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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Divinity : Theology and Ethics

Undergraduate Course: Religion and Philosophy: From Modernity to Postmodernity 3/4 (THET10025)

Course Outline
School School of Divinity College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Theology and Ethics Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description The human person has been described as homo religiosus. The phenomenon of religion continues to play a part in human life and society. This course considers the place and function of religion in enlightened modernity, its displacement in postmodernity, and its return.
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (REST08008) OR Religion 2B: Religion and Society: Social Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religions (REST08007)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course intends to equip its paricipants with the following:
- an understanding of the Religion within the project of the Enlightenment; an ability to articulate the Enlightenment project, and to distinguish the contribution of key thinkers;
- an awareness of the ways in which the phenomenon of religion continues in contemporary society, and an ability to engage with the phenomenon of religion in a critical and sympathetic way.
The course further intends to assist students in developing skills in presentation (oral and written) of papers and development of arguments, and technique in critique and criticism.
Assessment Information
Degree examination (60%); an essay of 2000 words (30%), Seminar Presentation and Participation (10%).
Special Arrangements
None
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