PHIL 5377 Philosophically Religious 1

The 19 th century witnesses major changes in the concept of religion with the rise of atheism, modern philosophy, and science. This course covers philosophical approaches to religion from theologians and philosophers both: what is faith for John Henry Newman, Sren Kierkegaard, and Friedrich Schleiermacher? What is Nietzsches religion in Thus Spoke Zarathustra? What does Ralph Waldo Emerson uncover in moving outside of institutional religion? What does religion look like in Dostoevsky and Lev Shestov? The course ends with theologians in the early 20 th century who respond to the altered landscape, including the Karl Barth and the Hans Urs von Balthasar.