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• Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.), 1 Year(s) Full Time
• Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.), 2 Year(s) Part Time

Course Details

Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies explores the complex realities of intercultural and interreligious relationships.  Participants draw on a wide and interdisciplinary range of scholarship - integrating both emerging and established fields such as World Christianity Studies, Comparative Theology, Intercultural Ethics, Ecumenics, Political Science and Religious Studies.  A choice of four module tracks enables students to specialize in one of the fields of study that - together - constitute Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies. Not all of the following modules may be available in any given year.     Students are assessed on a total of six modules, three core and three optional, plus dissertation.  The course offers four distinctive tracks, within which students may opt for thematic concentrations of optional modules.   Track A: Christian Ecumenical Theologies Core modules:

•             Translating God(s): Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies
•             Research and Methods

plus Concentration 1: Faith, Order and Unity

•             Nature, Grace and the Triune God
•             Developing Doctrine: Identity and Change in Christian Tradition
•             Interpreting Ecumenical Ecclesiology

or Concentration 2: Ecumenical Theology as Intercultural Engagement

•             An Ecumenics of Loss: Religion, Modernity and Reconciliation
•             Creation, Cosmology and Ecotheology
•             Engaging Religious Fundamentalism
•             Crosscultural Ministry and Interreligious Encounter

  Track B: World Christianity and Intercultural Theology Core modules:

•             Translating God(s): Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies
•             Research and Methods

plus Concentration 1: World Christianity Studies

•             Christian Seeds in Hindu Soil: Christianity in South Asia
•             The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christianity in the World of Islam

or Concentration 2: Intercultural Theology

•             On Being Human: Theological Anthropology in Crosscultural Perspective
•             The Many Faces of Jesus: Christology and Cultures

or Concentration 3: Crosscultural Ethics and Ministry

•             Comparative/Interreligious Ethics
•             Crosscultural Ministry and Interreligious Encounter

  Track C: Comparative Theology and Interreligious Studies Core modules:

•             Translating God(s): Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies
•             Research and Methods

plus Concentration 1: Comparative Theology

•             Muslim God, Christian God: Islam and Muslim-Christian Comparative

Theology

•             Hindu God, Christian God: Hinduism and Hindu-Christian Comparative

Theology. or Concentration 2: Study of Religions’ Interrelations

•             Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations
•             Issues in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

or Concentration 3: World Christianity in Interreligious Contexts

•             Christian Seeds in Hindu Soil: Christianity in South Asia
•             The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christianity in the World of Islam

  Track D: Religions and Ethics in a Pluralist World Core modules:

•             Translating God(s): Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies
•             Research and Methods

  plus Concentration 1: Peace and International Development

•             Conflict Resolution and Nonviolence
•             Armed Conflict, Peacebuilding

and Development

•             Gender, War and Peace
•             Creation, Cosmology and Ecotheology
•             Northern Ireland: Conflict, Religion and the Politics of Peace

or Concentration 2: Religion, Ethics and International Relations

•             Religions and International Relations
•             Ethics in International Affairs
•             Human Rights in Theory and Practice
•             Comparative/Interreligious Ethics

  Teaching takes places in Dublin over two terms. A one term, non-degree course of study is available which is ideal for those on sabbatical, or who prefer a shorter period of study. There is also the option of attending single modules.   Modules from the M.Phil. in International Peace Studies and the M.Phil. in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation are also open to students on the M.Phil. in Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies. Students seeking to be assessed for their work on a module in either of the two other programmes must first secure the permission of the relevant course coordinators.   Dissertation: A research dissertation (15,000 – 20,000 words) to be supervised by an appropriate member of staff and to be submitted by 16 August.

Admission Requirements

Applicants should normally have an honors degree at second class level or GPA 3.2 or above. Students not meeting these criteria may exceptionally be considered at the discretion of the Dean of Graduate Studies.

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• Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.), 1 Year(s) Full Time
• Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.), 2 Year(s) Part Time