The full-time and part-time MPhil programmes in Religions and Theology involve substantial original research leading to the production of a thesis (of up to 50,000 words). Assessment is based on the thesis and an oral examination. Areas available for research include: Biblical studies, esp. Gospels, Paul, Graeco-Roman context; early Christianity, esp. Nag Hammadi and magical texts; papyri and other manuscripts in the John Rylands Library; Rabbinic and mediaeval Judaism; Jewish thought; Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations; South Asian Studies, including Hindu traditions, Indo-Islamic traditions, Indian philosophy; Christian doctrine; philosophical theology; applied theology; ecotheology; theology and technology; contemporary Christianity; religious archives in the John Rylands Library; Religion and philosophy; existentialism; philosophy of law; ethics; religion and science; Religion and politics; religion and gender; religion and diaspora; religion and conflict.