Class #9, 3/26/12

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**Questions about essay....

**Due tonight:
------> Readings from Part Nine, "God-Language":
------>------>Thomas Aquinas, The Doctrine of Analogy, pp 391ff;
------>------>Flew and Mitchell, The Falsification Debate, pp 394ff;
------>------>Paul Tillich, Religious Language as Symbolic, pp 398ff;
------>------>Rosemary Reuther, Sexism and God-Talk, pp 404ff.
------>Writing: 
------>------>"Reuther recognizes that God, as spirit, is neither male nor female, which are physical realities.  She speaks of the tradition of apophatic theology [see Maimonides], which emphasizes the unlikeness between God and creatures, and argues for inclusive language that is inherently metaphorical.  Review her points related to these issues and evaluate. [Question taken from text]"

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** For next class, 4/2/12:  The Issue of Miracles, Unit 10--
------>Readings:
------>------>Stephen Davis, "Is It Possible to Know That Jesus Was Raised from the Dead?"  pp 433ff.
------>------>David Hume, "The Evidence for Miracles Is Weak," pp 441ff.
------>Write:
------>------>Why does Davis say that whether it is rational to believe the Resurrection depends on your prior worldview?  Does YOUR worldview allow for the possibility that this event actually occurred?  [Question is from p 440 of the text.]