PHIL 347 Certification Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
define religion (5)- Cicero: "to bind" in Latin --> humans are bound to God / spirits - Piety =/= religion - middle ages: defined as a form of worship / liturgy - 1600s: defined as a system of beliefs (tied to colonialism) - 1800s: defined as not associated with politics / economy, separation of church and state (Timothy Fitzgerald disagrees) Define God in this course (1)- a transcendent being in addition to this world upon which this world depends for its existance what are the dominant views on religion in philosophy- theism until ~100 yrs ago (backed by Plato and Aristotle) - naturalism (started by Epicurous in 1700s) --> first explicit defender = Baron d'Holbach
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