Religious Studies
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Profile
Research Degrees Number of Postgraduate Students Website
MPhil/PhD 60 www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/religstudies
Taught Courses Head of Department Location
eligstudies
MA in Religious Studies Professor Christopher Partridge Bowland North
MA in Education and Religious Studies
PgDip in Religious Studies Postgraduate Enquiries
Departmental Assistant
Gillian Taylor
tel: +44 (0)1524 592425
e-mail: RelStud@lancaster.ac.uk
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The Department of Religious Studies is well known throughout the
world and attracts students and visiting specialists from every
continent. Our reputation as an international centre of excellence
in research was recognised in 1989, 1992, 1996, 2001 and 2008
by the award of high ratings in the national research selectivity
exercises. As one of the largest religious studies departments in
Britain, we offer a wide range of courses and academic supervision.
With our primary focus on religion and spirituality in the
contemporary world, we are ideally positioned to contribute to
topics of growing concern within the academic discipline of
Religious Studies: the often unexpected changes and developments
Religious Studies
Dr Andrew Dawson
taking place in connection with religion, spirituality, philosophy,
and social and cultural change.
Lecturer in Religious Studies
Postgraduate students benefit from the dynamic culture of our
Dr Dawson’s research interests include the discourse and department and we have long-standing links with scholars,
practice of new religious movements. The majority of his professional bodies and organisations both inside and outside
research takes place in Brazil, although his most recent project Lancaster. We have organised numerous international conferences
also involves religious communities in Europe. He co-edits the at Lancaster University and many of our academic staff serve on
journal, Fieldwork in Religion. the committees of professional societies. Departmental staff often
collaborate with postgraduate students in conference organisation
“The Department at Lancaster has pioneered the subject of and co-editing manuscripts.
‘religious studies’ since the 1960s. At this time many
universities offered degrees in ‘theology’ which were only We are regularly contacted by the media to comment on religious
concerned with the Christian tradition. Ninian Smart, who issues and phenomena in the contemporary world. In addition,
founded the Department, pushed for a global approach which various members of our Department act as consultants for national
would take seriously all the world’s religions and and international organisations.
philosophies.”
Arts and Social Sciences:
Our regular Departmental Seminar offers a programme of
“Lancaster’s Department of Religious Studies was the first presentation from invited speakers. In addition, fortnightly
such department to be established in the UK, and it has postgraduate workshops provide research training in religious
maintained its pioneering status ever since. We pride studies and provides you with the opportunity to present your own
ourselves on having expertise in every one of the world’s research projects.
major religious traditions.”
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