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The 15th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 65th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
Friday, March 27 -- Saturday, March 28, 2020; Hosted by Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, MI)
Conference Theme: "What I've Learned: Distinguished Scholars Share Their Stories".
Plenary Speakers:
Dr. George Marsden. Dr. Marsden is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. Notable books include Jonathan Edwards: A Life, Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism, and The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship.
Dr. Millard Erickson. Dr. Erickson's notable books include Christian Theology, Reclaiming the Center, and What Does God Know and When Does He Know It?
Dr. Richard Muller. Dr. Muller is Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. Notable books include Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: the Rise and Development of Reformed Theology, ca. 1520-ca.1725 (4 volumes), The Unaccommodated Calvin, and Divine Will and Human Choice: Freedom, Contingency, and Necessity in Early Modern Reformed Thought.
Dr. David Turner. Dr. Turner will be the banquet speaker. Dr. Turner is professor emeritus of New Testament at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. His notable books include Matthew (Baker Exegetical Commentary), Israel's Last Prophet and Interpreting the Gospels and Acts.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST, January 28, 2020; Notification of acceptance by February 4, 2020.
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 28, 2020 to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at graves at findlay dot edu. Please use the subject line “EPS 2020 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es).
We welcome submissions from anyone and everyone. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: https://www.cornerstone.edu/events/evangelical-theological-society-midwest-regional-meeting/
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 14th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 64th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
Friday, March 29 -- Saturday, March 30, 2019; Hosted by Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL)
Conference Theme: Slavery, Freedom, and Power.
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Michelle Panchuk. Dr. Michelle Panchuk is an assistant professor of philosophy at Murray State University. Prior to coming to MSU, she received her PhD from the University of South Carolina in 2016 and held a one year postdoctoral research fellowship in the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. Her current research clusters at the intersection of philosophy of religion with trauma theory and feminist philosophy. These projects aim to give a philosophical account of, and response to, the phenomena of religious trauma and spiritual violence. Her other interests include metaphysics (abstract properties, theistic conceptual realism, the doctrine of divine simplicity), the history of Russian philosophy (esp. Vladimir Solov’ev), and philosophy of race. Her work has been published in Res Philosophica, International Philosophical Quarterly, and The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, and she has an edited volume (co-edited with Michael Rea), entitled Marginalized Identities, Peripheral Theologies: Expanding Conversations in Analytic Theology, under contract with Oxford University Press.
Plenary Speaker for ETS: Dr. Willie James Jennings. Dr. Jennings is an associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School. Writing in the areas of liberation theologies, cultural identities, and anthropology, Dr. Jennings has authored more than 40 scholarly essays and nearly two-dozen reviews. Jennings’ book, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale 2010) won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective category the year after it appeared and, in 2015, the Grawemeyer Award in Religion, the largest prize for a theological work in North America.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST, January 18, 2019; Notification of acceptance by February 8, 2019
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 18, 2019 to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2019 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es).
We welcome submissions from anyone and everyone. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/evangelical-theological-society-2019-midwest-regional-meeting-tickets-53486742286
The 15th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 65th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
Friday, March 27 -- Saturday, March 28, 2020; Hosted by Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, MI)
Conference Theme: "What I've Learned: Distinguished Scholars Share Their Stories".
Plenary Speakers:
Dr. George Marsden. Dr. Marsden is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame. Notable books include Jonathan Edwards: A Life, Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism, and The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship.
Dr. Millard Erickson. Dr. Erickson's notable books include Christian Theology, Reclaiming the Center, and What Does God Know and When Does He Know It?
Dr. Richard Muller. Dr. Muller is Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. Notable books include Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics: the Rise and Development of Reformed Theology, ca. 1520-ca.1725 (4 volumes), The Unaccommodated Calvin, and Divine Will and Human Choice: Freedom, Contingency, and Necessity in Early Modern Reformed Thought.
Dr. David Turner. Dr. Turner will be the banquet speaker. Dr. Turner is professor emeritus of New Testament at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. His notable books include Matthew (Baker Exegetical Commentary), Israel's Last Prophet and Interpreting the Gospels and Acts.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST, January 28, 2020; Notification of acceptance by February 4, 2020.
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 28, 2020 to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at graves at findlay dot edu. Please use the subject line “EPS 2020 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es).
We welcome submissions from anyone and everyone. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: https://www.cornerstone.edu/events/evangelical-theological-society-midwest-regional-meeting/
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 14th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 64th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
Friday, March 29 -- Saturday, March 30, 2019; Hosted by Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL)
Conference Theme: Slavery, Freedom, and Power.
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Michelle Panchuk. Dr. Michelle Panchuk is an assistant professor of philosophy at Murray State University. Prior to coming to MSU, she received her PhD from the University of South Carolina in 2016 and held a one year postdoctoral research fellowship in the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. Her current research clusters at the intersection of philosophy of religion with trauma theory and feminist philosophy. These projects aim to give a philosophical account of, and response to, the phenomena of religious trauma and spiritual violence. Her other interests include metaphysics (abstract properties, theistic conceptual realism, the doctrine of divine simplicity), the history of Russian philosophy (esp. Vladimir Solov’ev), and philosophy of race. Her work has been published in Res Philosophica, International Philosophical Quarterly, and The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, and she has an edited volume (co-edited with Michael Rea), entitled Marginalized Identities, Peripheral Theologies: Expanding Conversations in Analytic Theology, under contract with Oxford University Press.
Plenary Speaker for ETS: Dr. Willie James Jennings. Dr. Jennings is an associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School. Writing in the areas of liberation theologies, cultural identities, and anthropology, Dr. Jennings has authored more than 40 scholarly essays and nearly two-dozen reviews. Jennings’ book, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale 2010) won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective category the year after it appeared and, in 2015, the Grawemeyer Award in Religion, the largest prize for a theological work in North America.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST, January 18, 2019; Notification of acceptance by February 8, 2019
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 18, 2019 to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2019 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es).
We welcome submissions from anyone and everyone. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/evangelical-theological-society-2019-midwest-regional-meeting-tickets-53486742286
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 13th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 63rd Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
March 23-24, 2018; Hosted by Grace Bible College (Grand Rapids, MI)
Conference Theme: The Future Direction of Evangelical Theology.
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Christina Van Dyke. (Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College; Senior Fellow and Interim Director of the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University). Dr. Van Dyke is a superb, widely-published philosopher. Dr. Van Dyke’s recent works include The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy; Thomas Aquinas: The Treatise on Happiness, The Treatise on Human Acts; and Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST, January 14, 2018; Notification of acceptance by February 11, 2018
Conference includes a graduate student paper competition
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 14, 2018 to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2018 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es). If you are a graduate student, and you wish for your paper to be considered for a prize (please see below), then please indicate in the body of the email whether you are a graduate student.
We welcome submissions from both Christians and non-Christians alike. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: http://www.etsjets.org/region/midwest_meeting_overview.
Graduate Student Paper Prizes
Graduate students who have had their abstracts accepted for presentation and who wish to be considered for the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper are also required to submit via email as a PDF attachment the final draft of the paper no later than 11:59pm EST March 11, 2018. Submissions should be sent to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2018 Submission”.
Papers should be prepared for blind review. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), (4) email address(es), and (5) indication of one’s graduate student status.
The final draft of the paper should be approximately 3,000 words.
Accepted contestants are required to present the paper at the conference. While the intention is to give a prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper, it is possible that no prize will be given. All prize decisions are final and not subject to appeal. Winners, if any, will be announced publicly at the conference.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 12th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 62nd Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
March 10-11, 2017; Hosted by Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
Conference Theme: Evil and the Suffering of God. Plenary Speaker: Dr. Paul K. Moser. (Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago). Dr. Moser is a prolific and prominent philosopher. His recent works include The Severity of God: Religion and Philosophy Reconceived (Cambridge UP, 2013) and The Evidence for God: Religious Knowledge Reexamined (Cambridge UP, 2010).
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 8, 2017; Notification of acceptance by February 12, 2017
Conference includes an undergraduate and graduate student paper competition
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 8, 2017 to Shawn Graves (The University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2017 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es). If you are an undergraduate student or graduate student, and you wish for your paper to be considered for a prize (please see below), then please indicate in the body of the email whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student.
We welcome submissions from both Christians and non-Christians alike. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: http://www.etsjets.org/region/midwest_meeting_overview.
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Paper Prizes
Undergraduate and graduate students who have had their abstracts accepted for presentation and who wish to be considered for the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s prize for the Best Undergraduate Student Paper or the Best Graduate Student Paper are also required to submit via email as a PDF attachment the final draft of the paper no later than 11:59pm EST February 27th, 2017. Submissions should be sent to Shawn Graves (The University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2017 Submission”.
Papers should be prepared for blind review. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author, (2) institutional affiliation, (3) phone number, (4) email address, and (5) indication of one’s undergraduate or graduate student status.
The final draft of the paper should be approximately 3,000 words.
Accepted contestants are required to present the paper at the conference. While the intention is to give a prize for both the Best Undergraduate Student Paper and Best Graduate Student Paper, it is possible that no prize will be given in either category. All prize decisions are final and not subject to appeal. Winners, if any, will be announced publicly at the conference.
The 13th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 63rd Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
March 23-24, 2018; Hosted by Grace Bible College (Grand Rapids, MI)
Conference Theme: The Future Direction of Evangelical Theology.
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Christina Van Dyke. (Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College; Senior Fellow and Interim Director of the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University). Dr. Van Dyke is a superb, widely-published philosopher. Dr. Van Dyke’s recent works include The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy; Thomas Aquinas: The Treatise on Happiness, The Treatise on Human Acts; and Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST, January 14, 2018; Notification of acceptance by February 11, 2018
Conference includes a graduate student paper competition
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 14, 2018 to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2018 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es). If you are a graduate student, and you wish for your paper to be considered for a prize (please see below), then please indicate in the body of the email whether you are a graduate student.
We welcome submissions from both Christians and non-Christians alike. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: http://www.etsjets.org/region/midwest_meeting_overview.
Graduate Student Paper Prizes
Graduate students who have had their abstracts accepted for presentation and who wish to be considered for the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper are also required to submit via email as a PDF attachment the final draft of the paper no later than 11:59pm EST March 11, 2018. Submissions should be sent to Shawn Graves (University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2018 Submission”.
Papers should be prepared for blind review. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), (4) email address(es), and (5) indication of one’s graduate student status.
The final draft of the paper should be approximately 3,000 words.
Accepted contestants are required to present the paper at the conference. While the intention is to give a prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper, it is possible that no prize will be given. All prize decisions are final and not subject to appeal. Winners, if any, will be announced publicly at the conference.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 12th Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). Conference held in conjunction with the 62nd Spring Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS).
March 10-11, 2017; Hosted by Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
Conference Theme: Evil and the Suffering of God. Plenary Speaker: Dr. Paul K. Moser. (Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago). Dr. Moser is a prolific and prominent philosopher. His recent works include The Severity of God: Religion and Philosophy Reconceived (Cambridge UP, 2013) and The Evidence for God: Religious Knowledge Reexamined (Cambridge UP, 2010).
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 8, 2017; Notification of acceptance by February 12, 2017
Conference includes an undergraduate and graduate student paper competition
We invite abstracts for papers dealing with any topic in philosophy that is of interest to Christian philosophers. Abstracts of at least 400 words should be submitted via email as a PDF attachment no later than 11:59pm EST January 8, 2017 to Shawn Graves (The University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2017 Submission”.
Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include a presentation title. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author(s), (2) institutional affiliation(s), (3) phone number(s), and (4) email address(es). If you are an undergraduate student or graduate student, and you wish for your paper to be considered for a prize (please see below), then please indicate in the body of the email whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student.
We welcome submissions from both Christians and non-Christians alike. We especially encourage submissions from underrepresented groups in philosophy.
Presenters will have 30 minutes to present their papers and should plan for 10 minutes of Q&A.
Presenters must register for the conference. Registration is handled by the Evangelical Theological Society. More information regarding registration can be found here: http://www.etsjets.org/region/midwest_meeting_overview.
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Paper Prizes
Undergraduate and graduate students who have had their abstracts accepted for presentation and who wish to be considered for the Midwest Region of the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s prize for the Best Undergraduate Student Paper or the Best Graduate Student Paper are also required to submit via email as a PDF attachment the final draft of the paper no later than 11:59pm EST February 27th, 2017. Submissions should be sent to Shawn Graves (The University of Findlay), Chair of the Midwest Region of the EPS, at [email protected]. Please use the subject line “EPS 2017 Submission”.
Papers should be prepared for blind review. In the body of the email, please include the following information: (1) name of author, (2) institutional affiliation, (3) phone number, (4) email address, and (5) indication of one’s undergraduate or graduate student status.
The final draft of the paper should be approximately 3,000 words.
Accepted contestants are required to present the paper at the conference. While the intention is to give a prize for both the Best Undergraduate Student Paper and Best Graduate Student Paper, it is possible that no prize will be given in either category. All prize decisions are final and not subject to appeal. Winners, if any, will be announced publicly at the conference.
