Philosophy 226 - Intro to the Phil of Religion

'This course begins its survey of the discipline of the philosophy of religion with the work of Augustine. We then proceed to an examination of the classical theistic arguments for knowledge of God's existence (those of Anselm, Aquinas, and Maimonides) that dominated Scholastic thought and consider the criticisms of these approaches by Enlightenment philosophers such as Kant. We trace the rise of experience as the central category of pietism and romanticism in Schleiermacher's Speeches. Finally, we focus on the idealistic and pragmatic tradition in American philosophy of religion.'