Section Info: PHIL-226-01

Course Title: Philosophy of Religion

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

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
Katia Vavova	413-538-2367	evavova@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Seminar	Tuesday and Thursday	01:45PM - 03:00PM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

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.
PRI0001		Used to identify primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion

Cross-listed Sections

PHIL-226-01 Philosophy of Religion

RELIG-226-01 Philosophy of Religion

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 19	Available: 0	Waitlist: 4

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.