RLST 136: Augustine and Aquinas

2008-09 2009-10 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2009-10 → 2009-10 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 382

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Examination of selected writings by and about Augustine of Hippo (354-450) and Thomas Aquinas (1226-1274), whose works have had a major impact on Western religions, literature, and history. Themes addressed include the search for wisdom, the nature of happiness, what constitutes a good life, the nature of freedom and the source of evil, the existence of God, the relationships between faith and reason, the power and limits of lan- guage. Religious Studies