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The mission of the Evangelical Philosophical Society is to glorify God through the faithful practice of philosophy, fostering a deeper understanding of God and the world he created while both encouraging and enabling Christian philosophers to engage philosophical and spiritual issues in the academy.
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Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
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Imprint Academic just released, Selfhood, Autism and Thought Insertion, co-edited by Mihretu P. Guta and Sophie Gibb. Guta is currently teaching philosophy at Biola University, Azusa Pacific University, and Addis Ababa University. He is also working on a manuscript entitled The Metaphysics of Substance and Personhood: A Non-Theory Laden Approach. Sophie Gibb is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Durham University. Recent papers are on the ontology of the mental causation debate, the subset account of property realization, and tropes and laws.
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Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
3y ago
The American Philosophical Association (APA) is currently accepting submissions for "the inaugural Alvin Plantinga Prize."
Submission deadline: March 30, 2021.
From the blog of the APA
The APA’s newest prize was established in honor of Alvin Plantinga, John A. O’Brien Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and a past president of the APA Central Division. The Alvin Plantinga Prize is funded through the generosity of the Bossenbroek Family Foundation. The prize will recognize original essays that engage philosophical issues about or in substantial w ..read more
Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
3y ago
The Winter 2020 issue, writes Editor Ross Inman, is "packed with contributions, mostly in the area of philosophical theology, such as God and the nature of time, the causal principle and the kalam cosmological argument, the problem of evil, the metaphysics of the Incarnation, providence, theistic mathematical Platonism, and more."
Enjoy some of the latest articles, philosophical notes, and book reviews from authors like R. T. Mullins, John Jefferson Davis, Robert Larmer, James N. Anderson, K. Lauriston Smith, Rad Miksa, and many others!
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3y ago
With the recent and very tragic death of EPS member, Ben Arbour, and his dear wife, Meg, EPS President, Mike Austin, has invited friends and colleagues of Ben to offer their reflections on Ben's life, his care for philosophy, and his ministry to others.
Ben's friend and colleague, Joshua Farris (Executive Director, Alpine Christian School; Director of Trinity School of Theology), offers this personal reflection:
“Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;” (2 Corinthians 1:10)
Ben Arbour, and h ..read more
Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
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With the recent and very tragic invited friends and colleagues of Ben to offer their reflections on Ben's life, his care for philosophy, and his ministry to others. Ben's friend and colleague, Greg Trickett (Associate Professor of Philosophy at Weatherford College) offers this personal reflection ..read more
Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
3y ago
With the recent and very tragic death of EPS member, Ben Arbour, and his dear wife, Meg, EPS President, Mike Austin, has invited friends and colleagues of Ben to offer their reflections on Ben's life, his care for philosophy, and his ministry to others.
Ben's friend and colleague, John Gilhooly (Director of Honors Program, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology, at Cedarville University), offers this reflection:
Ben was a wonderful, relentless, indefatigable advocate for clarity in our speech about God, purity in our devotion to Christ, and charity in our conduct by the Spirit. He wa ..read more
Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
3y ago
In 2020, Cascade Books published Outgrowing God? A Beginner's Guide to Richard Dawkins and the God Decade, written by Peter S. Williams. Peter S. Williams is an English philosopher, author, and Assistant Professor in Communication and Worldviews at NLA University College at Gimlekollen in Kristiansand, Norway.
From the publisher's description:
Join a cast of characters, with different perspectives, thinking through some of the biggest questions in life, as they discuss atheist Richard Dawkins’ book Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide. Written in the form of a dialogue betwee ..read more
Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
3y ago
At the 2020 annual conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) - which is held in conjunction with the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) - enjoy live virtual discussions (November 16-20) centered around dozens of pre-recorded paper presentations (full schedule).
Additionally, come participate in live panel discussions on Thursday, November 19th, which include EPS and ETS contributors:
1:30 PM – 4:40 PM (Eastern)
Analytic Theology: “Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution”
Daniel Houck (John Leland Center for Theological Studies): “Aquinas, Origin ..read more
Evangelical Philosophical Society Blog
3y ago
At the 2020 annual conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) - which is held in conjunction with the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) - enjoy live virtual discussions (November 16-20) centered around dozens of pre-recorded paper presentations (full schedule).
Additionally, come participate in live panel discussions on Thursday, November 19th, which include EPS and ETS contributors:
8:30 AM – 11:40 AM (Eastern)
“God in Himself: Scripture, Metaphysics, and the Task of Christian Theology”
Moderator: Alden McCray (Oak Hill College) Introduction
Respondents:
Scott R ..read more