Philosophy of Religion

Academic year: 2007-2008 Course code module FLWF005000 Semester: 2nd semester Credits: 3 Study load (hours) 84 Theory (hours): 30,00 Practice/Exercises(hours): Other (hours): Part-time program: 1/2 Instructor(s) Luc Braeckmans Language of instruction: Dutch Semester exam information: Contract restriction information: 1. Prerequisites *Algemene competenties - being introduced to the history and concepts of western philosophy - passive knowledge of English, French and German *Sequentiality - having completed succesfully an introductory course in philosophy 2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes) - knowledge of the history of the philosophy of religion - insight in the basic concepts of the philosophy of religion - skill to communicate this knowledge and these insights 3. Course content Four phases are distinguished in the history of the philosophy of religion: 1. premodern (Anselm, Thomas Aquinas) 2. natural religion (deism) 3. pathology of religion (Hume, Feuerbach, Freud) 4. description of the religious phenomenon (Wittgenstein) The elaboration of each phase includes the close reading of primary sources. 4. Teaching method Direct contact: Lectures 5. Assessment method Exam: Oral, with written preparation 6. Compulsory reading – study material Guido VANHEESWIJCK & W. VAN HERCK, Verlossend inzicht. Filosofie en christendom, Averbode, 2005, ISBN 90-317-1864-5 David HUME, Dialogues & Natural History of Religion, ed. by J.C.A. Gaskin, Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-283876-8 (in the pocket series: Oxford World's Classics) 7. Recommended reading - study material 8. Tutoring laatste aanpassing: last update: 13/03/2007 11:23 walter.vanherck