Philosophy of religion 

33% (2 hour exam; three sections: A - two extended response questions [8, 12 marks]; B - One two-part essay on an excerpt [10, 20 marks]; C - One extended essay question [30 marks])

Philosophical issues and questions

• Design Argument

• Cosmological Argument

• Ontological Argument

The nature and influence of religious experience

• The nature of religious experience

• Influence of religious experience as an argument for the existence of God

Problems of evil and suffering

• Problem of evil and suffering

• Theodicies and solutions to the problem of suffering

Religious language

• Analogy and Symbol

• Verification and falsification debates

• Language games

Works of scholars

• Context to critiques of religious belief and points for discussion

• A comparison between a critic of religion, Bertrand Russell, and a religious believer, Frederick Copleston

Influences of developments in religious belief

• Views about life after death across a range of religious traditions

• Points for discussion about life after death

• Religion and science debates and their significance for philosophy of religion