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Introduction to The Philosophy of Religion

Limerick
8 weeks
€100

Course Content

This course provides an introduction to those interested in the study of the philosophy of Religion.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

• What is Religion & What is the Philosophy of Religion
• ISMs and ISTs – ideologies and beliefs.
• Origins & Growth of Religion.
• Religious Experience & Religious Experiences in Language - Fables, Allegory, Literary Forms, Cosmogonies.
• Religious Language – Nameless One, Negative Language, Positive Language, Analogical Language, Dialectical Language, Signs & Symbols.
• Concepts of Deity and their Adequacy
• World Religions
• The Great Theistic Religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam
• The Great Eastern Religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism
• Grounds for Belief/Disbelief
• Cosmological, Teleological, Ontological and Moral Arguments, Pascal’s Wager
• Arguments from Uncertainty –
(Agnosticism)
• Arguments from Disbelief - (Atheism) – Schopenhauer, Marx, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Freud

Course Details

CollegeCollege of FET Mulgrave Street Campus Limerick City (formerly LCFE).
Course ID181772
Course LocationLimerick City, Limerick
Course TypeClassroom Based
Awarding Body DetailsCertificate of Attendance
Course Duration8 weeks
Course TimeTHURS 19.00 - 21.00
Course Fee€100
Course CodeHL004

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College of FET Mulgrave Street Campus Limerick City (formerly LCFE).

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