Undergraduate Religions and Philosophies Modules
This is an alphabatised list of all undergraduate modules in Religions and Philosophies. For a systematic list of modules and module selection advice, please see the relevant structure pages of the respective degree programmes.
Please note: Modules listed as not running in one year, are likely to run in the following year. Please contact the relevant module convenor for further information.
Running 2019/20
- 'The Margins of Philosophy': Postcolonial, Gender, and Queer Epistemologies
- Akkadian Texts 2
- Akkadian: The Language of Gilgamesh
- Ancient and Medieval Indian Philosophy
- Anglo-European Philosophies and Critical Dialogue: Hermeneutics and Beyond
- Comparative Ethics
- Hittite Texts 1
- Independent Study Project in World Philosophies
- Introduction to Logic, Critical Reasoning and Argumentation
- Introduction to World Philosophies
- Introductory Sumerian
- Islam in Britain
- Japanese Buddhist Thought
- Metaphysics in Comparative Perspective
- Minority Religions in the Modern Middle East
- Modern Indian Philosophy
- Mysticism in the Great Traditions
- Philosophies of Language
- R101 Understanding Religion: Theories and Themes
- R110 Introduction to Buddhism
- R120 Introduction to Hinduism
- R130 Islam: Religion and Rationality
- R150 Introduction to Judaism
- R180 Introduction to World Christianity
- R190 Introduction to Zoroastrianism
- R201 Approaches and Methods in the Study of Religions
- R210 Religion, Power, and Society in Modern Africa
- R230 Religions of the Early Near and Middle East
- R430 Political Islam
- R440 Jaina Philosophy
- R472 Classical Chinese Thought
- R480 Christianity in the Middle East: Historic and Modern Dynamics
- R490 Zoroastrianism in the Ancient and Modern Worlds
- R501 Independent Study Project in Religion, Culture, and Society
- Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity
- The Holocaust and the Problem of Evil
Modules Not Running 2019/20
- Additional Akkadian
- Akkadian Texts 1
- Akkadian Texts 3
- Avestan
- Buddhism in Pre-Modern China
- Buddhist Philosophy
- Daily Life of Jews in Antiquity
- Death and the Meaning of Life
- Developments in Muslim Religious Thought
- Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (1)
- Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (2)
- Introductory Hittite
- Islamic Philosophy
- Messianic Movements in Muslim History
- Middle Persian
- Modern Jewish Thought
- R170 Introduction to the Religions of East and Central Asia
- R240 The Politics of Spirituality in South Asia
- R451 Jewish Identity from Ancient to Modern Times
- R471 Taoism: the Great Tradition
- Sumerian Texts 1
- Syriac Texts on Christians and Muslims
- Theories of the Self