Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change,
in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2020-2021
Teacher(s)
Bourgine Benoît;
Language
French
Main themes
The course covers the following:
- the main lines of a rational elaboration of the affirmation of God;
- the Christian idea of the incomprehensible and ineffable God;
- the Protestant criticism of "natural theology";
- the different forms of the negation of God in modern atheism and the different ways in which theology discusses them.
- the main lines of a rational elaboration of the affirmation of God;
- the Christian idea of the incomprehensible and ineffable God;
- the Protestant criticism of "natural theology";
- the different forms of the negation of God in modern atheism and the different ways in which theology discusses them.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | - to enter into the theological questions of existence and the nature of God; |
| 2 | - to elucidate the relationship between natural knowledge of God and the Christian belief in God; |
| 3 | - to counter the criticisms that modem atheism addresses to the belief in God. |
Content
These lessons examine the different types of modern atheism and the various ways of affirming the existence of God through reason.
1. Knowing God
Reason and faith, philosophy and theology about the existence and knowledge of God.
Evidence of the existence of God, knowledge of God through reason (Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther), knowledge through faith.
Historical perspective of the problem in the modern period: atheisms (typology), secularisms (C. Taylor).
2. Current issues
Bibliographical actuality of the problem of the affirmation and negation of God by reason.
Can a society remain humanistic outside the affirmation of a transcendent exteriority?
1. Knowing God
Reason and faith, philosophy and theology about the existence and knowledge of God.
Evidence of the existence of God, knowledge of God through reason (Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther), knowledge through faith.
Historical perspective of the problem in the modern period: atheisms (typology), secularisms (C. Taylor).
2. Current issues
Bibliographical actuality of the problem of the affirmation and negation of God by reason.
Can a society remain humanistic outside the affirmation of a transcendent exteriority?
Teaching methods
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.
Lecture and interactivity based on a text, taken from a portfolio of readings, which the students study before each session.
Evaluation methods
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.
Continuous assessmentThe aim is to show the ability to explain the elementary notions of the problem and to appreciate the theological stakes.
Online resources
The reading portfolio can be consulted at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B71ol4F_TTjjUXF0a1RRRjktVUU?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B71ol4F_TTjjUXF0a1RRRjktVUU?usp=sharing
Bibliography
- Syllabus disponible sous forme de « Cours en dépôt » à imprimer à la DUC.
Teaching materials
- Syllabus disponible sous forme de « Cours en dépôt » à imprimer à la DUC.
Faculty or entity
TEBI
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in Christian Theology
Minor in Sciences of Religions (openness)
Minor in Sciences of Religions (discipline to complement the major)
Additionnal module in Religious Studies
Certificat universitaire en théologie (fondements)