Not delivered this year
20
REST11020
The Practice of Field-Work in the Study of Religion
Not delivered this year
20
REST11013
Themes and Explorations in Jewish-Christian Relations
Not delivered this year
20
REST11012
SS1
Theory and Method in the Study of Religion
Semester 1
20
REST11021
Theravada Buddhism from Benares to Bangkok
Not delivered this year
20
REST11022
Understanding the Hindu Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana
Not delivered this year
20
ASST11073
SV1
Buddhism and the Statutory State in Eighth and Ninth Century East Asia
Semester 2
20
IMES11079
Hebrew for Arabic Speakers
Not delivered this year
20
ASST11074
SS1
Japanese Religions in the Modern Era
Semester 1
20
ASST11071
SS1
The Buddhist Brush: Discursive and Graphic Expressions of Japanese Buddhism
Semester 2
20
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Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
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