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3. Philosophy of Religion

Literary Influence in the Development of Greek Religion 1

Polytheism and Monotheism 2

  • Polytheism: The belief in or worship of more than one god.
  • Monotheism: The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
  • Totemism: Each clan or group has a totem, which is an animal, plant, or natural object that serves as a symbol of the group and is being worshipped, or they may not (as recent studies suggest).
  • Animism: The belief that natural objects (animals, plants, natural phenomena, and the universe itself) possess souls.
  • Fetichism: The belief that an object has supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over others.

What is Humanism? 3

What is Humanism? Part 2 4

Definition of Humanism 5

The Logical Problem of Evil 6

References

  1. Fairbanks, A. (1898). Literary Influence in the Development of Greek Religion. The Biblical World,11(5), 294-305. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3137300 ↩

  2. Read the entire Polytheism and Monotheism Lecture at Gifford Lectures: The Attributes of God: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Year 1924-1925. https://web.archive.org/web/20220216135909/https://www.giffordlectures.org/books/attributes-god/iii-polytheism-and-monotheism ↩

  3. Furedi, F. (2013). Alternative lectures: What is Humanism (Part 1). [Video File]. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84POCehz3xk ↩

  4. Furedi, F. (2013). What is humanism? Part 2. [Video File]. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk7QN7I0HTE ↩

  5. A collection of short definitions of Humanism can be found at https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/definition-of-humanism/: read through these and prepare to share your thoughts. ↩

  6. The problem of Evil and Suffering to Religion: Read the entire entry (all 11 sub-sections) from the IEP entry for the “Logical Problem of Evil” available at http://www.iep.utm.edu/evil-log/ ↩