Dr Sarah Pawlett Jackson - Tutor in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
Sarah Pawlett Jackson is a philosopher with primary research interests in intersubjectivity, social cognition, phenomenology, ethics and philosophy of religion.
Religion and reason
Level 5 - DT2145
The Level 4 module, Religion, Meaning and Value, includes a brief introduction to the philosophy of religion. This Level 5 module provides an opportunity to study the philosophy of religion in greater depth, focusing on arguments for the existence of God, questions about the nature of God, key objections to belief in God, and beliefs about life after death.
Topics covered
- Cosmological arguments for the existence of God
- Design arguments for the existence of God
- Arguments from religious experience
- Ontological arguments for the existence of God
- The nature of divine power
- The nature of divine wisdom
- Divine action: miracles and petitionary prayer
- An objection to belief in God: The problem of evil
- An objection to belief in God: The problem of religious diversity
- Life, death and hope
Assessment
Forum participation (10%); a two thousand word essay (40%) and a 1.5-hour seen written examination (50%).
Tutor in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics