| Course Title: Philosophy of Religion |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course addresses basic questions in the philosophy of religion. We will focus, in particular, on theistic religions (like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that posit the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent creator of the universe. Does God, in this sense, exist? What is the best argument for the existence of such a God? The best argument against? And what if such arguments are inconclusive? Does it make sense to believe anyway? The course will examine classic and contemporary texts from the Western philosophical tradition that address arguments about the existence of God and the rationality of religious belief. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Justin Mooney | jmooney@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 126 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| PHIL0003 | PHIL-TP: Theoretical Philosophy | This course has been approved to count towards the Philosophy major in the Theoretical Philosophy area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| PHIL-226-01 Philosophy of Religion |
| RELIG-226-01 Philosophy of Religion |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |