Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Renaissance and Revolution)

What is the nature of religion? What is the nature of religious experience? What can the Renaissance, and emerging Humanism, reveal to us about it, about its creeds, divisions, struggles and transformations? Join us and find out, with reference to the rise of Neo-classicism, Humanism, Scepticism, Neoplatonism and Stoicism, among others.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Russell, Bertrand. A History of Western Philosophy
• Law, S, Humanism: A Very Short Introduction
• Campbell, Gordon, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance
• Celenza, Cr S, The Intellectual World of the Italian Renaissance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

COURSE OUTLINE

• What is the Renaissance?
• What is Humanism?
• On religion in the Renaissance
• On religion and Humanism

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the nature and meaning of religion in the context of the Renaissance
2. Understand revelation in the context of Humanism
3. Understand the nature and significance of religious experience in the age of Humanism