Religion and theology - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the School of Historical Studies

Campus availability: Clayton

Relevant courses

2455 Diploma in Arts (Religion and Theology)
0002 Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)
3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
0202 Bachelor of Letters

Sequences

First-year sequence

A first-year sequence in religion and theology consists of any two first-year level units chosen from the units listed below.

Minor sequence

Students complete a standard minor chosen from the units listed below.

Major sequence

Students complete a standard major chosen from the units listed below.

Units

First-year level

CLA1111 Introductory ancient Greek A/1
CLA1121 Introductory ancient Greek B/1
HSY1010 Medieval Europe
HSY1020 Renaissance Europe
HSY1050 Asian civilisations: The cycle of empires
HSY1060 Asian civilisations: Crisis and transformation
HSY1190 Jews, God and history
HSY1120 Jews and non-Jews in the middle ages
PHL1010 Introduction to philosophy A
PHL1020 Introduction to philosophy B
RLT1010 Classical Christian spiritualities
RLT1020 Modern Christian spiritualities

Second/Third-year level

ANY2110/ANY3120 Magic, science and religion
ANY2180/ANY3180 Witchcraft in the modern world
ANY3250 The anthropology of witchcraft and sorcery
ARY2250/ARY3250 Israel in the ancient near east: An archaeological perspective
CLS3150 Belief and perception
ENH2020/ENH3020 Heroes, lovers and monsters: The literary culture of medieval England
ENH2340/ENH3340 Literature and the Christian tradition
HSY2035/HSY3035 Heresy, persecution, identity: Confronting religious orthodoxies
HSY2045/HSY3045 Decoding 'The Da Vinci Code': Histories behind the story
HSY2105/HSY3105 Religion and genocide in 20th Century India (previously The Great Divide: religion and genocide in twentieth century India)
HSY2140/HSY3140 Faith and power: Islam in history and society
HSY2265/HSY3265 The world of the Bible: Text and context
HSY2275/HSY3275 Islam: Principles, civilization, influence
HSY2555/HSY3555 Australian Jewry: History and society
HSY2560/HSY3560 Challenge and response: The course of modern Jewish history
HSY2570/HSY3570 Modern Israel: History, politics and society (previously Modern Israel: vision and reality)
HSY2580/HSY3580 The Holocaust
HSY2595/HSY3595 Alexandria-Jerusalem-Rome
HSY2600/HSY3600 Cults and the end of time: A history of millenarian discourse (previously Cults and the end of time: millennial belief, prophecy, progress and dissent)
HSY2640/HSY3640 Christians, Jews and Muslims in the age of crusades
HSY2735/HSY3735 Myth and meaning in ancient worlds (previously RLT2190/RLT3190)
HSY3690 Rome, the papacy and the world (previously Pagent and power : the Renaissance Papacy)
JWC2030/JWC3030 Jewish law: Ancient, medieval, modern
JWC2060/JWC3060 Exploring Judaism: Llaw, ethics and philosophy
JWC2600/JWC3600 Israel in late antiquity
JWC2620/JWC3620 Radical Rabbis: Literature, theology and imagination
LIN2570/LIN3570 The analysis of discourse: Texts, narrative and society
PHL2670 Philosophy of religion
PHL2850/PHL3850 Topics in Indian philosophy
PHL3880 Space, time and deity: Themes from Leibniz and Hume
RLT2140/RLT3140 Principles of Christian theology
RLT2160/RLT3160 Reforming theologies: Reforming societies
RLT2170/RLT3170 Christian theology III: Grace and church
RLT2180/RLT3180 Scripture, sacrament and society
RLT2190/RLT3190 Myth and meaning in ancient worlds
RLT2210/RLT3210 Starring God: Religion, myth and film
RLT2470/RLT3470 The religious quest: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
RLT2480/3RLT480 The religious quest: Eastern faith and illumination
RLT3980 Thinking God - philosophical theology and postmodernity
SCY2290/SCY3290 Spiritualities, faiths and religions: Society and the transcendent
SHS2020/SHS3020 Jesus and the Jews
VSA2520/VSA3520 Italian Renaissance art: Power, patronage and imagination

NOTE: Credit can also be given for units taken at the Catholic Theological College as well as for approved units taken at the Melbourne College of Divinity. The inclusion of such units will have to be approved by the board at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology on a case-by-case basis and students will have to submit an 'Application for complementary unit enrolment' form to the Coursework Office for each unit approved.

Contact details

Liisa Williams, Coursework officer
W605, West Wing, Menzies building, Clayton campus
Telephone +61 3 9905 2199
Email liisa.williams@arts.monash.edu.au