Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 101965

Coordinator Daniele Fulvi Opens in new window

Description This unit examines central issues in the philosophy of religion. Students will look at a variety of ideas emanating from a philosophical consideration of religious belief and practice. Issues include arguments for and against the existence of God, conceptions of religious experience and faith, the relationship between science and religion, and religion and ethics.

School Humanities & Comm Arts

Discipline Philosophy

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Restrictions

Successful completion of 60 credit points of study in currently enrolled program.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Read representative philosophical texts and perform analysis of their argumentation
2. Demonstrate an understanding of themes and arguments central to philosophy of religion
3. Use methods of conceptual analysis as these pertain to philosophy of religion
4. Produce an extended written argument on a topic of philosophical import

Subject Content

- Religious diversity
- Conceptions of God (in monotheism) or ultimate reality (in non-theistic religion)
- Arguments for and against the existence of God: ontological, cosmological, and teleological arguments
- Religious experience
- Faith, reason, and evidence
- Religion and ethics
- Science and Religion
- Miracles, prayer, and revelation
- Continental philosophy of religion
- The self, soul, and post-mortem existence
- Religion and the environment
- Religion and gender
- Religious experience
- The Problem of evil
- Postcolonial and feminist approaches to philosophy of religion