Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Other | Reading for this course will be made available on SLATE |
Applicable student group(s): General Education
Course Details: Module 1 (Weeks 1-3)
TOPIC:
Unit 1 a) The basics of Philosophy and Religion, and navigating our readings (primary and secondary sources).
b) The historical origins of God and Goddess.
Unit 2 a) Culture turning to monotheism? (Is it evolution?)
b) Jainism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism as examples of non-God traditions. Is a creator God a necessary condition for a religion?
c) Morality and Ethics in non-Monotheistic religious traditions.
READINGS: Online Readings
Due: The God project – Week 3 (15%)
Online Chat or Journal (1) – Week 3 (5%)
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Module 2 (Weeks 4-7)
TOPIC:
Unit 3) Monotheism(s) - One God, One Culture, One Nation.
Unit 4) Can God's existence be proved?
a) the ontological argument
b) the cosmological argument
c) the teleological argument
READINGS: Online Readings
Due: Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography – Week 5 (15%)
Online Chat or Journal (2) – Week 6 (5%)
Mid-term test – Week 7 (15%),
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Module 3 (Weeks 8-9)
TOPIC:
Unit 5) The Problems of Evil
i. the logical problem
ii. the evidential problem
READINGS: Online Readings
Due: Online Chat or Journal (3) – Week 9 (5%)
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Module 4 (Week 10-12)
TOPIC:
Unit 6) Was that just a Miracle?
Unit 7) I See Dead People! Life-after-Death
READINGS: Readings Online
Due: Online Chat or Journal (4) – Week 12(5%)
Research Essay – (see Professor) (20%)
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Module 5 (Week 13-14)
TOPIC:
Unit 8) Are we Free? Morality and Metaphor
READINGS: Readings Online
Due: Final Exam – Week 14 (15%)