PHIL 210: Philosophy of Religion

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Class Program

Philosophy

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091272

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities

Description

Philosophical examination of religion, especially of the theistic worldview. Topics include the nature and knowledge of God, faith and reason, religious knowledge, life after death, miracles, and the problem of evil.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Understand all major arguments for God’s existence (ontological, cosmological, teleological, and moral) and counter-arguments (the problem of evil).

Compare and contrast classical theism, process theism, and open theism on issues of God’s knowledge, attributes, and providence.

Understand multiple positions regarding the relationship between faith and reason, religion and science, religion and philosophy, and religion and ethics.

Core Topics

The nature of religion
Religious experience
Faith and reason
1. Strong rationalism
2. Fideism
Religion and science
Arguments for God’s existence
1. Ontological
2. Cosmological
3. Teleological
4. Moral
The problem of evil
God’s attributes and action
1. Providence
2. God’s knowledge
  1. Simple foreknowledge
  2. Middle knowledge
  3. Open theism
3. God’s power
Religious language
Miracles
Life after death
Religion and ethics