Religious Studies is a challenging, research-oriented Master's programme that prepares you for participation in international research and for a career in domains where religious diversity and difference are significant factors - in culture, art, and politics. Together, we use religious studies to think about hard questions fueling the fire of public debates. What should museums do with religious objects collected in the colonial past? How and what should children learn about religions in schools? What are the limits of religious tolerance? How do we create a society that is more welcoming to the stories of Others? The program engages with the central themes and theories of religious studies, offering opportunities for focused research in the following areas: Material and Embodied Religion: This area examines the role of the human body and material objects in religious practices. Topics include embodied actions such as praying, fasting, and dancing, as well as the function of objects like buildings, food, clothing, weapons, and digital media in religious contexts. Ethics and Politics in Plural Societies: Research in this area considers the role of religion in societal debates and political developments, with attention to issues such as religious diversity, gender equality, and conflict. Religion and Heritage: This area explores how heritage as a political category shapes the recognition and valuation of religious expressions—both tangible and intangible—within secular frameworks of culture and art. Religious Texts and Practices: Building on the foundational focus on religious texts, this area reconceptualizes textual engagement as an embodied and mediated practice. It examines the interrelations between texts, their users, material forms, and oral or scriptural traditions.