The Problem of Evil -- Course Schedule:
The Problem:
The Analytical Approach:
Read "Evil and Omnipotence" (PE), pp 25-37: 1/31
Read "Divine Goodness and the Problem of Evil"
(PE), pp 69-82: 2/2
Read "God, Evil, and the Metaphysics of Freedom"
(PE), pp 83-109: 2/4
Read "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism"
(PE), pp 126-137: 2/7
Read Dialogues
Concerning Natural Religion: 2/7 - 2/16
Read "Hume on Evil" (PE), pp 38-52: 2/16
(No Class on 2/18)
Turn in Book Review and Discuss
Wolterstorff's Lament for a Son: 2/21
The Art of Temptation:
Read Doctor Faustus: 2/23
Read "The Grand Inquisitor,"
from The Brothers Karamazov: 2/25
The Art of Suffering:
Read The Night: 3/28 - 3/3
View and Discuss The Sweet Hereafter: 3/6 - 3/10
(Spring Break: 3/13 - 3/17)
Turn in Book/Film Review and Discuss
Smiley's The Age of Grief and The Sweet Hereafter:
3/20
- Mid-Term Exam: 3/22
Read Powers of Horror: 3/24 - 4/5
(No Class on 4/7)
The Ethics of Overcoming:
Read "Natural Evil and the Love of God" (PE) pp
189-208: 4/10
Read "Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God"
(PE) 209-221: 4/12
Read "Soul-Making and Suffering" (PE), pp 168-188:
4/14
Read Beyond Good and Evil: 4/17 - 4/26
Read John Caputo's Radical Hermeneutics, Part Three:
4/28 - 5/1
- Final Papers Due: 5/5