Reporter 23/6/99: Examination in Theology for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course)

Examination in Theology for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course)

The regulations for the examination in Theology for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course) (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 487) have been amended, with effect from 1 October 1999, as follows:

Regulation 1(b).

By amending the title of Paper 6 so as to read:

Paper 6. Church and society in modern Britain.

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Divinity give notice that for the examination to be held in 2000 the subjects for exercises under Regulation 1(d) will be as follows:

(a)	Subjects to be examined by means of a three-hour written paper Subject A Latin Subject B German Subject C Elementary Hebrew Subject D Hebrew Subject E Sanskrit Subject F Qur'anic Arabic Subject G Syriac Subject H Aramaic Subject I Greek epigraphy Subject J Latin palaeography Subject K Archaeology
(b)	Subjects to be examined by means of a essay or other written submission of not more than 4,000 words in length Subject L Textual criticism of the New Testament Subject M Bibliographical survey Subject N Analytical bibliography Subject O Methodological skills for the scientific study of religion Subject P Applications of the psychological study of religion

The following texts are prescribed for Paper 6 for the examination in 2000:

Paper 6. Church and society in modern Britain

A. Mearns, The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: An Inquiry into the Condition of the Abject Poor (London, Frank Cass, 1970); T. S. Eliot, The Idea of a Christian Society, ed. D. L. Edwards (London, Faber, 1982); The Archbishop's Commission on Urban Priority Areas, Faith in the City: a Call for Action by Church and Nation (London, Church House Publishing, 1985); T. C. Oden, Care of Souls in the Classic Tradition (Philadelphia, Fortress, 1984).

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