University of Birmingham
The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary World, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religious relations, Islamic studies, and Quaker studies.
The University of Manchester
This programme aims to provide students in Religions and Theology with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of these fields. It stresses a broad, interdisciplinary and comparative approach. Courses can be taken from across the offerings within the discipline and beyond. Courses in Religions and Theology cover a wide range of topics, including subject oriented choices in Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Christian Studies, and South Asian Studies, and method oriented courses in philosophy, gender studies, hermeneutics, political theory and more.
University of Birmingham
Our PhD and MPhil programmes require you to undertake independent research under the supervision of our staff. We provide training opportunities such as modules from the MSc programme or research skills training.
University of Birmingham
The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religious relations, Islamic studies, and Quaker studies. Students from more than 20 countries study here, and most of the academic staff who work here are recognised leaders in their disciplines.
University of Chester
This programme is designed to appeal to those interested in relating theological, ethical and spiritual insights and methods to their own professional or voluntary practice.
Kings College London
The department represents a broad range of overlapping research areas. Students can pursue traditional areas of study through Theology (Systematics; Philosophical Theology; Patristics and Medieval Theology; History of Christianity in the reformation and modern period; Biblical Theology, Ethics, Business Ethics, and Christianity and the Arts) and Biblical Studies (literary, ideological and theological approaches to the Hebrew Bible; Second Temple Judaism, gender and the Dead Sea Scrolls; New Testament studies, including biography, genre, environment and ethics). Central to our department too is the social scientific study of religion (anthropology, sociology, history and politics), together with philosophy of religion, the world of Jews in modern Europe, contemporary Islamic thought, and Chinese religions. Staff are engaged in research and publishing at the cutting edge of their areas, and several are involved in editing leading academic journals and monograph series.
University of Birmingham
The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religious relations, Islamic studies, and Quaker studies. Students from more than 20 countries study here, and most of the academic staff who work here are recognised leaders in their disciplines.
University of Birmingham
This course lasts three years, and the requirement is the submission of a thesis not exceeding 80,000 words. This is the ideal option for PhD. Ideally we recommend one of the first two options as the best mode of research, but it is possible for those who cannot move to the U.K. to register externally and several current research students have taken this course.
School of Mission and Theology (MHS)
PhD program which is divided into seven departments: Old Testament Studies, New Testament Studies, Church History, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology, Theology of Mission and Science of Religion. The program presupposes three to four years full time research. Another possibility is six years part time research. To be admitted, the applicant must normally provide her/his own financial support.
University of Birmingham
The Department of Theology and Religion has an outstanding international reputation in the study of all types of religion in the contemporary world, including inter-cultural theology, textual studies, pentecostal and charismatic studies, inter-religious relations, Islamic studies, and Quaker studies.
University of Birmingham
The work of the Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies (CPQS) is an integral part of the Graduate Institute of Theology and Religion and the Centre’s provision of programmes in Quaker studies is now the most comprehensive worldwide. These programmes are delivered on behalf of the University of Birmingham by CPQS, itself part of the wider work of Woodbrooke, the Quaker Study Centre situated close to the Graduate Institute.
University of Essex
This allows students to undertake research in the field of psychoanalytic studies.