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University of South Carolina Columbia, SC (USA) Philosophy of Religion at the Turn of the On the Occasion of the Retirement of 
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Far-reaching changes in western religious thought began to occur during the 1950s and 1960s. These changes surfaced in a very public way in the so-called death of God movement of the 1960s, signaling fundamental developments that were beginning to take form and which have now led to the divisions between theism and post-theism, realism and non-realism, foundationalism and anti-foundationalism, reason and desire, absolutism and relativism, exclusivism and pluralism, transcendence and immanence. During this same period, new voices have emerged which reflect the diversity of human experience and the diversity of world cultures and religions. As a result, western philosophers of religion have increasingly recognized that some of their most fundamental conceptions of reason, belief, humanity, and divinity have to be reconsidered. It is the purpose of this conference to bring together leading philosophers of religion from Europe and the United States and from different philosophical traditions to explore these directions in the philosophy of religion at the turn of the twenty-first century. Schedule of Events All sessions are in the Faculty Lounge, Daniel Management Center (8th Floor, BA Building). Friday, April 5 9:15am–12:00noon Comparative Philosophy and Universal Religion Commentator: Robert E. Carter, Professor of Philosophy, Trent University Phillip Quinn, John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame: Religion and Politics, Fear and Duty Commentator: James Harris, Francis S. Haserot Professor of Philosophy, College of William and Mary Session Chair: Martin Perlmutter, Professor of Philosophy, College of Charleston An Audience for Philosophy of Religion Commentator: Ronald Hall, Professor of Philosophy, Stetson University Session Chair: James Edwards, Professor of Philosophy, Furman University Morality and Scientific Naturalism: Overcoming the Conflicts Commentator: Frederick Ferre, Research Professor, University of Georgia Pamela Sue Anderson, Fellow in Philosophy and Christian Ethics, Regent's Park College, Oxford University: "Moralizing" Love in the Philosophy of Religion Commentator: Patricia Johnson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Dayton Session Chair: James Keller, Professor of Philosophy, Wofford University Saturday, April 6 9:15am–12:00noon God in the Summa Theologiae: Entity or Event? Commentator: Brian Shanley, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Catholic University of America Alistair Kee, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh: Nietzsche and Christians with Beautiful Feet Commentator: William Power, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Georgia Session Chair: Jeremiah Hackett, Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina The Other Theology: Notes on Conceptual Idolatry Commentator: Thomas Flynn, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy, Emory University Calvin Schrag, George Ade Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University: The Grammar of Transcendence Commentator: Jerald Wallulis, Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina Session Chair: Gordon Haist, Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina at Beaufort Conference Sponsors This conference is made possible through the support of the South Carolina Humanities Council, the Franklin J. Matchette Foundation, the USC Department of Philosophy, and the USC Department of Religious Studies. Conference coordinator: Jerald Wallulis (wallulis@sc.edu). 803-777-4166. Fax: 803-777-9178. Department of Philosophy / University of South Carolina / Columbia SC 29208  |
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