COHE’s Religion and Spirituality study area examines religious claims and practices from the humanist as well as the theological point of view, offering insights rarely found in popular treatments of these topics. In this study area, students delve into some of the most provocative issues in the humanist community: how to meet human needs for meaning, purpose, and ritual; how to approach thorny concepts like 'secular spirituality;' where religious and secular ways of analysing ethical problems conflict or converge; and how to make the most of your one and only life.
Courses available
RSP100: Developing Human Potential Without Religion (Cornerstone)
Developing Human Potential Without Religion will explore how humanists view religious claims and practices, why they are persuaded by a naturalistic worldview rather than a religious one, and how they meet their deepest human needs without belief in a supernatural realm. It will examine religious belief and practice in relation to humanist principles and explore the reasons why religion is rejected by humanists. It will focus, too, on the foundations of religious belief, investigating why people have such belief, and how that belief places constraints on individual and societal life.
