What is the meaning and goal of life? How do different religions, cultures and philosophies understand the human predicament?

Are there shared human values? Can we prove the existence of God? Can different religions coexist peacefully? What is spirituality? Is there a resurgence of religion? What are the challenges for contemporary religious thinking and practice? These are just a few of the questions that you might encounter as part of BA Philosophy, Religion and Ethics.

Studying BA Philosophy, Religion and Ethics at the University of Birmingham allows you to address issues and questions that occur at the ‘borderlands’ between Philosophy and Theology/Religion, thus developing your intellectual curiosity for critical issues. The Department of Philosophy is ranked in the Top 5 in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019, which is the fourth consecutive year that we have been ranked in the Top 5. We are also ranked in the Top 25 for Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies in the QS World University Rankings 2018.