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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
The Department of Religious Studies at Kent
provides the highest standards of graduate training
in the UK. It is the only department in its subject
area to have received two national grants from the
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to
support specialist training for doctoral students.
Collectively, the staff at Kent cover all the current methodologies and
theoretical approaches, from empirical research to psychology of
religion to continental philosophy and history of ideas. As well as
offering expertise in all the major ‘world religions’, we are widely
recognised for groundbreaking work at the edges of the category of
religion as well as for work on the invention of the category of ‘religion’.
Among the many combined subject areas we cover are religion and
media, religion and politics, religion and comparative literatures, and
religion and society.
The Department strongly supports cross-disciplinary work and students
are encouraged to take advantage of the wide range of postgraduate
classes and seminars available both within the School of European
Culture and Languages (SECL), where Religious Studies is based,
and across the University as a whole.
Training
Postgraduate students in
Religious Studies are expected to
play an active role in the training
and research culture of the
Department. This includes our
regular research seminars, the
advanced theory reading group
and other training workshops.
You can take our week-long
training course in methodological
approaches to the study of
religion in the spring term, which
is also taken by doctoral students
from around the UK. Research
students are supported with
undertaking wider professional
development activities, including
teaching and writing for
publication, that prepare them
for future academic work. Broader
support is also available through
the University’s Graduate School.
Taught programmes
For the most up-to-date information,
see website details below.
Please note that modules are
subject to change. Please contact
the School for more detailed
information on availability.
Assessment
For the most up-to-date information,
see website details below.
Religion PCert, MA
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Locations: Canterbury;
Canterbury and Paris (MA only)
It is possible to study this
programme based entirely in
Canterbury or split between