RLST 118: The Problem of Evil: Understanding Evil and its Manifestations

← 2024-25 2025-26
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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours

Catalog page 633

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Explores the ways that Western culture and religion have defined evil. Primarily investigates religious discourses, but also considers philosophical, social scientific, and popular ideas of evil. Examines evil from the perspectives of the victim, the perpetrator, and the voyeur, and in a variety of media such as fiction, nonfiction, and film.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2024-25 43/45 43/45
2021-22 40/45 40/45
2019-20 55/65 55/65