6 PhD programmes in Theology and Religious Studies in Sweden
Empirical-Practical Studies of Religion and Theology
Within the subject area Empirical-Practical Studies of Religion and Theology doctoral studies can be applied for with two different specialisations: Sociology of religion and Practical theology. Within both doctoral students at Uppsala University can choose a didactics of religion profile.
Religious Studies
The postgraduate education in Religious Studies at the University of Gothenburg aims to understand and critically reflect on the function and place of religion in historical and contemporary contexts.
Religious Studies
Doctoral Religious Studies education at Umea University involves four years of full-time study, which includes a number of courses and a thesis.
Biblical Exegesis
The main focus of the academic discipline Biblical Exegesis at Uppsala University is research relating to biblical texts (writings included in the Jewish and/or a Christian canon), studied in their original language.
Systematic Theology
Research within Systematic Theology at Uppsala University involves primarily a philosophical and history of ideas study of the religious ideas and traditions of thought, worldviews, philosophies, isms and ideologies that have formed our culture.
History of Religions and World Christianity
Religious traditions relate to each other in different ways. In today’s global world practices, rituals and ideas are formed, confronted and discussed within different traditions, between traditions and in the societies where the traditions exist. This History of Religions and World Christianity programme is offered at Uppsala University.