Religious Studies

Assessment

Section A: Philosophy of Religion • Arguments for the existence of God • Evil and suffering • Religious experience Section B: Ethics and Religion • Ethical theories • Issues of human life and death • Issues of animal life and death Section A: Philosophy of Religion • Religious language • Miracles • Self and life after death Section B: Ethics and Religion • Introduction to meta ethics • Free will and moral responsibility • Conscience • Bentham and Kant Section A: Study of Religion • Sources of wisdom and authority • God / gods / ultimate reality • Life after death • Good conduct and key moral principles • Religious identity Section A: Study of Religion and Dialogues • Religion, gender and sexual identity • Religion and science • Religion and secularisation • Religion and religious pluralism Section B: The dialogue between philosophy of religion and religion. How religion is influenced by, and has an influence on philosophy of religion in relation to the issues studied Section C: • The dialogue between ethical studies and religion • How religion is influenced by and influences ethical studies in relation to the issues studied