Theodicy

This Course on natural theology is seen as complementary and completing the course on Metaphysics. It seeks to offer a meaningful way in approaching the God-Question in the light of human reason.

The problem of religious language; Arguments for God’s existence; Arguments against the existence of God; Nature and attributes of God; Atheism; The problem of evil; Religious pluralism.

A book review on a selected book by the end of the first quarter and a one and half hours written paper at the end of the Course.

DAVIS, Brian. Thinking About God. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1985

EDLERS, Leo. The Philosophical Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1990

FABRO, Cornelio. God in Exile: Modern Atheism. New York: Newman Press, 1968

PETERSON, Michael. Reason and Religious Beliefs: An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998

2 hrs per week for 1st Semester (Open to lay students)

Fr Stanley Antoni