by CBoland | Oct 16, 2024
This set of lessons will help you to understand how beliefs about God have changed over time. We will study the causes for changing ideas and evaluate the significance of similarities and differences in beliefs. This section will take you from the earliest ideas in...
by CBoland | Oct 16, 2024
Atheism and the narrative of warfare. Stephen Gould Non-overlapping magisterialAliser McGrath – Theory of ComplementarityGod of Gaps, Darwinian and neo Darwinian evolution, The Big Bang, John Polkinghorne, Different Christian responses to the issues raised by genetic...
by CBoland | Oct 16, 2024
Dialogue Self Death Afterlife. The soul, the significance of death, the existence of an afterlife. Dialogue with Christian philosophers, dialogue with atheist philosophers. The question of religious language, Science and religion, proof and probability, plausibility...
by CBoland | Oct 16, 2024
Dialogue Ethical systems – core issues. Core dialogues within Christianity. Core dialogues between Christians and Utilitarians, Kantians, Sartre, Nietzsche Ayer Mackie. Dialogue between Christians and other religious frameworks. Dialogue Conscience – core issues....
by CBoland | Oct 16, 2024
Naturalism. Absolutism, relativism, Vienna circle Hume’s law, Thought experiments: The fat man in the cave, Ring of Gyges. The Naturalistic fallacy. In support of naturalism: Pope Benedict XVI, FHBradley, Philippa Foot, Peter Kropotkin. Challenges against naturalism:...
