Dear Offer Holder,
 
We write to you to offer our congratulations on receiving an offer for our Religion and Theology programme. Our programmes are competitive and your offer is a real achievement. We are delighted to welcome you to the department.
 
You can read the full welcome letter here: Welcome Letter Religion and Theology (PDF, 140kB)‌

 Our international scholarships could help you fund your UK study at the University of Bristol. We've invested up to £3 million in Think Big Scholarships to help international students come to Bristol in 2024. These scholarships are for applicants with overseas fee status who have applied for an eligible undergraduate or master's course. 

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Helpful Material on Transitioning to University

Guide to our Year 1 curriculum via our online Programmes Catalogue (showing the current year).
 
Our key units in year 1 are:

• Introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• Introduction to the Religions and Philosophies of Asia
• Approaches to the Study of Religion
• Issues in the Study of Religion

Essay guidance (PDF, 148kB) by Rupert Gethin

Department of Religion and Theology Twitter Page: @BristolReligion

Get to know your lecturers

Why not start by finding something one of us has written on a topic you’re interested in? Click an academic’s name and when you are on their profile click on Research Outputs – some of our articles have been added to our own database and can be freely accessed.

You can also watch our lecturers talking about their expertise in our Department on Film section.

Particularly recommended for year 1 key units:

Units: Approaches to the Study of Religion and Issues in the Study of Religion

 

• Hinnells, John R. (ed.), The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions (London: Penguin, 2010)
• Hinnels, John R. The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010).

 
Unit: Introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam
 

• Bible: English Standard Version, or similar academic translation. https://www.stepbible.org/
• de Lange, Nicholas, An Introduction to Judaism, 2nd ed. (Cambridge, 2010)  
• McGrath, Alister E. Christianity: An Introduction (Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2015)
• Malise Ruthven, Islam: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 1997)

 
Unit: Introduction to the Religions and Philosophies of Asia

• Rodrigues, Hilary, Introducing Hinduism (London: Routledge, 2017)
• Flood, Gavin, An Introduction to Hinduism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996)
• Strong, John S. The Buddha: A Beginners’ Guide, 2nd edition (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2009)

 
See also our Reading Resources page:
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/religion/study/undergraduate/further-resources/  

Do you like to travel?

All our Single Honours students have the opportunity to study abroad for a semester or year. We invite you to check out our partner universities around the world (including Jerusalem, Montreal, California, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney and closer to home Leiden and Copenhagen). All of our partner universities offer units taught in English and were chosen carefully for their high-quality teaching and research in Religion, Theology and related subject areas. For a full and up-to-date listing of partner universities browse the Global Opportunities website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-office/go-abroad/.