Filosofia da Religião
Courses Licenciatura em História
The course in Philosophy of Religion aims at discussing religious reality in its entire complex and multiple dimensions. It critically analyses what makes possible religion as well as the diverse ways by which it materializes. In its reflection, students are invited to question the nature of the religious phenomena from a personal perspective, interpreting the historical diversity of religion’s diverse manifestations and proclamations. In particular, study will focus on the topics of the idea of God and the gods, the problem of evil and the relation between religion and morals.
Philosophy
Religion
God
Morais
In the end, students are expected to be able to :
- Understand the complexity of the reality of religion and suggest a personal interpretation of religion’s historical diversity.
- Identify historical scenarios of transformation of the idea of divinity and of the experience of the divine.
- Analyse the historical relation between religion and morals.
1. What is Religion?
1.1. What makes the religious phenomena possible: the different ideas of God
1.2. The complex nature of the religions phenomena: diversity of its manifestations and proclamations
2. Religion and Morals: history of a relation
2.1. Between Good and Evil: on Job’s dilemma
2.2. Historical progress and Moral progress
Anderson, P.S. (2012). Re-visioning Gender in Philosophy of Religion: Reason, Love, and Our Epistemic Locatedness. Burlington: Ashgate.
Borges, A. (2010). Religião e Diálogo Inter-Religioso. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.
Catroga, Fernando (2006). Entre Deuses e Césares. Secularização, laicidade e religião civil. Uma perspectiva histórica. Coimbra: Almedina.
Clark, B. and Clark, B.R. (1998). The Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell.
Correia, C. J. (2012). A Religião e o Sentido da Vida. Paradigmas Culturais. Lisboa: CFUL. 2012.
Correia, C. J. (2001). A Religião e a Experiência do Divino. In Philosophica 17/18, Lisboa: CFUL.
Grondin, J. (2015). La Philosophie de la Religion. Paris, PUF.
Küng, H. et al. (1986). Le Christianisme et les Religions du Monde. Islam, Hindouisme, Bouddhism. Paris: Seuil.
Mawson, T. J. (2005). Belief in God. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Neiman, S. (20015). Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press.
Ohlig, K.-H. (2007). Religião. Tudo o Que é Preciso Saber. Alfragide: Casa das Letras.
Swinburne, R. (2015). A Existência de Deus. Brasilia: Editora Monergismo.
Swinburne, R. (1998). Será que Deus Existe?. Lisboa: Gradiva.
Taliaferro, C. (2005). Evidence and Faith: Philosophy of Religion Since the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ward, K. (1998). In Defense of the Soul. Oxford: Oneworld
E-learning
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).
Students are required to have access to a computer with Internet connection and an e-mail address as well as to have computer literacy from the users' perspective.