Modern Atheism

Date Cancelled
College University of Trinity College, Faculty of Divinity
Instructor(s)
Course Code TRH2253HF
Semester First Semester
Section 6101
Online Yes
Credits One Credit
Location Online - Asynchronous
Description

This introductory course surveys the history of atheism and secularization from the mid-eighteenth-century Western European Enlightenment to the present. We will not only read selections from some of the most important English, Scottish, German, and American atheists, agnostics, and rationalists of the period, but also examine and discuss how contemporary political and social thought contributed to the rise of secular thought and gradual decline in theological orthodoxy. The course will demonstrate how the writings of atheists and theological rationalists have always been predicated on significant intellectual and emotional tensions between orthodox Christianity and contemporary culture. Participation, research summary, book report, online final exam.

Schedule N/A
Start & End Date May 5, 2014 - Jul 28, 2014
Start Time TBA
End Time TBA
Minimum Enrolment 5
Maximum Enrolment 15
Enrolment Notes

Withdrawal deadline: May 26, 2014

Teaching Method
Lectures
Means of Evaluation
Other
Previously Offered Fall 2013
Currently Offered Summer 2014