Philosophy 502:
World Religions
San Francisco State University Fall 2005
Professor Michael Sudduth
Students, welcome to the fall semester 2005 at San Francisco State University. This website provides you with essential resources for Philosophy 502 - World Religions. This site will be your main resource for study questions, handouts, supplemental readings, and information on assignments and exams. The site also has a link to the course syllabus (short version). It is crucial that you log on each week to check for updates.
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Course Handouts
Immortality
Disembodied Survival
Physical Resurrection
Reincarnation
Critical Assessment of Reincarnation
Concepts of God
Readings, Exams, and Paper Assignments
Week 1: Essays 1, 5, 21, 22, 30, 31 (Edwards Text)
Week 2: Essays 27-29, 33, "Introduction" (pp. 22-53) (Edwards' Text)
Short Paper Question (Due in Class 9/8/05): Does personal identity require bodily continuity?
Week 3: Essays #4, #25-#27
Week 4: SEPTEMBER 22, "Introduction," pp. 53-57 (Edwards' Text)
Short Paper Question (Due in Class 9/22/05): Is physical resurrection more plausible than disembodied survival?
Week 5, SEPTEMBER 29: Exam on Disembodied Survival and Physical Resurrection
Week 6: Essays #18, #19, #20, "Introduction" (pp. 7-19) (Edwards' Text)
Week 7: OCTOBER 6, Same as above.
Short Paper Question: Is there an account of reincarnation that is logically consistent with property dualism and the
dependence of consciousness on a functioning brain?
Week 8: October 13, Read Chapters 1 and 2 from Keith Ward's Concepts of God.
Week 9: October 20, Read Chapter 3
Short Paper Question (Due October 27) :Write on some issue we have discussed in the first part of the semester.
Week 10: October 27: No Reading Assignment
Week 11: November 3: Exam #2 (Reincarnation and the Concept of God in Hinduism and Buddhism), Read chapters four and five for next week. STUDY QUESTIONS FOR EXAM #2 (Click Here)
Week 12: November 10: Jewish and Islamic Concept of God, chapters 4, 5, and 6 (Ward)
Short Paper Question (Due November 10): How does the Old Testament suggest Ward's Dual-Aspect Theism?
Week 13: November 17: Thomas Aquinas and Classical Christian Concept of God, chapter 7 (Ward)
Week 14: November 24: No Class Thanksgiving
Week 15: December 1: Chapters 8, 9, and Epilogue (Ward)
Week 16: December 8: Final Exam, 3:35pm (Final Exam Takes Place on Last Day of Semester Class Meeting)
Study Questions for Final Exam (forthcoming)
