Religious Studies

Course summary

Philosophy of Religion is no small matter. Poets, musicians, philosophers and saints have, throughout the centuries, sought to communicate the reality of God to the world but today we live in a rational age and their voices are muted. Still the eternal questions remain to challenge us. Is there a God? What are the arguments for God's existence? Philosophy seeks to provide an answer to these questions. Religion and Ethics poses the key questions of today. Is the life of a baby worth more than a pensioner? Is euthanasia the first step down the slippery slope to legalised state murder? Great thinkers throughout the centuries may help us in our understanding. Developments in Christian Thought considers questions about human identity and the purpose of life. Students will examine how God reveals himself and the ways in which God can be known, if at all. Modern Christian thinking will continue in the study of the challenges of secularisation to religious identity and the issues of feminism and the study of Christianity.