Evolution and Transcendence: Philosophical, Scientific, and Religious Perspectives
Date: June 18-21, 2018
Location: Catholic Academy of Berlin, Germany
Local Host: Stephan Steiner
Program Committee: Christian Polke and Nat Barrett
Intellectual Autobiography: Michael Raposa
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IARPT 2017 Annual Conference
Chattanooga, Tennessee
June 12-15, 2017
Dear Colleague in the Academic Study of Religion,
In his 2015 Presidential Address to the American Academy of Religion, Thomas Tweed asserted that a “values approach can clarify divisive internal debates within the AAR, especially between those who identify with theology and those who identify with religious studies, and … disclose points of agreement as we refine the arguments we employ to defend the study of religion in the public arena and on our own campuses.” The four of us (signatures below) share that hope and invite you to participate in a survey – the VISOR survey – that will allow us actually to test Tweed’s claims. Continue reading Invitation to Survey on the Role of Values in the Study of Religion
Each year, IARPT’s journal, The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, hosts a lecture at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. We are pleased to announce that John Kaag will be this year’s speaker. Continue reading AJTP Lecturer at 2017 AAR will be John Kaag
IARPT congratulates Gary Dorrien, who was named the recipient of the 2017 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book, The New Abolition: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel. Continue reading Gary Dorrien Wins 2017 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PHILOSOPHICAL AND CULTURAL THOUGHT
The AIPCT Announces its Grand Opening and Inaugural Lecture
Dr. Larry A. Hickman
“Humanism, the Humanities, and Technoscience”
Introduction, John R. Shook, President, AIPCT
Monday, November 21, 2016 at 7:00 PM
411 N. 9th Street, Murphysboro, IL
618-565-1238
Open to the Public (no reservation or RSVP needed)
The Institute will open at 5:30, refreshments will be served, and the lecture will be followed by a reception and tours. Parking is in the rear of the house (down the alley) and on the streets in the neighborhood.
The AIPCT has applied for 501c3 status in the State of Illinois. You may contact us at 618-565-1238, or by e-mail at personalist61@gmail.com.
We are saddened to report the death of William Creighton Peden, III. He passed away at his home in Highlands, NC on August 25, 2016. Creighton was the Fuller E. Callaway Professor emeritus of Philosophy at Augusta University as well as co‑founder and 21‑year president of the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought. Continue reading IARPT Mourns Creighton Peden
Each year, IARPT’s journal, The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, hosts a lecture at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. We are pleased to announce that Carol Wayne White will be this year’s speaker acheter kamagra oral jelly en ligne. Continue reading Carol Wayne White to Give AJTP Lecture at AAR
IARPT 2017 Annual Conference
Chattanooga, Tennessee
June 12-15
CALL FOR PAPERS
Race, Antiblackness, and Philosophy
We invite proposals that address the relations among antiblackness, race-making, and religious and philosophical thought. Continue reading 2017 IARPT Conference Call for Papers
IARPT 2016 Annual Conference Update
Congregational Church
103 Pawnee Avenue
Manitou Springs, Colorado
June 13–16, 2016
Aesthetics and the Arts