MA in Digital Theology
Cranmer Hall has decided to discontinue the MA in Digital Theology. The Centre for Digital Theology is therefore currently running the programme at another institution. Please contact Jonas Kurlberg for enquiries.
The Masters in Digital Theology is the first degree of its kind across the world offering a unique opportunity for theological reflection on digital culture and its impact on contemporary religious practice - especially within the context of Christianity.
The course explores:
- how we think theologically about digital culture and how we might apply digital methodologies to our theological thinking
- how key theological themes are impacted by serious engagement with digitality - what do we mean by incarnation in a digital world; how do we live ethically amidst
- digital technology; might transhumanism be a form of apocalypticism?
- how religious practice adapts within a dominant digital culture, especially digitally mediated Christianity and whether there are boundaries to that adaptation.
You can take the course both as a one-year full-time student, or part-time over two or three years. The course will be taught through two teaching blocks, initially in the historic world heritage site of Durham's medieval city, using a variety of online and offline settings.
Modules:
- Digital Theology
- Digitally Mediated Christianity
- Methodology Module - a choice from:
- Theological and Practical Reflection on Ministry and Mission
- Social Scientific Methods in the Study of Religion
- Ecclesiology and Ethnography
- One free-choice module from a range across Durham's Theology provision, including:
- Biblical Literacy in a Media Culture
- The Dialogue of Science and Religion
- Intellect and Imagination: Apologetics in the Mass Media
- Dissertation
Get in Touch
Enquiries about the Centre for Digital Theology should be sent via the email below.
Centre for Digital Theology
Department of Theology and Religion
Abbey House
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RS