Department of Philosophy and Religion

Return to: Kendall College of Arts and Sciences

The undergraduate major in Philosophy and Religion is among the humanistic disciplines at the core of the liberal arts. The major encourages a critical approach to religious and philosophical traditions, emphasizing literary, historical, and moral inquiries. Courses expose students to a variety of philosophical and religious traditions and moral practices, and their intersection with applied fields such as technology, medicine, business, and politics. Through this course of study, students develop important skills, including: critical thinking and evaluation, discerning implications and alternatives, and communicating in oral and written form with clarity, precision, insight, and persuasive power.

Programs

• Philosophy and Religion, B.A.

• Philosophy and Religion Minor

Courses

• PHIL 1003 Socrates to Sartre: Ideas that Shaped our World
• PHIL 1033 Philosophy and Literature
• PHIL 1063 Ethics and the Problems of Society
• PHIL 1123 Philosophy and Film
• PHIL 1453 The Great Conversation I: Ancient and Medieval
• PHIL 2013 Reasoning
• PHIL 2083 Western Political Thought I: From the Greek Polis to the Modern State
• PHIL 2093 Western Political Thought II: From the English Revolution to the Russian Revolution
• PHIL 2113 Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 2183 Current Problems in Political and Social Philosophy
• PHIL 2233 Existentialism in the 20th Century
• PHIL 2293 Reason, Romance, and the Rise of Modernity
• PHIL 2453 The Great Conversation II: Modern and Contemporary
• PHIL 3013 Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 3023 History of Ethics
• PHIL 3043 Ancient Philosophy
• PHIL 3053 Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 3073 Metaphysics
• PHIL 3143 Equality & Social Order
• PHIL 3143 Equality & the Social Order
• PHIL 3163 Continental European Philosophy
• PHIL 3173 Major Philosophical Figures
• PHIL 3193 Philosophy, Politics and Economics
• PHIL 3213 Philosophical Anthropology
• PHIL 3263 Religion and Morality from Kant to Nietzsche
• PHIL 3283 Topics in Philosophy and Religion
• PHIL 3323 Reason, Romance and the Rise of Modernity
• PHIL 3993 Independent Study
• PHIL 4003 Seminar in the History of Political Thought
• PHIL 4023 Philosophical Theology
• PHIL 4053 Aesthetics
• PHIL 4143 Studies in Plato and Aristotle
• PHIL 4243 Augustine
• PHIL 4253 Text and Meaning
• PHIL 4263 Kant and German Idealism
• PHIL 4543 Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL 4603 Kierkegaard
• PHIL 4863 Special Topics
• PHIL 4973 Senior Project
• PHIL 4993 Independent Study
• REL 1093 Judaism: A Religious History

• REL 1003 Explaining Religion
• REL 1133 Scottish Reformation
• REL 1253 Introduction to World Religions
• REL 1313 Introduction to Islam
• REL 1453 The Great Conversation I: Ancient and Medieval
• REL 2013 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• REL 2023 The New Testament as Literature
• REL 2113 Roman Catholicism
• REL 2203 Jesus: Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives
• REL 2293 Reason, Roman, and the Rise of Modernity
• REL 2333 Christian Ethics
• REL 2343 Christian Faith and Thought
• REL 2383 Religion and Science
• REL 2453 The Great Conversation II: Modern and Contemporary
• REL 2503 God and Human Suffering
• REL 3263 Religion and Morality from Kant to Nietzsche
• REL 3283 Topics in Philosophy and Religion
• REL 3323 Reason, Romance and the Rise of Modernity
• REL 3363 Introduction to Early Christian Thought
• REL 3383 Protestant Reformation
• REL 3443 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
• REL 3503 Paul and the Early Church
• REL 3973 Seminar: Special Topics in Religion
• REL 3993 Independent Study
• REL 4023 Philosophical Theology
• REL 4043 Augustine
• REL 4053 Three Catholic Thinkers
• REL 4213 Aquinas on Virtue and Vice
• REL 4503 Contemporary Christian Thought
• REL 4543 Philosophy of Religion
• REL 4863 Special Topics
• REL 4973 Senior Project
• REL 4991 Independent Readings
• REL 4992 Independent Readings
• REL 4993 Independent Readings

Return to: Kendall College of Arts and Sciences