Explores fundamental questions concerning major world religions, especially the Abrahamic religions. Possible topics include: the divine�attributes (Is perfect goodness compatible with the existence of hell? Can God be truly omnipotent?), the problem of evil, divine�hiddenness and evidence of the existence of God, religious experience, the legitimacy of faith, the dilemma of freedom and divine�foreknowledge, God and morality, tensions between religion and science, conceptions of the self in Abrahamic religions and in�Buddhism. Recommended prerequisite: 6 hours of philosophy coursework.
instructor(s)
Fileva, Iskra
Primary Instructor
- Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023