Week 1: Introduction

Jan 10: First day of class. Introduction, Logic, Attributes of God. Readings: A Little Bit of Logic (handout).

Week 2: Arguments for the Existence of God

Jan 15: NO CLASSES!
Jan 17: The Cosmological Argument. Readings: Pojman's Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology (hereafter PR) pp. 1-15.

Week 3: Arguments for the Existence of God (continued)

Jan 22: The Cosmological Argument (continued). Readings: PR pp. 16-42, The Cosmological Argument (handout).
Jan 24: The Cosmological Argument (continued); The Teleological Argument. Readings: PR pp. 48-58.

Week 4: Arguments for the Existence of God (continued)

Jan 29: The Teleological Argument (continued). Readings: PR pp. 59-69.
Jan 31: The Teleological Argument (continued). Readings: The Teleological Argument (handout).

Week 5: Arguments for the Existence of God (continued)

Feb 5: The Ontological Argument (continued). Readings: PR pp. 69-75.
Feb 7: The Ontological Argument (continued); Readings: The Ontological Argument (handout).

Week 6: Arguments for the Existence of God (continued)

Feb 12: Pragmatic Justification of Religious Belief. Readings: PR pp. 359-367.
Feb 14: Pragmatic Justification of Religious Belief (continued). Readings: PR pp. 368-376, Pragmatic Considerations (handout).

Week 7: Arguments Against the Existence of God

Feb 19: The Problem of Evil. Readings: PR pp. 137-141.
Feb 21: The Problem of Evil (continued). Readings: PR pp. 160-166, The Problem of Evil (handout). Optional: Excerpts from Dostoyevsky's The Brother's Karamozov (pdf)--Highly recommended!

Week 8: Arguments Against the Existence of God (continued)

Feb 26: The Problem of Evil (continued). Readings: PR pp. 167-185.
Feb: 28: Free Will. Discussion in class. Free Will (handout)

Week 9: Faith vs. Reason, Religion vs. Science, God and Morality

Mar 5: Fideism: Faith Without/Against Reason. Religion vs. Science.Readings: PR pp. 387-390, 399-403, "Science Discredits Religion" (pdf) . NO CLASS!
    (We'll move this topic and reading assignment to later on in the semester.)

Mar 7: Divine Command Theory. The Euthyphro Problem. Readings: PR pp. 547-549, Plato, Euthyphro (on-line), The Euthyphro Problem (handout), "Divine Commands are the Foundation of Morality" (pdf).

Week 10:

Mar 12: NO CLASSES!! SPRING BREAK!
Mar 14: NO CLASSES!! SPRING BREAK!

Week 11: The Attributes of God

Mar 19: Eternity, timelessness, and omniscience. Readings: PR pp. 207-230.
Mar 21: Omniscience and Free Will. Readings: PR pp. 231-249.

Week 12: The Attributes of God (continued)

Mar 26: Omnipotence. Readings: PR pp. 250-256.      Jesus Camp Screening.
Mar 28: God as Punisher/Rewarder. Anthropomorphism. Readings: TBA.

Week 13: Godlessness and Morality

Apr 2: Nietzsche. Readings: On the Genealogy of Morals, First Essay.
Apr 4: Nietzsche (continued). Readings: On the Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay.

Week 14: Godlessness and Morality (continued)

Apr 9: Nietzsche (continued). Readings: On the Genealogy of Morals, Third Essay.
Apr 11: Nietzsche (continued). Readings:  Nietzsche: On the Genealogy of Morals (handout).


Week 15: Godlessness and the Meaning of Life

Apr 16: Morality, Happiness, and Purpose without God. Readings: PR pp. 569-574.
Apr 18: No Morality, Happiness, or Purpose without God. Readings: PR pp. 574-577.

Week 16: Godlessness and the Meaning of Life (continued)

Apr 23: Random Topics. Readings: TBA
Apr 25: Last Day of Class. Course wrap-up. No reading assignment. JOURNALS DUE IN CLASS.

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