Join a GTU Class: Divine Being

This doctoral seminar offers an advanced, comparative exploration of central theological and metaphysical questions concerning the Divine across the Abrahamic traditions, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The course investigates foundational debates on the existence and nature of God, engaging classical and post-classical arguments for a necessary, eternal first being, alongside critiques and reformulations within each tradition. Students will examine key issues such as divine attributes (including questions of simplicity, multiplicity, and anthropomorphism), the problem of evil, and moral epistemology, especially the debate over whether moral values are intrinsically knowable or dependent on divine command (often framed in Western philosophy as the Euthyphro dilemma). The seminar also explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics, including cosmology, causality, and the interface between scientific and theological explanations of the universe. A central component of the course is the historical exchange of ideas across traditions.

Available in-person and Zoom.