- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Course location
- Dortmund
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English only.
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Winter semester:
• Non-EU/EEA nationals: Application period starts at the beginning of January and ends 15 May.
• EU/European Economic Area (EEA) citizenship: Enrolment in the Master's programme in Religion, Ethics, and Politics starts at the beginning of January and is usually possible until 15 November. Please note that this deadline applies to the enrolment but not to the submission of your application. The latter is still subject to an elaborate formal procedure, including the subsequent submission of documents, etc. We recommend applying as early as possible.
Summer semester:
• Non-EU/EEA nationals: Application period starts at the beginning of November and ends on 15 January.
• EU/European Economic Area (EEA) citizenship: Enrolment in the Master's programme in Religion, Ethics, and Politics starts at the beginning of November and is usually possible until 15 May. Please note that this deadline applies to the enrolment but not to the submission of your application. The latter is still subject to an elaborate formal procedure, including the subsequent submission of documents, etc. We recommend applying as early as possible.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The tense relationship between religion and politics is one of the most important social issues of our time. Societal and scientific debates on the issue have been triggered by increasing religious pluralisation and changing moral concepts as well as globalisation and migration. How tolerant should societies be of religious groups and their rituals and practices? What values, such as equal rights for women and men, should not be open to discussion? What possibilities exist for cooperation between the state and religious communities and where is potential for conflict? How does religiousness or non-religiousness affect our identity? These are concrete sample questions that the Master's programme in "Religion, Ethics, and Politics" (MaREPol) deals with.
MaREPol examines the relationship between religion, politics, and society from theological, philosophical, and political science perspectives. Students learn to address and understand the interaction between these spheres as well as the challenges that result from this complex field of tension and to develop interdisciplinary solutions. In doing so, they deal with the ethics and aesthetics of religions, analyse the relationship between religion and state in political systems, or discuss theological justifications for the political engagement of religious communities.