Religious Studies

Course summary

Hinduism content Theme 1: Religious figures and sacred texts Theme 2: Religious concepts and religious life. Theme 3: Significant social and historical developments in religious thought. Theme 4: Religious practices that shape religious identity. Philosophy content Theme 1: Arguments for the existence of God – inductive and deductive. Theme 2: Challenges to religious belief – the problem of evil and suffering and religious belief as a product of the human mind. Theme 3: Religious experience Theme 4: Religious language Ethics content Theme 1: Ethical thought Theme 2: Dontological ethics Theme 3: Teleological ethics Theme 4: Determinism and free will