Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION II EDP404 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals To make the students have the analysis capacity as to whether the main religious concepts and problems can be justified rationally as distinct from systematic and dogmatic theology and Kalam. To show the learn and use methots of primary and secondary sources.
Course Content Main Problems of Philosophy of Religion
Learning Outcomes 1) Knows classical and modern debates on religion-philosophy relation.
2) Analyses, with a critical and objective perspective, religion as a fact
3) Knows arguments for existence of God and its atheistic critics.
4) Studies philosophical aspects of basic religious concepts like revelation, miracle and faith.
5) Knows philosophical ant theological problems of God-universe, God-human relations.
6) He/She can compare the trueness and salvation claims of various religions.
7) Knows religious claims about creation and beginning of the universe; and scientific theories in modern Physics like big bang and evolution.
8) Examines the conflicts and reconciliation theses on the relationship between religion and science.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The Teleological Argument Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week The Moral Argument Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week The Argument from Religious Experience Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week The Concept of God: Theism and Deism Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week The Concept of God: Pantheism and Panentheism Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Divine Properties-I Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Divine Properties-II Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Atheism and the Problem of Evil Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Divine Revelation Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Miracles Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week Religion and Morality Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Religion and Science Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Death and Afterlife Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Religious Diversity Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Project Based Learning; Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
B. Davies, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford: OUP, 2004
B. Mitchell (ed.) Philosophy of Religion, Oxford: OUP, 1971
M. Peterson et al, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Oxford: OUP, 2007
M. Peterson et al, Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 14 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 1
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 10
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 1
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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