Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT | Sp06M Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 (Hybrid/In-Person)

Sp06M Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

Date: 4/14/2025-6/9/2025

Time: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM EDT on Mon

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Sp06M Reason and Religious Belief: Part 3 (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

Course Description

[NEW COURSE] [MULTI-PART SERIES] We will discuss competing conceptions of God; classical and contemporary arguments for and against God’s existence; the relation between faith and reason; the relation between evil and God’s existence and nature; the relation between human freedom and God’s omnipotence and omniscience; the nature, possibility, and believability of miracles; the relation between science and religion; and death and the possibility of immortality. Discussion, Lecture (No class May 26)

Special Notes

*This registration item is HYBRID/IN-PERSON, which means that you can attend either in-person or via Zoom.*

Required Supplies

Required Text: Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology edited by Louis Pojman & Michael Rea, 7th edition, ISBN 9781285197326

Instructor

Walt Soffer

Walt Soffer, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Philosophy at SUNY Geneseo and recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. His teaching and publications have been principally in the areas of ancient philosophy, modern philosophy, phenomenology and existentialism, history of political philosophy, philosophy of religion, interdisciplinary humanities, and ethics.