Master of Theology at University of Lausanne Switzerland
Friday, March 20th, 2009The studies required for the Master of Theology (MTh) degree represent the culmination of the second cycle of basic training in theology. They provide extensive knowledge and skills in several branches of theology. Students organise their programmes to reflect the orientation they intend to follow in their training.
This programme is offered jointly by the Faculties of Theology of the Universities of Lausanne, Geneva and Neuchâtel. The student chooses three branches among the five presented in the study plan. Each of the branches is followed in one the three partner universities, depending on the chosen area of specialisation:
Biblical Sciences (Lausanne) develops the student’s mastery of exegetic methods in the field of biblical, inter-testamentary and apocryphal Christian literature. The teaching is given under the aegis of the French-Swiss Institute of Biblical Studies.
The History of Christianity (Geneva) has the aim of enabling the students to acquire an autonomous capacity for work on the original sources. The teaching is given in collaboration with the Institute of History of the Reformation.
Religious Studies (Lausanne) offers a diversified approach: sociology and psychology of religions, transversal and marginalised traditions, history of Jews and Judaism, religions of India. The Observatory of Religions in Switzerland is associated with the teaching.
Systematic Theology and Ethics (Geneva) provides the tools needed to think about theology in the present climate of recomposition of the religious field. The aim of these subjects taught in the framework of the French-Swiss Institute of Systematic Theology and Ethics is to develop the students’ reflections on theology and philosophy as well as on fundamental ethics and its relevance in different fields of applied ethics.
Practical Theology (Neuchâtel) includes experimental seminars in the form of practice internships. The teaching benefits from the research conducted on the ways of communicating the Christian faith in contemporary society and promotes the personal development of a theory of pastoral action.