荣誉，宗教，社会和文化文学士

该学位旨在加深对宗教对过去，现在和未来社会运作的中心性的理解。该学位具有在宗教比较研究中发展能力的核心组成部分，尤其是神话，仪式和意义的创造。这些由更专业的模块补充，这些模块探索与特定宗教（例如伊斯兰教，犹太教和基督教），特定地区（例如亚洲，非洲和欧洲）或特定跨国媒体（互联网，电影和文学）有关的宗教实践）。具有该学位的学生将受益于该系在宗教比较研究，社会科学和宗教文本/手工艺品研究中所具有的强大实力。该学位的毕业生将在包括公务员，教育，研究和社会工作在内的一系列专业中得到高度就业。
Come and join us on a journey of self-discovery and explore the very heart of society, belief, politics and the arts. This degree will equip you with the skills to understand religion and its power to shape the human condition. You will engage with the role of religion in a wide range of contexts, including politics, literature, bioethics and war. Theoretical perspectives are applied to a variety of specialist topics – from fundamentalism in the USA to sacred landscapes in northern India; the role of Islam in modern Britain; Pentecostalism in sub-Saharan Africa; and death rites across the globe. Urgent current ethical questions are studied, and you will be encouraged to arrive at well-informed and reflective positions on topics such as the environmental crisis, end-of-life issues, poverty and warfare. The course enables you to better understand the world we live in, and to explore the forces that shape our own attitudes, hopes and fears. In turn, it will empower you to go out into the world to make a difference for the common good. You can also apply to add a placement year or a year abroad to your degree, increasing the course from three years to four. In the first year, modules are intended to provide the foundational understanding and skills necessary for work in theology and the study of religion. In the second year, there is a much greater choice of modules to allow you to pursue your own interests within theology and religion by building on the understanding and abilities you have begun to develop in the first year. The third year includes a dissertation that allows a deep, independently driven, exploration of a topic of your choice.Course structureYear 1 modulesCore modules:Introduction to the History of Christianity looks at the history of Christianity and to its relationships with its social and cultural contexts including the representation of different periods, different regions, different social groups such as historically marginalised groups, and different methodologies.Optional modules:In recent years, optional modules have included: People and CulturesSocieties in TransitionClassical Sociology TheoryNew Testament GreekIntroduction to Christian TheologyGod and EvilGod and the Good: Philosophy of Religion and EthicsIntroduction to Bible: Texts, History, Culture