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 2018/19

• 'The Margins of Philosophy': Postcolonial, Gender, and Queer Epistemologies
• Akkadian Texts 1
• Akkadian Texts 3
• Anglo-European Philosophies and Critical Dialogue: Hermeneutics and Beyond
• Avestan
• Buddhist Philosophy
• Comparative Ethics
• Daily Life of Jews in Antiquity
• Death and the Meaning of Life
• Independent Study Project in World Philosophies
• Independent Study Project in the Study of Religions
• Introduction to Logic, Critical Reasoning and Argumentation
• Introduction to World Philosophies
• Introductory Hittite
• Islam in Britain
• Islamic Intellectual History
• Islamic Reform Movements in Modern Africa
• Jewish Identity
• Messianic Movements in Muslim History
• Metaphysics in Comparative Perspective
• Modern Indian Philosophy
• Mysticism in the Great Traditions
• Philosophies of Language
• Philosophies of the Vedic Traditions: Mimamsa, Vedanta and Vyakarana
• R101 Introduction to the Study of Religions
• R110 Introduction to Buddhism
• R120 Introduction to Hinduism
• R130 Introduction to Islam
• R140 Introduction to Jainism
• R150 Introduction to Judaism
• R160 Introduction to the Religions of Africa
• R170 Introduction to the Religions of East and Central Asia
• R190 Introduction to Zoroastrianism
• Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity
• Taoism: the Great Tradition
• Themes in Japanese Religions
• Zoroastrianism in the Ancient and Modern Worlds

Modules Not Running 2018/19

• Additional Akkadian
• Akkadian Texts 2
• Buddhism in Pre-Modern China
• Classical Chinese Thought
• Developments in Muslim Religious Thought
• Eastern Christianity
• Hittite Texts 1
• Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (1)
• Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (2)
• Introductory Akkadian
• Introductory Sumerian
• Jaina Philosophy
• Middle Persian
• Modern Jewish Thought
• Orthodox Christianity
• R180 Introduction to World Christianity
• 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
• R240 The Politics of Spirituality in South Asia
• Sumerian Texts 1
• Syriac Texts on Christians and Muslims
• The Holocaust and the Problem of Evil
• The Role and Representation of Women in Judaism
• Theories of the Self