Religious Studies

Course summary

Section 1: Philosophy of Religion • Arguments for the existence of God • The problem of evil • Religious Language • Miracles • Religious Experience • Self, death and the afterlife Section 2: Religious Ethics • Utilitarianism • Situation Ethics • Natural Law • Virtue Ethics • Meta-Ethics: the meaning of right and wrong • Conscience • Free Will and Moral Responsibility • Bentham and Kant • Application of Natural Moral law, Situation Ethics and Virtue Ethics to Issues of human life and death – such as embryo research, abortion and euthanasia Section 3: Study of Religion • Sources of wisdom and authority • God • Self, death and afterlife • Good conduct and key moral principles • Expressions of religious identity • Religion, gender and sexuality • Religion and science • Religion and the challenge of secularisation • Religion, migration and religious pluralism Section 4: Religious Dialogues • The Dialogue between Religion and Philosophy • The dialogue between Religion and ethics