REL 352 - Philosophy of Religion

4 credits (Spring)

Cross-listed as: PHI 352. How do we understand “religion” in the 21st century? Is the world becoming more secular? More religious? Does this distinction even work anymore? How might ideas like “saint” and “sacrifice” and “spiritual discipline” help us think and act ethically and politically in the contemporary world? This course explores the ways recent philosophers and theologians have answered such questions by turning to the resources of the Continental philosophical tradition (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Irigaray, etc.) in order to reconceptualize religion, philosophy, and ethics after the “death of God.”

Prerequisite: REL 216 and REL 311, or two 200-level philosophy courses.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Roberts