Graduate Program, PhD Death and Life Studies (taught in Japanese) 36 months PHD Programme By Sophia University |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

In April 2016, Sophia University established the Master’s Program in Death and Life Studies under the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies. Sophia University’s educational spirit “for Others, with Others” into modern society. And to further develop this education and research, we established the Doctoral Program in April 2018. These programs bring together and integrates the academic fields of religion and ethics and care-related studies that have been accumulated at Sophia University, as well as academic fields that deal with various aspects of the modern and global issues. As a result, we have formed a center for research and education in practical religious studies and life and death studies in Japan, and further developed Sophia University’s educational spirit.

The Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies encompasses a broader field of study than life and death studies alone. This is because it is a field of scholarship that tackles the various issues facing contemporary society in light of religious cultures and ethical and ideological traditions. As seen in the international conflicts that have shaken the world, modern society is facing problems in which diverse religious cultures are in conflict with each other, as well as problems in science, technology, politics, economics, and other areas that cause conflicts between non-religious and religious thought. The role of Applied Religious Studies is to deal with these problems in a practical and clinical manner, based on the study of various religious cultures.

Curriculum

Life and death studies are among the most important areas of study in the field of practical religious studies. It involves a wide range of disciplines, including theology, religious studies, philosophy, comparative thought, literature, and the arts.

In addition, it is appropriate to base the development of death studies as a practice centered on clinical spiritual care on the academic knowledge of practical religious studies. This is related to the fact that spiritual care was formed in the West as “Death Studies” developed from the field of practical theology into a field of academic knowledge that transcended religious and sectarian boundaries.

The mission of the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies is to lead the advancement of research and education in practical religion and life and death studies in Japan, and to play a critical role as the first graduate school in Japan to train both academic specialists in this area and professionals who need to have a high level of expertise in the field.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

In April 2016, Sophia University established the Master’s Program in Death and Life Studies under the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies. Sophia University’s educational spirit “for Others, with Others” into modern society. And to further develop this education and research, we established the Doctoral Program in April 2018. These programs bring together and integrates the academic fields of religion and ethics and care-related studies that have been accumulated at Sophia University, as well as academic fields that deal with various aspects of the modern and global issues. As a result, we have formed a center for research and education in practical religious studies and life and death studies in Japan, and further developed Sophia University’s educational spirit.

The Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies encompasses a broader field of study than life and death studies alone. This is because it is a field of scholarship that tackles the various issues facing contemporary society in light of religious cultures and ethical and ideological traditions. As seen in the international conflicts that have shaken the world, modern society is facing problems in which diverse religious cultures are in conflict with each other, as well as problems in science, technology, politics, economics, and other areas that cause conflicts between non-religious and religious thought. The role of Applied Religious Studies is to deal with these problems in a practical and clinical manner, based on the study of various religious cultures.

Curriculum

Life and death studies are among the most important areas of study in the field of practical religious studies. It involves a wide range of disciplines, including theology, religious studies, philosophy, comparative thought, literature, and the arts.

In addition, it is appropriate to base the development of death studies as a practice centered on clinical spiritual care on the academic knowledge of practical religious studies. This is related to the fact that spiritual care was formed in the West as “Death Studies” developed from the field of practical theology into a field of academic knowledge that transcended religious and sectarian boundaries.

The mission of the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies is to lead the advancement of research and education in practical religion and life and death studies in Japan, and to play a critical role as the first graduate school in Japan to train both academic specialists in this area and professionals who need to have a high level of expertise in the field.

Admission Requirements

The Doctoral Program in Death and Life Studies seeks students with the following qualities:
  • Students who have acquired a Master’s degree from the Master’s program of our graduate school or another equivalent program, those who have acquired an equivalent level of knowledge and bear the potential for research, and those who have accumulated deep practical activities in their disciplinary specialties
  • Those who have the knowledge and sensitivity to address the various issues arousing in modern society based on consideration of religious, cultural, ethical and philosophical traditions
  • Those who are interested in practicing healthcare and spiritual care or addressing practical and clinical issues of local community based on humanities and practical spiritual care

3 Years

Tuition fees

Domestic
4,947 USD
International
4,947 USD

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