MPhil/PhD Theology and Religious Studies Research

At King's you will find a broad range of overlapping areas of research. Students can pursue traditional areas of study through

Theology (Systematics, Philosophical Theology, Patristics and Medieval Theology, History of Christianity in the reformation and modern period, Biblical Theology, Ethics, Business Ethics, and Christianity and the Arts)
Biblical Studies (literary, ideological and theological approaches to the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, gender and the Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament studies, including biography, genre, environment and ethics).
Central to our department, too, is the social scientific study of religion (anthropology, sociology, history and politics), together with philosophy of religion, the world of Jews in modern Europe, contemporary Islamic thought, and Chinese religions.

Students who wish to read for a research degree should normally have obtained either an MA with Merit or, in exceptional circumstances, a first class or good upper second class honours degree at a British university, or an equivalent overseas qualification. In both cases, their previous studies should normally have included a dissertation, or equivalent, demonstrating ability to present the result of independent study and research.

IELTS (Academic) - 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in reading and writing and 6.0 in listening and speaking.
TOEFL IBT - 100 overall with a minimum of 25 in writing, 23 in reading and 20 in each of the other skills.
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - 69 overall, with a minimum of 62 in reading and writing and 59 in listening and speaking.