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Career opportunities
Graduates in theology find employment in fields such as
education, social work, business management, the church, the
performing arts and the charity sector. The skills and personal
qualities they develop over the course of their studies are easily
transferable to all sorts of jobs and careers. Thinking clearly,
writing well, presenting arguments, analysing texts, assessing
evidence, pursuing and organising research: these are all skills
that serve students’ well in all walks of life.
Further information
If you are considering studying Catholic theology you are
welcome to contact Dr. Cornelius Casey, the Director of the
Loyola Institute:
Further information can be found on the Loyola Institute website:
World religions and
theology
COURSE CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR008
29
345
B.A.
TR001 (TSM)
24
390*-565
TSM points:
See page 27
TR008 – World Religions and Theology is a single honor
course where world religions and theology is read almost
exclusively for four years.
TR001 – World Religions and Theology (TSM) must be
combined with one other subject within the two-subject
moderatorship (TSM) programme. TSM is a joint honor
programme. An honors degree is awarded in both
subjects. For subjects that combine with World religions
and theology see page 36.
Single honor and TSM students follow the same principal
subjects. The range of courses undertaken by TSM
students, however, is less extensive.
See also:
TR001: Jewish and Islamic civilisations, page 86
TR030: Catholic theological studies, page 106
Course overview
This subject studies religion both as a cultural force that influences
worldviews, practices, and institutions, and as particular traditions,
with a special focus on the monotheistic religions that have
shaped Western cultural history. The development of their self-
understandings within the cultures they encountered and helped
create are studied in a non-denominational setting. The variety of
approaches to religion as well as biblical texts, their origins and
their histories of translation and reception from antiquity to the
present age are core areas of inquiry.
Major areas of interest continue to be the roots of Western
culture and the history of reception of biblical monotheism in
different eras as a factor in shaping European world views,
practices and institutions.
Is this the right course for you?
The study of religions, of the origins and reception of biblical
monotheism and of theological thinking that linked it to the
philosophies of each era has never been more relevant than it
is in today’s globalised world. In taking this arts degree you will
engage in broad introductions as well as in depth analyses of
religious traditions and of the approaches used to examine them.
You will get to know the contributions of different disciplines,
such as history, archaeology, philology, philosophy, sociology,
literary and cultural studies, and be able to trace major
transformations in Western culture from its roots in antiquity
to the present day. Contemporary debates on issues such as
science and religion, ethics, and politics are treated in a non-
denominational context. We do not presume that you have any
previous knowledge of the subject.
