P/R:  Philosophy of Religion

Content overview: Philosophy of religion

Students study philosophical language and thought, and issues and questions raised by belief:

Yr 12

• Ancient philosophical influences

• the nature of the soul, mind and body

• Arguments about the existence or non-existence of God

• The nature and impact of religious experience

• The challenge for religious belief of the problem of evil

Yr 13

• Ideas about the nature of God

• Issues in religious language

• Twentieth-century perspectives & philosophical comparisons