Groups C and D of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos currently comprise the following papers:

Paper 14.          Theology and science.

Paper 15A.       Hebrew II.

Paper 15B.       Hebrew III.

Paper 16.          The religion and literature of the Old Testament.

Paper 17.          New Testament texts in Greek.

Paper 18.          Jesus.

Paper 19.          Paul and the early church.

Paper 20.          Study of theology.

Paper 21.          Christian life and thought to 461.

Paper 22.          Christian life and thought, 950-1300.

Paper 23.          Christian life and thought, 1500-1689.

Paper 24.          Christian life and thought since 1800.

Paper 25.          Philosophical theology.

Paper 26.          The study of religions I: The religious traditions of India; Hinduism and

Buddhism.

Paper 27.          The study of religions II: The Holy Land or Sufism.

Paper 28.          Old Testament and intertefttamental studies.

Paper 29.          Judaism in the Greek and Roman periods: special subject.

Paper 30.          New Testament exegesis.

Paper 31.          Biblical Authority and Interpretation since 1800.

Paper 32.          Doctrine: special paper: Jesus Christ in twentieth century theology.

Paper 33.          A special subject or subjects in Christian life and thought: (a) Augustine

or (b) The First Crusade or (c) Twentieth Century Ecumenism.

Paper 34.          A subject or subjects in Christian life and thought specified by the Faculty

Board: Body, self and society.

Paper 35.          Christian ethics.

Paper 36.          The comparative study of religions II: (a) (he self and salvation in Indian

and western thought or (b) Jewish and Christian responses to the Holocaust.

Paper 37.          Religion and the Human Sciences.

Prospective applicants seeking further details should write to the Faculty Office. This course cannot be counted towards a research degree. Closing date for completed applications; 31 January for DFID applicants; 28 February for all other applicants.

This is a taught course designed primarily for graduates of other humanities disciplines (including those who may have studied some theology as part of a broader interdisciplinary degree) who intend for professional, academic, or personal reasons to shift the focus of their studies into the area of theology and religious studies. Although this course cannot be counted towards a research degree, it can offer a very useful basis for graduates from other backgrounds who wish to go on to one in this area. It also offers an excellent introduction to the subject for those who wish generally to broaden/ their education or for those considering a career in ministry. Applicants should nave (or be about to get) at least a good Second Class Honours degree or its equivalent.

The examination consists of:

(a) Three papers chosen from Groups C and D of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos (see below), subject to the approval of the Degree Committee. With the Degree Committee’s approval candidates may elect to offer four papers, in which case their marks in the paper in which their performance is judged to be least good shall be taken into account only if it is to their advantage;

(b) A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, including notes and appendices, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee, to be submitted by 31 August in the year of candidature. At the Examiners1 discretion there may be an oral examination on the dissertation and on the general field of knowledge in which it falls.