Global Utilities

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Undergraduate Studies

Philosophy and Religious Studies offers a range of units that reflect the interests and passions of the staff who teach them.

We welcome students of all kinds and we would be delighted to hear from you.

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS

First Year Units

UNIT
CO-ORDINATOR
OFFERED
Assoc. Prof.
Harry
Oldmeadow
Sem 1
2010
An introduction to the academic and comparative study of religion, religions and religious phenomena.

Dr Rodney Blackhirst
Sem2

A study of the central myths and myth cycles of the ancient Greek world with close attention to Homer's Odyssey.
2010

Second & Third Year Units
UNIT
 
CO-ORDINATOR
OFFERED
The Biblical World
 
Dr. Rod Blackhirst

An introduction to the techniques of textual exegesis and criticism through an analytical study of several key texts from the Old and New Testaments.
 
       
 
Dr. Rod Blackhirst

An introduction to Islam as a religious, political and social system with an emphasis on its common ground with the Judaeo-Christian tradition. Islamic-Western tensions and interactions from the Middle Ages to the present day.
 
       
 
Assoc. Prof.
Harry Oldmeadow
Problems of definition; the "proofs" of God's existence and the problem of evil; morality, science and religion; myths and symbols as religious categories; traditional & modern cosmologies; feminism, postmodernism & theology.
 
       
Traditional Cosmologies
 
Dr. Rod Blackhirst
Sem 1

An exploration of the principles and symbolism underlying a range of traditional cosmological systems.
 
2010
   
 
Assoc. Prof.
Harry Oldmeadow
A study of some of the central intellectual/philosophical influences on modernity, including the work of Marx, Darwin, Kierkegaard, Freud, Simone Weil and René Guénon.
 
 
 
Assoc. Prof.
Harry Oldmeadow
Sem 2
Introduction to the central religious/philosophical ideas and principles of the Eastern traditions, particularly Hinduism & Buddhism.
 
2010

 

 

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