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  • PHRE 353: Nietzsche and Kierkegaard

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    Intensive examination of two highly significant Nineteenth Century philosophers-Friedrich Nietzsche and Soren Kierkegaard. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 354: Medieval Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    A critical examination of Western and Middle-Eastern philosophy from the Fifth though the Fifteenth Centuries. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: General Honors Course. NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 355: Truth and Dialog

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    This course explores the role of dialog in the acquisition of knowledge. Does dialog create or only uncover the truth; can a hermeneutic view of truth negotiate between absolutism and relativism; and what are the necessary conditions for good - that is, truth-producing - dialog?Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 356: Philosophy of Action

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    This course will examine some of the many philosophical questions surrounding the nature of action. Among the topics we will explore are free will and determinism, weak-willed action, what makes a bodily movement an action, the role our desires and intentions play in the actions we perform, moral responsibility for our actions, autonomy, and practical reasoning. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: General Honors Course. NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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  • PHRE 360: African American Religions

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    The diversity and unity of African American religious life is the subject of this course. Major themes of the course include the Afrocentric influence and debates about that influence among African American religious groups, the search for unity in religious belief and practice among African Americans, the range of religious expression crossing those major religious traditions to which African Americans belong, and the interweaving of political and social goals with religious themes in African American life from the first days of African enslavement in the New World to the present. These themes will be explored by examining African American Islam, African American Protestant and Catholic churches in the United States, and religions of the African Diaspora in the Western Hemisphere. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 361: Gender and Religion in America

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    This course will examine the interplay of gender and religion in American society by focusing on the roles of men and women in religious traditions, definition of gender in those traditions, and debates about homosexuality in those traditions. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 362: Women in Buddhism

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    This course will examine how women are perceived in various Buddhist traditions - Theravada (India and Sri Lanka) and Mahayana (Tibetan, China, and Japan) - as well as women's responses and contributions to Buddhism from past to present and in both east and west. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 363: Women in Chinese Religions

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    This course will study the images, roles, and experience of women, both lay and ordained, in Chinese religions: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and popular religious sects. Discussion will focus on the following issues: gender concepts, norms and roles defined in each religion; attitudes toward women and the feminine; the female body as a central theme in religious doctrine and practice; the biographies of women recorded in Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist literature; and female deities in Chinese religions. Readings will be taken from primary texts in translation and secondary studies. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 365: Method and Theory in Religious Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    This course examines methods and theories from the humanities and social sciences useful in the study of religions. Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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  • PHRE 370: Epistemology

    3.00 Credits
    Truman State University

    What do you know, and what is reasonable to believe? Can we reasonably believe certain things in the absence of evidence? What exactly is knowledge and reasonable belief, and how do we acquire either of them? In addition to addressing these questions, we will see what kinds of responses we can give to the skeptic who challenges the reasonableness of our beliefs. We will also investigate the character and epistemological standing of perceptual beliefs, beliefs about the future, belief in certain "self-evident" truths, and scientific beliefs.Credits: 3 hours NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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