Theology: University of Oxford

What is Theology?

To enjoy Theology you need above all to be interested in the questions it raises, and not sure about all the answers. For this reason, although the course concentrates mainly on the origins and development of Christian theology, it appeals to students from a great variety of intellectual and religious or non-religious backgrounds. To engage with all the different aspects of the course, you have to be something of a historian and a philosopher, a textual and literary critic, and a linguist. All these disciplines together not only help to make a theologian, but, like the other arts subjects, equip our graduates to embark on a wide range of careers.

Theology at Oxford

The Theology Faculty has more than 100 members covering almost every possible branch of the discipline, ranging from experts in the ancient languages and literature of the world’s religions to church historians and systematic theologians. Its reputation attracts scholars from all over the world as visiting lecturers.

Application procedure

Applications are accepted from candidates with any A-levels or equivalent. Theology is one of the arts courses in the University which do not require you to have taken a related subject before. In many colleges over a third of those accepted have had no previous knowledge of theology. Candidates are normally required to submit two essays, at least one of which must be ordinary marked homework of less than 2,000 words. If possible, the pieces should reflect work done in the final year of your school or college. The work should be prose, and should ideally contain evaluative as well as descriptive components. Longer project essays are not usually acceptable. In place of one essay, an examination or test answer to an unseen question, supervised and marked by the school or college, may be submitted.

Entrance Requirements

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General contact details

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