Philosophy of religion

1. Human existence and religious experiences.
2. Different philosophies concerning religion.
3. The essence of religion.
4. Causes of religious phenomenon.
5. The categories of religion.
6. Basic religious attitudes.
7. Religion and culture.

• Brian DAVIES OP, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd edition 2004.
• Mircea ELIADE, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion, translated from the French by Willard R. Trask, New York: Harper and Row, 1961.
• William JAMES, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A study in human nature, Cambridge (MA): Riverside Press, 1902.
• Charles MOREROD, La philosophie des religions de John Hick: La continuité des principes philosophiques de la période «chrétienne orthodoxe» à la période «pluraliste», Paris: Parole et silence, 2006.
• Daniel L. PALS, Seven Theories of Religion, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• Michael PETERSON et alii, Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford: Oxford University Press, second edition 1998.
• Alvin PLANTINGA, Warranted Christian Belief, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
• Eleonore STUMP / Michael J. MURRAY (editors), Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions, Oxford: Blackwell, 1999.
• Linda TESSIER (editor), Concepts of the Ultimate, London: Macmillan, 1989.
• THOMAS de Aquino, Summa theologiae IIa IIae, quaestiones 80-99.
• William J. WAINWRIGHT (editor), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Geo WIDEGREN, Fenomenologia della religione, con introduzione all'edizione italiana di Giovanni Filoramo, Bologna: EDB, 1984.

FE 2030: 3 ECTS credits.

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