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"Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion is a wide-ranging arts degree, allowing you to study history, philosophy, literature, language and, of course, biblical narrative."

The BA in Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion is one of the broadest available at the University of Cambridge, and draws on disciplines ranging from philosophy and history to psychology and literary criticism. Graduates pursue careers in a variety of fields, including journalism, teaching, social services, and the charity sector.

Lucy Cavendish has a small but close-knit community of Theologians, comprising Bachelors, Masters, and PhD students, and recent undergraduates have achieved high grades.

 

Further information about the course can be found on the Faculty and University websites.

Typical offers require

  • A Level: A*AA
  • IB: 40-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level 

For other qualifications, see the main entrance requirements pages on the University website.

Course Requirements

  • No subject-specific entrance requirements

Mature students and those taking other qualifications are encouraged to contact our Admissions Office, to discuss the entry requirements for their qualifications.

 

Number of students 

We aim to admit around two students per year.

Admissions Assessment

  • All applicants for Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion are required to take a written assessment at interview, if interviewed.

Written work 

Applicants are required to submit one or two school/college essays as examples of written work prior to interview. 

For more information:

 

Director of Studies

Dr Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft

Theology, Religion & Philosophy of Religion

Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft hails from Bury in Greater Manchester. She studied Theology and Religious Studies as an undergraduate at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, before moving to Corpus Christi College Cambridge for her doctoral research. In 2015, she took up a postdoctoral research fellowship at CRASSH, on the ERC-funded project ‘Bible and Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Culture’.

Ruth’s research sits at the intersection of theology, philosophy, literature, and intellectual history, and has focussed on late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century thought in particular. Her first monograph, The Veiled God, reappraises the early work of the German theologian and philosopher, Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834). You can read about it here. Her research interests include hermeneutics, religious language, gender, and epistemology. She hopes to combine a number of these in her next research project, which will offer a theological and philosophical analysis of the way the event of the Annunciation has been depicted in modern works of art and literature.

She is a Bye-Fellow here at Lucy Cavendish College.

Student profiles

Maria Fihl

Theology, Religion & Philosophy of Religion

Theology is one of the smaller subjects at Lucy but your DoS is heaven, and also a paper coordinator at the Faculty of Divinity. She will take time to find out who you are and choose your supervisors really carefully, so you will benefit most from your studies. Lucy is a great college for Theology in general, as you will get the chance to try out all your ideas on an audience, who are always eager to learn outside their own subjects. 

During my time at Lucy I have also prepared for the priesthood at Westcott House and was on 'attachment' at Kings College Chapel, as part of my training. This, amongst a host of other things, included preparing and giving sermons in a Chapel which carries so much history and is so well known worldwide. To be part of the Cambridge and Lucy Cavendish community has been an incredible experience both academically and vocationally for a future in wider society, calling on us all to show collective responsibility. 

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