RELS 345 - The Problem of Evil

Institution:

California State University-Chico

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Description:

3 INQ How are people to overcome the despair and suffering that characterizes human existence? This course examines the responses of several Western (Christianity and Judaism) and Asian (Buddhism, Taoism) religious traditions to the following sorts of issues: the nature of transcendence and self-transformation; free will and the justification of religious experience and belief; and the overcoming of despair and/or the self as a condition of religious commitment.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csuchico.edu

Phone Number:

(530) 898-6116

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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