Objectives:  

Philosophy of Religion

Central concepts in religious thought, such as God, faith, and immortality; problems of religious knowledge and revelation. Problems connected with the relation of theology and philosophy discussed with reference to selected medieval, modern, and contemporary texts.

 To enable a student to:

1. Become familiar with a variety of the worlds living religions and be able to compare and contrast some of their features
2. Have some understanding of the findings and theories of the sciences concerning religion and the current status of the relationship of science to religion
3. Have an understanding of the traditional arguments based upon reasoning for the existence of a deity, a supreme being and the weaknesses and values of those arguments
4. Have an understanding of the traditional arguments based upon experience for the existence of a deity, a supreme being and the weaknesses and values of those arguments
5. Have an understanding of arguments for the existence of a soul and theories of the after life along with an understanding of their weaknesses
6. Have a critical understanding for the nature of religious language
7. Have a critical understanding of the relationship of reason to faith
8. Have an understanding of the relationship of Religion to ethics, the foundations of the moral order for any society
9. Have a critical understanding of what the essence of religion might be
10. Identify some of the basic content in the field of Philosophy:

    a. vocabulary

    b. concepts

    c. theories

11. Communicate your awareness of and understanding of philosophical issues.
12. Develop skills of critical analysis and dialectical thinking.
13. Analyze and respond to the comments of other students regarding philosophical issues.

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