Philosophy 1401:
World Religions
Cal State Hayward, Winter Quarter 2005
Professor Michael Sudduth
Students, welcome to the winter quarter 2005 at Cal State Hayward. This website provides you with essential resources for Philosophy 1401 - 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 links to the course syllabus. It is crucial that you log on each week to check for updates.
Course Handouts

Immortality
Introduction to Life After Death
Plato on the Afterlife
H.H. Price's Model of Disembodied Existence
Geach: Personal Identity and Resurrection
Hick on Physical Resurrection
Van Inwagen on Physical Resurrection
Vehicles of Survival Compared
Johnson and Ducasse on Reincarnation
Concepts of God
The Vedantic Philosophy of Sankara
Ramanuja's Philosophy of Brahman
Nirvana and Buddhist Analogues to God
Images of God in the Hebrew Bible
Maimonides: the Unknowable God
Thomas Aquinas: Negation and Positive Attribution in our Knowledge of God
(See sections I through IV)
Thomas Aquinas' Doctrine of Divine Simplicity
Exam Information and Paper Assignments

Response Essay #1 (Due Monday, 1/24/05)
Mid-Term Study Questions
Argument Essay #1 (Due 2/18/05)
Extra Credit Assignment
Argument Essay #2 (Due 3/14/05)
Final Exam Study Questions
Sudduth 1984