GOD, SUFFERING, AND NARRATIVE (PHIL 256)
Term: 2017-2018 Fall Semester
Description
PHIL 256. GOD, SUFFERING, AND NARRATIVE. A philosophical investigation into the problem of suffering-the problem of reconciling an all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good God with the existence of horrendous evils-with a focus on understanding the differences between argument and narrative as sources of knowledge, the varieties of knowledge, the nature of God and evil, union with God, the relationship between love and the will, the fragmentation of the human self, and the biblical narratives of Abraham and Job. Other works of literature may be used. Alternate years, three hours.