The class will listen to autobiographies written by women and men from diverse cultures, and then reflect upon and seek to assess their insights into the questions we must ask in our own time and place. 56 Philosophy of Religion A study of the phenomenology of religion and an examination of the problems of meaning and truth in religious language. Also listed as Philosophy 56. HUM A and HUM B or consent of instructor. A critical analysis of historical and theoretical issues relevant to both psychology and theology.
Attention is given to methodological, ontological, and existential contrasts and similarities.
Such figures as Freud, Jung, Tillich, Becker, and Erikson are considered. This course provides an advanced textual study and exegesis in one or more biblical books, or study in biblical theology. Biblical courses at Earlham School of Religion may be credited under this listing. 65 Natural Science and Religion Attention is paid to specific accounts of the nature and scope of scientific knowledge, and the relation of theory, fact, experiment, and scientific laws. Students investigate selected topics where scientific theory and religious claims may seem to conflict, such as human origins and the origin and nature of the physical universe, and examine various attempts to specify the relations between religion and natural science.