Have you ever wondered if life may not be entirely as it seems? Or questioned whether a good God can really exist with so much evil in the world? Or thought about whether humans do have such things as souls, free will, or a conscience? Or how people come to decide what is right and wrong? And why do people disagree so frequently in business, medicine, and politics? This course will help you to explore various answers to these questions and to many, many more. Philosophy of Religion • Ancient philosophical influences. • Arguments about the existence or non-existence of God. • The nature and impact of religious experience. • The challenge for religious belief of the problem of evil. • The nature of the soul, mind and body. • The possibility of life after death. • Ideas about the nature of God. • Issues in religious language. Religion and Ethics • Normative ethical theories. • Ethical language and thought. • Debates surrounding the significant ideas of conscience and free will. • The influence on ethical thought of developments in religious beliefs and the philosophy of religion. Development in Christian Thought • Religious beliefs, values, and teachings, their interconnections, and how they vary historically and in the contemporary world. • Sources of religious wisdom and authority. • Practices that shape and express religious identity, and how these vary within a tradition. • Significant social and historical developments in theology and religious thought. • Key themes related to the relationship between religion and society.