The Faith-Reason Borderland (RLST 230)

Term: 2024-2025 - Fall

Faculty

William A LauingerShow MyInfo popup for William A Lauinger

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Patrick J McCauleyShow MyInfo popup for Patrick J McCauley

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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (8/26/2024 - 12/13/2024) Location: MAIN MH 225

Description

This is a team-taught, interdisciplinary course that focuses on the relationship between faith and reason. Philosophy and theology are the two main disciplines in play in the course, and the readings for the course primarily derive from these two disciplines. Whereas most faith-reason courses at universities and colleges across the world focus primarily on theoretical reason, this course focuses primarily on practical reason, that is, on well-being, meaning in life, and morality (i.e., on ethics in general). This is because the instructors for this course believe that focusing on ethics provides students with a more accessible way of approaching the relationship between faith and reason.