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IGNOU MPYE-10 (December 2025 – June 2026) Assignment Questions
1. What are the Ontological and causal arguments to prove the existence of God? Explain the failure of Ontological and Causal arguments in proving the existence of God in the Kantian Perspective.
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What is tolerance? Discuss the role of tolerance in a society. Give some philosophical arguments in favor of tolerance.
2. What is Philosophy of religion? Compare scientific and religious explanation of the Universe.
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What are the three modes of understanding the religious language? Explain.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) What are the socio-cultural roots of modern atheism? Explain.
b) Differentiate between Religion, Theology and Philosophy of religion?
c) Compare scientific and religious explanation of the Universe.
d) Write a note on the significance of myth in religious language.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) What do you understand by the concept of sacred?
b) What is charismatic experience? How does Martin Buber characterize charisma?
c) What is the idea of Illud Tempus?
d) Write a note on the philosophical implications of the idea of rituals.
e) ‘Religious statements are moral in content.’ Discuss.
f) Differentiate between Idealistic Theism and Pragmatic Theism.
5. Write a short note on any five in about 100 words.
a) Numinous
b) Ritual
c) The eternal return.
d) Augutine’s idea of God
e) analogy of proportionality
f) Liturgy
g) Henotheism
h) Regenerative experience
IGNOU MPYE-10 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain and evaluate Ramanuja’s objections against Shankar’s Advaita Vedanta.
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Compare Buddhist and Jain idea of Liberation.
2. What are the three modes of understanding the religious language? Explain.
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What is Philosophy of religion? Compare scientific and religious explanation of the Universe.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each.
a) Write a note on the problem of evil.
b) What are the socio-cultural roots of modern atheism? Explain.
c) Compare St. Augustine’s and John Hick’s theodicy.
d) Does Deism successfully relate God and His creation in its philosophy? Examine.
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each.
a) Write a note on the philosophical implications of the idea of rituals.
b) Differentiate between weak and strong agnosticism.
c) What is neurotheology? Explain.
d) Differentiate between Idealistic Theism and Pragmatic Theism.
e) What is the idea of unmoved mover?
f) What is free-will? Write a note on the free-will argument.
5. Write a short note on any five in about 100 words.
a) Henotheism
b) Verification Principle
c) Understanding of ‘History’ in Marx’s Philosophy
d) Numinous
e) Process Theodicy
f) The eternal return
g) Analogy of proportionality
h) Cosmological Argument of Anselm
