HI 3950 - Philosophy of Religion

Institution:

SUNY College at Old Westbury

Subject:

History and Philosophy

Description:

The course is an examination of religion and the logic of religious discourse. It explores formal, philosophical, and mystical types of theologies; epistemological ethics of revelation, sin, guilt, faith, and salvation; the concept of and arguments for the existence of God; paradigms of experiential religion, such as the encounter of the human being with the divine in Judaism, the experience of love in Christianity, the surrender as de-alienation in the Islamic Sufi vision, and the dialects of dynamic interdependence expressed as yin-yang in Daoism. A consideration of psychological accounts of religion, challenges or naturalism, existential atheism, and philosophical analysis. Offered periodically.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.oldwestbury.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 876-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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