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. |
Syllabus | http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/UserFiles/Document/Divinity/TRH2253%20H%20-%2020… |
Schedule | N/A |
Start Time | TBA |
End Time | TBA |
Minimum Enrolment | 5 |
Maximum Enrolment | 15 |
Means of Evaluation |
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Previously Offered | Winter 2013 |
Currently Offered | Fall 2013 |