The Department of Religions and Theology offers access for extra-mural attendees to its undergraduate courses across a wide range of subjects from the ancient world to issues in contemporary ethics.

Each course runs for a total of twenty-two weeks in two parts, divided into Michaelmas and Hilary terms. There is a one week break in each term (4-8 November 2013 and 24-28 February 2014) when no lectures will take place.

Full information on all these courses will be available on our website: http://www.tcd.ie/Religions_Theology/.

How to apply

Contact: Jane Welch, Executive Officer, Department of Religions and Theology, room 5010, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Phone: 01 896 1297, email: jwelch@tcd.ie

Introduction to world religions

Introduction to the history of religions (Professor Dirk Johannsen)

Introduction to biblical studies

Introduction to Jewish origins and the Hebrew Bible: texts and contexts

Introduction to theology

Eras and classical authors in the history of Christian thinking (Professor Cathriona Russell)

The ‘Abrahamic faiths’ in their history of reception

Biblical traditions in Western art and culture (Professor Gesa Thiessen)

Christianity from the first to the twenty-first century

Christianity in the cultures of late antiquity

Introductions to philosophy and to religious studies

Introduction to philosophy

New Testament

Literary and historical approaches to the Gospels (Professor Ben Wold)

Systematic theology in the movements of Western thinking

Christology (Professor Maureen Junker-Kenny)

Theological ethics

Ethics: philosophical and theological (Professor Maureen Junker-Kenny)

Religion and the emergence of pluralism

Reformation and Enlightenment (Professor John Scally)

Contemporary theories and expressions of religion

Contemporary theories of religion (Professor Dirk Johannsen)

Introduction to world religions

World religions (Professor Patrick Claffey)

Introduction to biblical studies

Introduction to the New Testament: texts and contexts (Professor Margaret Daly-Denton)

Introduction to theology

Key themes in theology (Professor Cathriona Russell, Professor Maureen Junker-Kenny)

The ‘Abrahamic faiths’ in their history of reception

The Qur’an and its history of reception (Professor Jonathan Kearney)

Christianity from the first to the twenty-first century

Inculturations in Europe and Ireland (Professor John Scally)

Introductions to philosophy and to religious studies

Approaches to the study of religion (Professor Dirk Johannsen)

New Testament

The Johannine writings (Professor Ben Wold)

Systematic theology in the movements of Western thinking

Hermeneutics (Professor Cathriona Russell, Professor Maureen Junker-Kenny)

Theological ethics

Approaches to theological ethics (Professor Maureen Junker-Kenny)

Religion and the emergence of pluralism

Religion, media and the public sphere (Professor Dirk Johannsen)

Contemporary theories and expressions of religion

Current expressions and movements in Christianity and Islam (Professor Jonathan Kearney, Professor Patrick Claffey)

Fee

For one course the fee is €150. For any two courses the fee is €259. There is a concession rate of €99 per course. This is available to second and third level students, unemployed persons and those in receipt of a social welfare pension.

For security reasons payment should be by cheque/draft/postal money order only, made payable to Trinity College no. 1 account.

Further information

Contact: Jane Welch, Executive Officer, Department of Religions and Theology, room 5010, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Phone: 01 896 1297, email: jwelch@tcd.ie