The two-year master’s program in Religion, Politics and Democracy, within the Department of Eastern Christian Studies, aims to educate future professionals and scholars in the understanding of the relationship between religious ideas and institutions and the public sphere.
This program explores the interaction and mutual influences between theological ideas, religious beliefs and practices, and modern secular society and contemporary globalization processes. Approaching these phenomena from an Eastern Christian perspective, the courses in this program will help students understand how theology and Church practice relate to the ever changing social and political environments, how ideology (both within the Church and in society) structures our perception of the social sphere, and how one can engage with social and political contexts and democratic processes in a constructive and creative way.
The program equips students with the theoretical knowledge, critical analysis and writing skills necessary for future work as professionals (e.g. educators, ministers, public servants, analysts, NGO personnel and activists) or for doctoral studies.
You can find out more about the program here (pdf) or at ehs.se.
