LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUR FUTURE STARTS WITH HOPE

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1 LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUR FUTURE STARTS WITH HOPE

2 Christian Theology Fact File Faculty: Arts and Humanities Department: Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies Campus Location: Hope Park Entry Requirements: The standard offer level is between UCAS points, including a minimum of two A/A2 Levels or equivalent. Duration: Three years Degree: Combined Honours Only You may also be interested in... Philosophy, Ethics & Religion Theology World Religions Contact Details: Student Recruitment +44 (0) enquiry@hope.ac.uk Course Combinations: Christian Theology & Childhood and Youth Christian Theology & Education Christian Theology & English Literature Christian Theology & History Christian Theology & Law Christian Theology & Media and Communication Christian Theology & Philosophy and Ethics Christian Theology & Politics Christian Theology & Psychology Christian Theology & Social Policy Christian Theology & Special Educational Needs Christian Theology & World Religions UCAS code LV96 UCAS code VX61 UCAS code VQ36 UCAS code VV61 UCAS code VM61 UCAS code VP6H UCAS code VV6N UCAS code VL26 UCAS code VC68 UCAS code VL64 UCAS code VX64 UCAS code VV62 It is also available to study with Primary Teaching Honours degree (BA QTS), UCAS code XV61. All Combined Honours result in a BA degree. 2

3 Course Introduction Across 2,000 years the Christian tradition has engendered an immense wealth of theological ideas, has adapted itself to many cultural forms and has shaped human minds and events. This programme offers the opportunity to study Christianity from a number of perspectives historical, doctrinal, pastoral and contextual so that you will acquire expertise in finding your way through this complex and rich field of study. The course embodies Liverpool Hope s commitment to take faith seriously and at the same time to be intellectually stretching, stimulating and challenging. The teaching staff represent a broad range of Christian traditions, and the students, too, are drawn from across the spectrum of faiths. Their work together puts into practice Hope s vision of a university community that is fully Anglican, fully Catholic, fully ecumenical, fully open to those of all faiths and beliefs. 3

4 What you will study Level C (Year One) Lecture Series Christian Theology to 1453 Seminars: Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople: Christian Theology to 1453 Developments in World Christianity to 1453 Assessed work: symbolic analysis, presentation, theological portfolio, one essay, one exam. Level I (Year Two) Lecture Series Christian Theology from the Fall of Constantinople to 1900 Seminars: The Reformation period to 1700 Christianity encounters the Modern World. Assessed work: two essays, theological portfolio, one exam. Level H (Year Three) Christian Theology in a Century of Conflict (1900-present day): Lecture series in Systematic and Contextual Theology, and in Pastoral Theology and Christian Spirituality are accompanied by a choice of seminars in an area of Systematic or Contextual Theology, and an area of Pastoral Theology or Christian Spirituality. Assessed work: two essays, one exam, extended research project. 4

5 Employability and Career Opportunities As a graduate in Christian Theology, you will have developed excellent skills in critical thinking, which are highly prized by employers. You will be competent in textual analysis, report writing and have high-level oral communication skills. You will have an in-depth knowledge of Christianity, a capacity to work with primary texts and an ability to empathise with and understand different points of view. This prepares you for a range of careers including law, media, public administration, social and community work. Many graduates enter the teaching profession, and you will be well positioned to pursue postgraduate study in theology and related humanities subjects. More broadly, it equips you with the intellectual skills and perspectives needed for facing the ethical and ideological challenges of the contemporary world. Current postgraduate courses offered by Liverpool Hope include: MA Biblical and Pastoral Theology PG Cert Biblical Studies PG Cert Jewish Studies MA Theology and Religious Education 5

6 Why study this subject at Liverpool Hope? All members of the theology staff are active researchers, publishing books and articles on a variety of areas such world religions, biblical studies, Church history, liturgical theology and contextual and systematic theology. The content of their teaching often draws upon their research work which means that students are exposed to the most recent developments in the field. The third year of study is designed to engage students with the cutting-edge research carried out in the department. 6

7 Graduate Profiles Ann O Neill, BA Philosophy and Ethics and Religious Studies A number of mature students I know who graduated from Hope had told me that it had been the best experience of their lives. So I came to the open days, and then decided to register. What made my experience special was the subject knowledge, support and total commitment of the Department s staff their doors were always open to students. Everything contributed to the experience: the library, the mix of age, gender and ethnic background in the student group, the campus, the work I did as a peer writing tutor while I was here. Now I work for the Archdiocese of Liverpool as a parish administrator. James Proctor, BA Theology and Religious Studies Liverpool Hope University won my heart and mind when I arrived. I was drawn to Hope s welcoming academic environment, its status as a highly regarded theological institution, and the opportunity to study in an ecumenical environment. I am currently an administrator on a support network project at Hope as well as working in retail. Studying at Liverpool Hope was the right choice for me. 7

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9 Academic Staff Profiles Professor Daniel Jeyaraj, Professor of World Christianity and Director of the Andrew F. Walls Centre Professor Jeyaraj, a South Indian theologian, is Professor of World Christianity and directs the activities of the Andrew Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity. His areas of expertise include Christian-Hindu interactions in 18th Century South India and Germany, the formation and growth of Indian Christianity in the Indian Sub-Continent. He has published eight monographs and over 60 research articles. Dr Gergely Juhász, Lecturer Dr Juhász holds a PhD in Theology (New Testament) from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). His main areas of expertise are early modern bible translation, afterlife beliefs and biblical anthropology. He is one of the world s leading experts on the Protestant bible translator George Joye. He has published in English, Dutch and Hungarian in books and peer-reviewed journals. His book on the exegetical debate between William Tyndale and George Joye entitled Translating Resurrection has been accepted for publication. Dr Dominika Kurek-Chomycz, Lecturer Dr Kurek-Chomycz is a Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Liverpool Hope University and a free research associate at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Her research interests centre upon the New Testament and other early Christian writings, with a particular focus on various issues in the Pauline literature. Dr Kurek-Chomycz has published a number of articles in international journals and edited volumes, is a co-author of 2 Corinthians: A Bibliography (Peeters, 2008) and co-editor of Theologizing in the Corinthian Conflict: Studies in Exegesis and Theology of 2 Corinthians (Peeters: 2013). Dr Peter McGrail, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department Dr McGrail s research area is Christian worship and ritual, with a special focus on Roman Catholicism. He has published widely on the subject, with two monographs, First Communion: Ritual, Church and Popular Religious Identity (Ashgate 2007) and The Exaggeration of Liturgists? Rites of Adult Initiation and Roman Catholic Ecclesiology (Ashgate, 2013). He is Director of the Liverpool Hope Institute of Pastoral Theology. 9

10 Dr Simon D. Podmore, British Academy Post Doctoral Fellow Dr Podmore s main interests are in systematic and philosophical theology: particularly Kierkegaard; Luther; the numinous and religious experience; Jewish and Christian mysticism; Holocaust theology; continental philosophy of religion; and the relationships between theology, the arts, and psychotherapy. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Self Before God: Anatomy of the Abyss (Indiana University Press, 2011). Dr Marco Settembrini, Visiting Professor Dr Settembrini holds a doctorate in Biblical Studies from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He is professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis at the Facoltà Teologica dell Emilia-Romagna (Bologna, Italy) and Visiting Professor in Biblical Studies at Liverpool Hope University. His expertise lies in Ancient Jewish Apocalypticism, the Pentateuch and the Septuagint. His publications include, among others, a monograph on Daniel 7-12 (Rome, 2007) and an introduction to the study of the Pentateuch (Cinisello Balsamo, 2012). Dom Henry Wansbrough, Alexander Jones Professor In Biblical Studies Dom Henry is a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Ampleforth. Prior to his appointment at Liverpool Hope he was for 14 years Master of St Benet s Hall in Oxford; he lectured on New Testament at the University and served as Chair of the Theology Faculty. During his career, he has written 20 books and more than 60 articles. Professor Andrew Walls, Professor Of The History Of Missions Professor Walls began service in West Africa in 1957, working at Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, and at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he was Head of the Department of Religion. For many years he was Professor of Religious Studies and Riddoch Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Aberdeen, before becoming founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World at the University of Edinburgh. He has been Visiting Professor of World Christianity at Yale and at Harvard Universities. His best known publications include The Missionary Movement in Christian History (Orbis, 1996) and The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History (Orbis, 2002). 10

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