What is a Bachelor in Religious Studies & Theology?

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Religious studies and theology focus on the supernatural, sacred or divine and the moral code, ritual practices, dogmas, values or associated institutions. Religion has several functions that are expressed through the human behaviour: cognitive or action function, anxiety reduction, social function, compensation and identity. This interdisciplinary field studies the impact of religion in the international environment and the presence of traditions in the modern world. Research focuses on different approaches on religions and its place in history.

Religious studies and theology are concerned with the study of the spiritual beliefs and their particular characteristics and their expression in nowadays society. A Bachelor’s degree in religious studies and theology can specialize in culture, conflict, librarianship, economics, geography, history and others.

The study of one or several religions equips the graduate of a Master’s degree in religious studies and theology with skills and knowledge that may lead to a career as a priest/minister, teacher/lecturer, advice worker, community development worker and others.

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Harvard University Cambridge, United States 1
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 2
Durham University Durham, United Kingdom 3
University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom 4
Boston College Newton, United States 5
Yale University New Haven, United States 6
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands 7
Duke University Durham, United States 8
KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium 9
Princeton University Princeton, United States 9
University of Toronto Toronto, Canada 11
University of Chicago Chicago, United States 12
Heidelberg University Heidelberg, Germany 13
University of Tübingen Tübingen, Germany 13
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, United States 15
University of Notre Dame South Bend, United States 16
UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 17
University of St Andrews St Andrews, United Kingdom 18
The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom 19
Stanford University Stanford, United States 20
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, United States 20
SOAS University of London London, United Kingdom 22
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel 23
The University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom 24
Emory University Atlanta, United States 25
Monash University Melbourne, Australia 26
Georgetown University Washington, D. C., United States 27
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, United Kingdom 28
McGill University Montréal, Canada 29
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Santiago, Chile 30
The University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom 31
King's College London London, United Kingdom 32
Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands 32
Lancaster University Lancaster, United Kingdom 34
University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom 35
Australian Catholic University Sydney, Australia 36
Humboldt University Berlin Berlin, Germany 37
University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark 38
University of Oslo Oslo, Norway 39
Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands 40
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich München, Germany 41
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, United States 42
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands 43
University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands 44
University of Virginia Charlottesville, United States 45
Columbia University New York City, United States 46
International Islamic University of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 46
Deakin University  Burwood, Australia 48
University of Sydney Sydney, Australia 49
Northwestern University Evanston, United States 50
Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark 51
Arizona State University Tempe Junction, United States 51
Baylor University Waco, United States 51
Boston University Boston, United States 51
Cornell University Ithaca, United States 51
Fordham University Manhattan, United States 51
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Steglitz, Germany 51
University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany 51
Loyola University Chicago Evanston, United States 51
Lund University Lund, Sweden 51
McMaster University Hamilton, Canada 51
Melbourne Business School Melbourne, Australia 51
New York University New York City, United States 51
Philip University in Marburg Marburg, Germany 51
Renmin University of China Beijing, China 51
Rice University Houston, United States 51
Sapienza University of Rome Roma, Italy 51
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa 51
Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain 51
University of Münster Münster, Germany 51
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Kampung Baru Subang, Malaysia 51
University Sains Malaysia George Town, Malaysia 51
University College London (UCL) London, United Kingdom 51
University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 51
University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand 51
University of Bern Bern, Switzerland 51
University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom 51
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada 51
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, United States 51
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa 51
University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom 51
University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands 51
University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland 51
University of Kent Canterbury, United Kingdom 51
University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom 51
University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 51
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, United States 51
University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom 51
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States 51
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa 51
University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia 51
University of Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom 51
University of Strasbourg Strasbourg, France 51
University of Vienna Vienna, Austria 51
University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom 51
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, United States 51
University of Zurich Zürich (Kreis 1), Switzerland 51
Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden 51
Vanderbilt University Nashville, United States 51
Yonsei University Seoul, South Korea 51
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