Please note: Information on this page relates to the 2012 academic year unless otherwise specified.
On this page:
- Overview
- Undergraduate Information
- Postgraduate Information
- How to Find out More and Staff Contacts
- Related Subjects and Careers
- List of Courses
Religious Studies Programme:
Overview
A Bachelor of Arts (BA) major in Religious Studies is a pathway to understanding the world we live in. The majority of people on the planet subscribe to a religious tradition or faith, and our legal, political, musical, literary, philosophical, and cultural traditions make more sense if we study the religions that inform them. These beliefs and practices motivate people to kill and to heal, to include and exclude others, to love and to hate, and to produce sublime, inspired art, music and literature.
We ask questions such as: what do you believe? Why do religions persist, grow and decline? Is religion the cause of terrorism and war? Do religions have a role to play in the 21st century? Are the gods the invention of humanity or vice versa?
Victoria's Religious Studies Programme gives you a broad and comprehensive introduction to the major religious traditions of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Judaism, as well as the religions of India, China, and Japan. Learn about the ways in which religion impacts on the contemporary world, and as your degree advances you can link religion with other themes, like religion and politics, religion and death, contemporary spirituality, mysticism, conflict and peace, and religion and identity.
Religious Studies teaches you to appreciate human values in all their diversity - useful skills for living and working in our complex world. Knowledge and understanding of humanity at its deepest level are an invaluable guide, whatever career or personal path you follow.
Undergraduate Information
BA Major Requirements
- 40 points from RELI 200-299
- 40 points from RELI 300-399
- 40 further points from RELI 100-399
Postgraduate Information
Postgraduate Qualifications in Religious Studies
For information specific to Religious Studies, please see our Postgraduate Study page. For information about the postgraduate qualifications, please click on the Faculty links below.
How to Find out More and Staff Contacts
You can order more information on this subject using our Request for Study Material form.
Victoria's Student Recruitment, Admission and Orientation Office offers advice on courses and help with planning your degree.
Contact the Humanities and Social Sciences' Faculty Student and Academic Services Office for information on admission, qualifications and courses, course advice and selection criteria, exemptions and prerequisites.
Religious Studies courses are taught within the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies. Click here for Religious Studies Programme staff.
Religious Studies Office: Room 105, 94 Fairlie Tce.
Annie Mercer
School Manager
Phone:0-4-463 5807
Email: address
Aliki Kalliabetsos
Programme Administrator
Phone: 0-4-463 5299
Email: address
Related Subjects and Careers
| Related Subjects | Careers |
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Art History |
Community organisations |
List of Courses
For a complete course listing, see the list of all Religious Studies courses.
| On this page: |
| 100 Level Courses |
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RELI 103 – Paths to Enlightenment: Introducing Asian Religions |
RELI 106 – Prayer, Meditation, Trance and Ecstasy: A Study of the Techniques of Spiritual Transformation |
RELI 107 – Religion, Law and Politics |
RELI 108 – The World's Religions |
RELI 110 – Myth and Ritual |
| 200 Level Courses |
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RELI 203 – Civilisation and Cultures of Islam |
RELI 205 – The Religions of India: Gods, Goddesses and the Sacred |
RELI 206 – Buddhism: The Noble Path |
RELI 207 – Judaism: Israel, Holocaust and Diaspora |
RELI 210 – Special Topic: Global Christianity: Rebellion, Orthodoxy and Liberation |
RELI 212 – Religions, Culture and Politics in Aotearoa and the Pacific |
RELI 221 – Religion and Disenchantment: Politics, Power and the Sacred |
RELI 225 – Religious Art and Architecture: Imaging the Divine East and West |
RELI 226 – Psychology of Religion |
RELI 227 – Special Topic: Religion and Spirituality in New Zealand Literature and Creative Arts |
RELI 250 – Studies in Christian Theology: Jesus, the Gospels and the Coming of God |
RELI 251 – Introduction to the Qur'an |
RELI 252 – Political Islam |
RELI 286 – Mysticism, Spiritual Maps and Reality |
| 300 Level Courses |
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RELI 303 – Contemporary Spirituality |
RELI 305 – Death, Dying and Religion |
RELI 310 – Special Topic: Buddhism: The Noble Path |
RELI 325 – The Future of Religion: Spirituality and Globalisation |
RELI 327 – Special Topic: Religion and Spirituality in New Zealand Literature and Creative Arts |
RELI 328 – Religion and Human Biology |
RELI 329 – Islam in the Contemporary World |
RELI 330 – Religion, Identity, and Community: Contested Boundaries and Belonging |
RELI 331 – Religion, Conflict and Peacemaking |
RELI 335 – Arguing About Religion: Discourse and Debate |
RELI 350 – Studies in Christian Theology: Paul, The first Christian Theologian |
| 400 Level Courses |
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RELI 401 – Methods and Issues in the Study of Religion |
RELI 418 – Special Topic |
RELI 419 – Special Topic |
RELI 422 – Advanced Studies in Religion and Politics |
RELI 423 – Advanced Studies in Science and Religion |
RELI 424 – Advanced Studies in Religion and Society |
RELI 425 – Advanced Studies in Asian Religions |
RELI 426 – Advanced Studies in Western Religions |
RELI 427 – Advanced Studies in Religious Texts |
RELI 428 – Advanced Studies in the Language of Religious Texts |
RELI 489 – Research Essay |