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Biblical Studies
Comparative and Historical Philosophy
Gender, Sex, Race and Social Identity
Historical Theology and Religious History
Islamic Studies
Mind, Psychology, and Mental Health
Normative Philosophy
Philosophy Without Borders
Recreation, Play and Games
Religion, Science, Nature, and Technology
Science and Metaphysics
Theology, Philosophy and Culture
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Exploring what ancient Jewish and Christian texts meant to their original audiences, how they developed, and how they have inspired and influenced the traditions that came after them.
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Philip Goodchild
Focusing on the philosophy of sex, gender, race and social identity, from an avowedly anti-racist, and feminist perspective.
Exploring how religious thought and expression have developed and changed through history.
Explores the ebbs and flows of this tradition from the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad down to the present.
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Covering philosophy of mind in the broadest sense, the philosophy of psychology, including reflection on psychology as a discipline, and the philosophy of mental health.
Designed to facilitate research into normative philosophy of all kinds, including moral, social, and political philosophy.
Looking at philosophy beyond the academy: for example in schools, prisons, care homes, and with refugees and asylum seekers.
Looking at the philosophy of games, play, leisure, hobbies and anything we choose to do that is 'not work', covering ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, mind, perception, phenomenology, reasoning, spirituality and more.
Explores the relationship between science and religion in great depth, from the history of environmental ethics to the development of tomorrow’s technologies.
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Focusing on research in philosophy of science, science, and metaphysics, and the overlaps between them.
Exploring theology, mainly in the Christian and Islamic traditions, and the nexus of theology, philosophy and culture.
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