Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Politics and Theology (VL26)

In this rapidly changing world, new challenges are constantly arising – from climate change to new technologies, from identity politics to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic – and the study of politics needs to respond. Liverpool Hope University seeks to engage with politics and political issues in the real world as they evolve and change over time. In doing so, the university actively encourages debate and discussion amongst students, encouraging a stronger awareness and appreciation of different points of view.

The Politics program will allow students to explore key ideas, institutions and politics in an international, national and local context. They will be taught by staff who are experts in their fields, who will teach them to engage with political research and develop the capacity to be an independent, critically-minded scholar. The course also aims to equip students with transferable skills to take into the world of work.

Across 2,000 years, the Christian tradition has provoked an immense wealth of theological ideas, has adapted itself to many cultural forms and has shaped human minds and events. This degree offers students the opportunity to study Christianity from a number of perspectives – historical, doctrinal, pastoral and contextual – so that they will acquire expertise in finding their way through this complex and rich field of study.

The degree includes the academic study of the Christian Bible and embodies the university's commitment to take faith seriously, whilst at the same time to be intellectually stretching, stimulating and challenging. The teaching staff in the Department represent a broad range of Christian traditions, and are all published experts in their own particular fields.

By exploring the textual, historical, political and philosophical aspects of theology, Liverpool Hope University's provision in this area provides students with a holistic and in-depth appreciation of the subject.