Masters Degrees in Religion in Society

This course focuses on how religious traditions encourage, contest, facilitate, disrupt, or otherwise influence political and social change.

The programme draws on a. rich history. of religious teaching at the university since 1495. It is designed to understand religion in its modern context in the West.

Development and expansion in undergraduate studies in religion and belief, together with the expansion of national and international ‘faith awareness’ initiatives, has resulted in a high demand for postgraduate studies within this discipline.

This course looks at religion from anthropological and sociological perspectives.

EXPLORING HOW RELIGIONS SHAPE EUROPEAN CULTURE. How were Christianity, Judaism, and Islam formed? How did these three religions and their interaction shape the emerging European culture and society? These are pivotal questions addressed in the MA programme on the Religious Roots of Europe. .

You'll gain a sophisticated understanding of theories and methods at the forefront of Theology and Religious Studies on this course.

This multidisciplinary degree focuses on the politics, religions, cultures and languages of the Middle East and North Africa.

This programme focuses on the issues surrounding gender based violence and human rights and principles of human rights. .

The Grad Dip in Philosophy and Public Affairs is especially designed for those people with an interest in public policy debates, e.g.

The MA in Philosophy and Public Affairs is especially designed for those people with an interest in public policy debates, e.g. in journalism, the civil service, public policy research institutes, etc.

This is an opportunity to understand and study order and disorder within nation states, institutions, organisations, corporations, culture and everyday life.

This programme invites you to think systematically about the social world, how it is changing, the challenges and how we as individuals and groups organise, rationalise and assimilate our response.

Judged best in the field. The highly regarded Keuzegids Master’s Selection Guide 2017 ranked Utrecht University’s Conflict Studies and Human Rights programme as the best in the field in the Netherlands.

The MA in Theology and Religion serves both the specific needs of those focused on progressing towards doctoral research and looking to continue relatively broad-based studies in Theology and Religion to Level four, perhaps in support of a career in teaching.

The degree of Bachelor in Divinity is a higher degree awarded on the basis of examination and thesis. Appropriately qualified candidates, accepted for the degree must complete an examination in eight papers and a thesis of 40,000 words within five years.