This programme provides a unique interdisciplinary, broad social science perspective on the study of religion. It offers you the opportunity to investigate the increasing prevalence of religious and secular dynamics across the globe and how concepts of religion interweave with aspects of today’s society, in theory and practice. The programme tackles topics of key importance, from policy-relevant connections between religion and public life, and religion and politics, to more theoretical debates about the nature of belief, ritual, and questions of being. It allows you to explore the role of religion in the developing world, and illuminates Western models of religion and secularisation through comparison with those in the global south. Fieldwork is an important element of the programme, with the compulsory course allowing you to work closely on extended case studies based on your lecturers’ own expert primary research. The programme is intended for graduates of the humanities and social science, but will be of interest to those with a traditional theological background, or with a pastoral or vocational training, as well as those who would like to consider religion from an alternative and complementary perspective.