Religious Studies

Course summary

Course Content: 1 - Philosophy of Religion 2 - Religion and Ethics 3 - Developments in Religious Thought Philosophy of Religion ● Ancient Greeks ● Plato ● Aristotle ● Judaeo–Christian influences ● The concept/goodness of God ● Nature and Impact of Religious Experience ● Nature of God ● Arguments for the existence of God. ● Challenges to religious belief ● The problems of evil ● Religion and Science ● Life after death ● Issues of religious language Religion and Ethics ● Ethical Theories - natural law, situation ethics, Kantian ethics, Utilitarianism, virtue ethics ● Ethical language and thought ● Debater of conscience and free will ● Applied Ethics to ● Sex and sexuality in the 21st century ● Euthanasia ● Quality/sanctity of life ● Personhood and the right to die Developments in Christian Thought ● Human nature and the purpose of life ● Revelation and biblical tradition ● The nature of Christ ● The challenge of Secularism ● Pluralism in Theology and Society ● Gender in Theology and Society