Religious Studies

Course summary

Paper 1: Philosophy of religion and ethics Philosophy of Religion: • Arguments of the existence of God • Evil and suffering • Religious Experience • Religious Language • Miracles • Self and life after death Ethics and Religion: • Ethical theories • Issues of human life and death • Issues of animal life and death • Introduction to meta ethics • Free will and moral responsibility • Conscience • Bentham and Kant Paper 2: Study of religion and dialogues Study of Christianity: • Sources of wisdom and authority • Gods ultimate reality • Self, death and the afterlife • Good conduct and key moral principles • Expression of religious identity • Religion, gender and sexuality • Religion and science • Religion and secularisation • Religion and religious pluralism