THRS-2019 : Challenges to Christian Faith

The rise in the number of people identifying themselves as religiously unaffiliated has highlighted the many challenges to religious faith that exist in the world today. Drawing upon the resources of the Catholic tradition, this course will examine the challenges posed by the privileging of the epistemology of the natural sciences and the reality of evil and suffering. The Catholic emphasis on the compatibility of faith and reason explicitly undergirds this exploration. CT