The unit deals with language about God, analogy and metaphor, classical proofs for the existence of God, an analysis of various divine attributes such as eternity, simplicity, omnipotence and omniscience. God’s relationship with human beings will then be examined in the light of these attributes. How can the existence of evil be reconciled with an omnipotent, all-good God? How is divine omniscience compatible with human freedom?

Undergraduate Prerequisites

Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites (AP304)

one unit of philosophy; e.g., AP351 or AP350

Requirements

3 hours per week

Undergraduate Assessment

Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment (AP304)

Equivalent to 6,000 words.
See Coursework Assessment for Graduate and Postgraduate Students.

Bibliography

• Aquinas, St. Thomas. Summa Theologiae. Part 1, questions 2–25.
• Craig, William L., ed. Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002.
• Davies, Brian. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
• ———., ed. Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
• Hughes, Gerard. The Nature of God. London: Routledge, 1995.
• Murray, Michael, and Michael C. Rea. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  
• Palmer, Michael, ed. The Question of God: An Introduction and Sourcebook. London: Routledge, 2001.
• Quinn, Philip L., and Charles Taliaferro, eds. A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.
• Stump, Eleanore, and Michael Murray, eds. Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999.
• Swinburne, Richard. The Christian God. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994.
• ———. The Coherence of Theism. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1993.