Course Syllabus
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Lecture 1 What Is Religion? Why Is It Worth Thinking About?
Lecture 2 Atheism
Lecture 3 The Problem of Evil
Lecture 4 Arguments for God’s Existence from Nature (Cosmological Arguments)
Lecture 5 Arguments for God’s Existence from Human Experience (Psychological Arguments)
Lecture 6 Religion and Science
Lecture 7 The Case Against Life After Death
Lecture 8 The Case for Life After Death: Twelve Arguments
Lecture 9 Different Concepts of Heaven
Lecture 10 Hell
Lecture 11 Testing the Different Truth-Claims of Different Religions
Lecture 12 Comparative Religions
Lecture 13 What Would Socrates Think?
Lecture 14 Religious Experience
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Through the ages, mankind has pursued questions of faith
in something beyond the world of ordinary experience. Is
there a God? How can we explain the presence of evil? Do
humans, or human souls, live on after death? Is there a hell?
The following lectures examine these eternal questions and
present the most compelling arguments for and against
God’s existence, the seeming conflicts between religion and
science, and the different truth-claims of the world’s most
popular religions. By delving into the major characteristics
of world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, and Buddhism, mankind’s association with the
many different varieties of religious practice is brought to
light. Above all, Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion
lays the groundwork for a rational approach to pursuing
questions of faith—and at the same time provides a better
understanding of religion’s ongoing importance in the
realm of human experience.
 Faith and Reason: The Philosophy of Religion (Booklet)
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Professor
Peter Kreeft
(Boston College)
Peter Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. He has written over 40 books including Fundamentals of the Faith, The Best Things in Life, Back to Virtue, and The Unaborted Socrates. Besides writing, Kreeft contributes to Christian publications and speaks at numerous c...
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Religion