Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
The Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology was established by the Faculty of Arts in 1991 in order to:
+ advance interdisciplinary scholarship in the fields of religion and theology by drawing on existing strengths in the faculty and university;
+ provide coherent undergraduate programs of study in religious studies, within the limited resources of the centre by coordinating existing faculty resources;
+ provide graduate courses and opportunities to pursue higher degrees by research in the area of religious studies and theology by offering a range of postgraduate subjects, coordinating individual graduate supervision, and calling attention to relevant subjects offered within faculty;
+ promote interdisciplinary research, interchange and collaboration focused on religion and theology among staff at Monash and in the wider community through seminars, conferences and papers. One of the means of pursuing this objective involves on-going discussions with the major providers of theological education in Melbourne.
+ been introduced to the major world religions and to several perspectives through which religious variation and change are understood including the disciplines of history, sociology, philosophy, cultural studies and literature;
+ developed advanced understanding of the place of religion in their own society and in other societies, explored in detail one or more religions at particular points in history, and developed skills in dealing with the sacred literature and beliefs of several religions.
Credit can also be given for subjects taken at Catholic Theological College, an affiliated college of the university which offers courses in theology, philosophy, church history, the sociology of religion and inter-faith dialogue. Credit can also be given for approved subjects taken at the Melbourne College of Divinity. The inclusion of such subjects in a religious studies major will have to be approved by the board of the centre on a case-by-case basis.
The second part of the major sequence comprises at minimum the two core subjects (RLT2470/HSY2470 and RLT2480/HSY2480).
The third part of the major sequence comprises the subjects students will select from existing subjects which deal with religion (listed below) to the value of not less than twenty-four points (at least sixteen points of which will be at the third-year level).
Combined honours may be taken in the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology and another discipline provided that all honours requirements have been met in both disciplines and subject to the approval of the heads of both departments/centres.
Mid-year entry is offered by this centre.
+ AGR1030 Introductory Ancient Greek (New Testament option)
+ ASN1020 Introduction to Asian civilisations, part 2
+ HSY1020 Renaissance Europe
+ PHL1020 Introduction to philosophy B (students should include the option `God, freedom and evil')
+ RLT2480 The religious quest: Eastern faith and illumination
+ HSY/RLT2580 The Holocaust
+ HSY/RLT2600 Pursuing the millennium
+ HSY2640 Twelfth-century renaissance: culture and society (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA/RTL2530 Baroque art (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ RLT3131 Sociology of religion (Caulfield)
+ RLT3290 Sociology of religion (Clayton)
+ HSY/RLT3560 Modern Jewish history
+ HSY/RLT3580 The Holocaust
+ HSY/RLT3600 Pursuing the millennium
+ HSY3640 Twelfth-century renaissance: culture and society (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ MUS3260 Asian music: three great traditions
+ MUS3330 Music of north and south India
+ MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
+ MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
+ MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
+ VSA/RLT3530 Baroque art
+ RLT4000 Minor thesis in religion and theology
+ RLT4010 The search for enlightenment: path of east and west
+ RLT4090 The authority of the text: the hermeneutical question
and one of the following twelve-point seminars
+ RLT4100 Religion in Australian society
+ RLT4050 Perspectives on organisational values and patterns of leadership (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ RLT4080 Sacred Writings: the hymn, myth and ritual
+ RLT4810 A history of popular Christianity (proposed to be offered next in 1997)