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Introduction to The Philosophy of Religion



Introduction to The Philosophy of Religion is a course run by Limerick College of Further Education, Limerick. It is a Classroom Based course with a duration of 8 weeks. For more information about Introduction to The Philosophy of Religion at Limerick College of Further Education, please review the details below.

This course provides an introduction to those interested in the study of the philosophy of Religion.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

• What is Religion & What is the Philosophy of Religion
• ISMs and ISTs – ideologies and beliefs.
• Origins & Growth of Religion.
• Religious Experience & Religious Experiences in Language – Fables, Allegory, Literary Forms, Cosmogonies.
• Religious Language – Nameless One, Negative Language, Positive Language, Analogical Language, Dialectical Language, Signs & Symbols.
• Concepts of Deity and their Adequacy
• World Religions
• The Great Theistic Religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam
• The Great Eastern Religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism
• Grounds for Belief/Disbelief
• Cosmological, Teleological, Ontological and Moral Arguments, Pascal’s Wager
• Arguments from Uncertainty –
(Agnosticism)
• Arguments from Disbelief – (Atheism) – Schopenhauer, Marx, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Freud

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Training ProviderLimerick College of Further Education
Course LocationLimerick
Course TypeClassroom Based
Awarding Body DetailsCertificate of Attendance
Course Duration8 weeks
Course TimeTHURS 19.00 - 21.00
Course Fee€100
Phone061414344
Course CodeHL004
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Limerick College of Further Education, Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

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