PHL 250 The Problem of God

The Problem of God examines the theological and philosophical ways in which God or the divine is constructed and/or thought in Western and Eastern religious traditions. The course presents God as a conceptual, moral, and existential problem for and within human understanding. Topics could include but not be limited to the following: God and the problem of evil, conceptualizing God, proving God’s existence through philosophy, belief versus reason, the philosophical and theological possibilities for thinking about God, and science and God, i.e. Is there a “God particle?”

3 credit hours