PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGIONS
FILOSOFIA DELLE RELIGIONI
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2016/2017 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Aguti |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course will offer an introduction to the main topics in philosophy of religion.
Program
1) Philosophy of religion: method, content, aims.
2) Tha nature of religion.
3) Religious belief and rationality.
4) The existence and nature of God.
5) The problem of evil and the meaning of human life.
6) Religious diversity.
Bridging Courses
None.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students must demonstrate: Knowledge of the religious phenomenon in general and in its main historical forms; Ability to deal with the religious problem with instruments of rational analysis; Ability to analyze the chances and the problems posed by contemporary religious pluralism.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons.
- Attendance
Attendance at 2/3 of the lessons.
- Course books
A. Aguti, Introduzione alla filosofia della religione, La Scuola, Brescia 2016.
- Assessment
Oral examination.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual study.
- Attendance
Full study of the suggested text.
- Course books
A. Aguti, Introduzione alla filosofia della religione, La Scuola, Brescia 2016.
- Assessment
Oral examination.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Notes
The student can request to sit the final exam in English with the following bibliography:
M. Peterson-W. Hasker-B. Reichenbach-D. Basinger, Reason & Religious Belief. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009.
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