RELSTY 225L - The Philosophy of Religion

3.00 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course is an introduction to several fundamental problems and concepts in philosophy of religion. Looking at the major world religions from West to East, the course explores the concepts of God and the Divine, religion and spirituality, mysticism, the role of religious experience and religious language/doctrine, the understandings, forms and aims of religious and spiritual practice, the problem of evil, the relationship of the human being and the divine etc. In the spirit of religious pluralism, this philosophy of religion course is addressed to students of all faiths, as well as agnostics and atheists, who are not afraid to ask challenging questions about what they believe.

This course is cross-listed as PHIL 225L

Distribution Area: Humanities
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