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RS 233PContemporary Atheism and Faith in

Faculty
Arts
Last listed
1975–76

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1970–71 to 1975–76; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

An examination of the sources of atheism in western culture, the question of God in philosophy, the denial of theism and of the God of Christian faith, the hollow universe. Questions contemporary atheists ask of the Christian faith, and the response of faith. The thought of representative atheists: Nietzche, Feuerbach, Marx, Freud, Russell, Sartre, Ayer. Experimental restatements of theism. 3 lectures, fall and winter terms. Not offered in 1972-73.

As printed in the 1971–72 to 1975–76 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

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    In the scanned calendars

    How it read in each calendar from 1970–71 to 1975–76, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

    1971–72 to 1975–76 5 calendars

    An examination of the sources of atheism in western culture, the question of God in philosophy, the denial of theism and of the God of Christian faith, the hollow universe. Questions contemporary atheists ask of the Christian faith, and the response of faith. The thought of representative atheists: Nietzche, Feuerbach, Marx, Freud, Russell, Sartre, Ayer. Experimental restatements of theism. 3 lectures, fall and winter terms. Not offered in 1972-73.

    1970–71 1 calendar

    An examination of the questions which contemporary atheists ask of the Christian faith. The atheistic universe and the absence of God, the question of God in philosophy, the nature of God as seen by faith, interpretations of the meaning of revelation, the act of faith, the relation of theology to other academic disciplines. 3 lectures.

    Religious Studies