Regent’s Park is a unique place to come and study theology. It combines over two-hundred years of teaching theology with being a vibrant and diverse community within the University of Oxford, drawing on the best of both traditions.
The BTh is a suite of vocational theology courses which are designed to bring together theory (theology) and a variety of practice (things that we do in the world). For some on the BTh suite the practice will be in church ministry as they prepare for ordination, but for others the practice could be related to their paid employment, or volunteering in a charity, or volunteering in a local church. The BTh suite can be studied full-time or part-time.
At Regent’s we offer unique opportunities to pursue this vocational study of theology in a College that has a wider variety of students doing many different courses, but with a great history of vocational theological teaching. Our vocational students are fully part of the College and can engage in all the aspects of College and University life.
We offer two places a year for someone to study full time. This could be on the Certificate course (from which students can progress to the Diploma or the BTh degree) or direct admission to the BTh degree. This would include:
• Teaching in small groups and individual tutorials
• Accommodation in College in the first year (and third year if taking the whole degree)
• A placement in Oxford for part of the year in either a church or a charity context
• Regular involvement with the College chapel as part of the chapel team
• Opportunities to engage with one of our two research centres: The Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture or the Centre for Baptist Studies
• Regular conversations with one of the tutors about the intersection between theology and the wider world and the broader question of vocation
• The opportunities to engage with all the academic, sporting and cultural opportunities of College and the wider university
We also offer a number of places a year to study on the BTh suite part-time, whether the CTS, or the BTh. Students would come to Oxford mainly one day a week. This would include:
• Teaching in small groups and individual tutorials
• Being part of the worshipping community and a small prayer group
• Opportunities to engage with one of our two research centres: The Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture or the Centre for Baptist Studies
• Regular conversations with one of the tutors about the connections between the study of theology and other aspects of life and the broader question of vocation
• The opportunities to engage with all the academic, sporting and cultural opportunities of College and the wider university
We utilise the BTh suite of courses to offer flexible patterns of learning to meet a variety of individual circumstances.
If you have questions regarding any of the information on this page, please contact:
The Revd Dr Anthony Clarke