Religious Studies

Religious studies is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies religious beliefs, practices, movements and institutions in history and the present.

The Department of Theology has two bachelor's programs: Bachelor's Programme in Theology with the specialisations Christianity Past and Present and Islam Past and Present, and the Bachelor's Programme in Religious Studies. In addition, we provide a large number of freestanding courses on campus and distance learning that offer you as a student a wide range of choices. You can choose to study religion and worldviews research from historical, theological, biblical, sociological, ethical or philosophical perspectives.

We also provide six master's programs in Theology and Religious Studies, Human Rights, Religion in Peace and Conflict, International Humanitarian Action, Humanitarian Action and Conflict, and Euroculture. These give you the opportunity for further specialisation.

Programmes

Master's Programme in Religion in Peace and Conflict

Courses

Bachelor's level, basic courses

AI, Worldviews and Ethics, 7.5 credits Baptism: The Gate into the Church, 7.5 credits Beauty, Humour and Pleasure in the Shadow of the Bomb, 7.5 credits Charismatic Spirituality, 7.5 credits Christianity and Colonialism, 7.5 credits Christianity and Radical Nationalism, 7.5 credits Confession and Forgiveness, 7.5 credits Conflict and Religion, 30 credits Debating Religion: Current Issues in Society and Media, 7.5 credits Democracy, Human Rights and Ideology, 7.5 credits Existential Health: Individual, Group, Society, 7.5 credits From Kafka to Cohen: Modern Jewish Identities, 7.5 credits Hasidic Culture in Society, Literature and Film, 7.5 credits Hinduism and Politics, 7.5 credits Human Struggle for a Better World, 7.5 credits Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, 15 credits Introduction to Islamic Law, 7.5 credits Introduction to New Testament Greek, 15 credits Introduction to the History of Islam, 7.5 credits Introduction to the World and Literature of the Bible, 15 credits Introductory Course in Religious Studies, 30 credits Islam and Politics, 7.5 credits Islamic and Christian Theology after the Return of Religion, 7.5 credits Islamic Philosophy and its Spiritual Features, 7.5 credits Islamic Political Theory, 7.5 credits Islamic Theology and Philosophy, 30 credits Jewish History and Practices, 7.5 credits Judaism and Politics, 7.5 credits Love and Sex in the Shadow of Catastrophe, 7.5 credits Migration, Religion and Health: Experiences and Resources, 7.5 credits Natural Science and Religion, 7.5 credits Political Ethics and Challenges to Democracy, 7.5 credits Practical Ethics, 7.5 credits Religions on the Silk Road, 15 credits Sacred Texts, 7.5 credits The Bible in African Culture and Politics, 7.5 credits The Bible in Contemporary Culture: Fiction, Film and Music, 15 credits The Craft of Public Speaking, 7.5 credits The Eucharist: Centre of the Church, 7.5 credits Three Views on Cosmology: Physics, Philosophy and Religion, 10 credits

Bachelor's level, continuing courses

"and teach all nations": The Teaching of the Church, 7.5 credits Bergman and the Shadow of God, 7.5 credits Business Ethics, 7.5 credits Contemporary Lutheran Theology, 7.5 credits Diaconal and Social Studies 1, 15 credits Diaconal and Social Studies 2, 15 credits Didactics of Religion and Religious Education in Primary School, 7.5 credits Early Jewish and Christian Culture in the Holy Land, 7.5 credits Faith and Life in Church of Sweden, 15 credits Gender, Leadership and Religion, 7.5 credits Holy Things - From the Rosary to the Wreath of Christ, 7.5 credits In-depth Course in Religious Studies, 30 credits Intermediate Course in Biblical Hebrew, 15 credits Intermediate Course in New Testament Greek, 15 credits Intermediate Course in Religious Studies, 30 credits Islam Today: From Salafism to Muslim Liberal Theology and Feminism, 7.5 credits Jesus and his Jewish Context, 15 credits Lectionary Texts, 7.5 credits Pilgrimages: History and Present, 7.5 credits Religions before the Common Era, 15 credits Religions in India, 7.5 credits Russia: Church, Empire and History, 7.5 credits Saints, 7.5 credits Suffering and Persecution in the New Testament, 7.5 credits Tafsir Studies, 7.5 credits The Dead Sea Scrolls, 7.5 credits The Problem of Evil and the Meaning of Life, 7.5 credits The Psalter Throughout the Ages, 7.5 credits Urban Theology, 7.5 credits Virgin Mary, 7.5 credits When Religion Hurts: Christian Martyrdom, Suffering and Violence, 7.5 credits Why Was Jesus Killed?, 7.5 credits

Master's level courses

Analysing Racism: A Multidisciplinary Introduction, 15 credits Discourse Analysis, 7.5 credits

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