Sociology, Politics & Religion

This cutting-edge degree provides students with social scientific skills and knowledge, applying these to analysing religion in the world today. It builds from sociology, anthropology and political science to illuminate religion’s role in domestic and global contexts, and, conversely, explores how contemporary religious expressions shape and are shaped by cultural, social and political trends. This is a pioneering programme and is the first of its kind in the UK.

Key benefits

Our teaching makes the most of London's rich religious culture, incorporating many places of worship and the collections of the British Museum.

King's is home to a large, vibrant Department of Theology & Religious Studies, with special expertise in Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism and a variety of contemporary religious movements.

A Sociology, Politics & Religion degree at King's will equip you with key transferable skills which can lead to a variety of different careers.

London is home to a mix of people of hugely diverse backgrounds, and offers great opportunities to you as a student of sociology, politics and religion.

King's is ranked no.1 in London for Theology & Religious Studies (QS Subject Rankings 2023) and in the top ten for Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies in the UK (QS World Rankings by subject 2023).

Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/sociology-politics-and-religion-ba