PHIL 271 - 01W

Regular Academic Session

4746

Undergraduate

3 units

Graded Alpha

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Prerequisites: PHIL 130 or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.

This course explores the development, not only of some classic positions within the philosophy of religion, but also of how these views have affected the formulation of more contemporary discussions.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the enterprise of using reason, broadly construed, to articulate issues arising out of religious belief and practice and to formulate and defend positions with respect to those issues.

Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher

Writing Intensive

Tier 2 Philosophical Knowledge

This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll. This course will investigate some of the most exciting, cutting-edge questions in philosophy of religion. Traditionally focused on theological topics of concern to the classical Abrahamic religions, philosophy of religion has expanded to issues such as race, gender, and disability; religious trauma; epistemic injustice; the role of the body in religious experience; the status and value of animals in different religions; religion and reproduction; and intersectional theology. Having said that, we will also take up many of the traditional questions in philosophy of religion, such as arguments for and against the existence of a transcendent being; the nature of religious beliefs; religious pluralism and the ¿common core¿ hypothesis; the relationship between reason and faith; and the relationship between religion and science.

Kristen Irwin

MoWeFr 10:25AM - 11:15AM

08/25/2025 - 12/13/2025

In person

Lake Shore Campus

Lake Shore Campus

Open

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