THEO-644 Religion, Ethics and Pluralism

I took this course first semester 2004. My recollection is that I was working part time as a GP and part time as the Senior Medical Adviser to the treatment section of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in Queensland. I was playing music for my local Catholic Church and busy with four children, although my wife, who was working part time as a GP was lifting a heavier load there.

I only got a pass for this course, which was likely due to the lousy essays I presented. The other problem with the course is that at some point the lecturer was taken off supervising the course and did not mark the assignments. The lecturer was Yuri Josef Koszarycz PhD who taught at ACU from 1975 to 2010 and I have no idea why he didn’t continue to look after the course. I suspect he may have been more sympathetic to what I produced than the the staff member who actually did the marking. He went on to have a major interest in bioethics:

 … specifically in the interface between bioethics, theology and christian philosophy as they relate to ethical decision making in relation to biomedical technology.

https://www.eubios.info/GBNads.htm

The course materials were extensive notes with reading lists and links with 12 modules:

1 A Brief Overview of Ethics

2 Religious Pluralism

3 Challenges to Faith Traditions

4 Christianity

5 Judaism

6 Islam

7 Hinduism

8 Buddhism

9 Confucianism / Taoism

10 Australian Aboriginal Religion

11 The Sunburnt Soul – Christianity in Search of an Australian Identity

12 Spirituality: A Never Ending Quest for Meaning.

Good stuff and it was most broadening.

I found a response to an article that we had to submit – not assessment. It has my usual overconfident tone.