Our Masters degree is comprised of six modules followed by a dissertation. Firstly, all our students do the introductory module. This module is very broad, and contains optional elements representing most of the subjects covered by the course (request our handbook for details).
Modules:
The Body: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
Mind and Body in the Western Tradition: Descartes and Wittgenstein
Ancient Medicine: Myth and Reality
Reincarnation, Rebirth and Philosophy
Near Death Experiences and Life after Death
Ayurveda and Traditional Indian Medicine
The Holistic Approach to Healing
The Self in Hinduism
The Resurrection of Jesus and the Christian Hope
Christian Theology and Bioethics
Understanding Disability
Ethical Theory and Medicine
Abortion
Euthanasia
Studying Religion on the Internet
The Body Programme Spring Residential 2008 (All Events are in the Old Hall)
Monday 25 th February
7:30 Reception at 9 High Street
Tuesday 26 th February
07:30 Optional Yoga Session led by our Barry Elms (Devon School of Yoga)
9:30 Professor David Cockburn: The Philosophy of the Body
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Dr Nick Campion: Medical Astrology & the Body
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Dr Maureen Lockhart: The Subtle Body
15:30 Tea Break
16:00 Canon Brendan O'Malley: Clothes, Fahions & Ritual
18:00 Dinner in the Refectory
19:30 Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati: The History and Teachings of the Mandala Yoga Ashram Wednesday 27 th February
9:30 Tutorials/Free Time
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Canon Brendan O'Malley: Food & Spirituality
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Michael Henley: T'ai Chi & Qigong Workshop
15:30 Tea
16:00 Dr Jeffrey Boss: The Relationship of Medicine to the Natural Sciences in the Development of European Medicine since 1600
18:00 Dinner in the Refectory
19:30 TBA
Thursday 28 th February
9:30 Dr David Morgans: The Body and Person in Eastern & Western Philosophy
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Kate Butler: Jan Smuts and the History of Holism
14:00 Tutorials/Free Time
15:30 Dr Penny Dransart (Anthropology): Is it Immoral to Wear Animal Skins/ Fur?
18:00 Dinner in the Refectory
19:30 Jolly Social Evening at 9 High Street
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