Analytic Theology and the Nature of God:
Advancing and Challenging Classical Theism
The conference:
An exploration of different concepts of God and the divine is highly relevant to core areas of philosophical research such as metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, action theory, and philosophy of language.
The philosophical concept of God also has a strong impact on our understanding of the many theological doctrines concerning the nature and inner life of God, God’s relation to creation, God’s ultimate purposes for reality and how we understand our own existence in the cosmos.
With this international conference, the organizers aim to advance and challenge our understanding of classical theism. Its interdisciplinary nature brings together philosophers, theologians, and researchers from religious studies.
The conference will be preceded by an international summer school, hosted by Thomas Schärtl-Trendl, University of Regensburg.
Basic information:
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When? |
August, 8th - 11th 2017 |
| Where? |
Exerzitienhaus Schloss Fürstenried Forst-Kasten-Allee 103 81475 Munich DE - Germany |
| Coordination? |
Prof. Dr. Godehard Brüntrup SJ Dr. Tobias Müller Administrative Assistant: Niklas Ernst (office.bruentrup@hfph.de) |
| Participation? |
English: Possibilities for participation and attendance are limited. Please apply for participation and attendance with a short email indicating your interest to office.bruentrup@hfph.de. There is no participation-fee. If you want to stay at Schloss Fürstenried, costs for full-board and accommodation in (simple) single room will be ca. 340,-- € for 4 nights. If you do not want to stay at Schloss Fürstenried, costs for full-board will be ca. 120,-- €.
German: Die Plätze für die Teilnahme sind beschränkt. Sie können sich mit einer formlosen Mail unter bruentrup.office@hfph.de für die Teilnahme bewerben. Es fällt keine Teilnahmegebühr an. Bei vier Übernachtungen müssen Sie mit Kosten von ca. 340,– € für Einzelzimmer und Vollverpflegung rechnen. Wenn Sie nicht im Konferenzzentrum übernachten wollen, müssen Sie mit Kosten von ca. 120,– € für Vollverpflegung rechnen. |
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Further Information? |
Please download the flyer. |
The speakers:
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John Bishop University of Auckland |
What Theological Explanation Could Be and Could not Be |
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Joseph Bracken SJ Xavier University Cincinnati |
The God-World Relationship: Based on Unilateral Divine Causation or Reciprocal Causation Between God and Creatures Within an Intersubjective Context? |
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Godehard Brüntrup SJ Munich School of Philosophy |
Why "Panentheism" Might Not Be a Useful Concept |
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Anna Case-Winters McCormick Theological Seminary |
Divine Presence: In What Sense Is God "With Us"? |
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Philip Clayton Claremont School of Theology |
Prospects for Panentheism as Research Program |
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Benedikt Göcke Ruhr University Bochum |
Panpsychism and Panentheism |
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Jonathan Jabobs St. Louis University |
More About Ineffability |
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John Leslie University of Guelph |
A Cosmos Existing for a Reason |
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Gesche Linde University of Rostock |
The World Is Not Enough: A Peircean Semiotic Approach to the Question |
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Klaus Müller University of Münster |
True Imagination: Regarding the Mediation Between Panentheism and the Concept of God as Person |
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Ken Perszyk University of Waikato |
Motivating the Search for Alternatives to Personal OmniGod Theism: The Case from Classical Theism |
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Andrew Pinsent Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford University |
An Apologia for Elvish: God, Creation, and Secondary Creation |
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Thomas Schärtl-Trendel University of Regensburg |
Euteleology and the Classical God of Idealism |
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Johannes Stoffers SJ Munich School of Philosophy |
Nicholas Cusanus's "non aliud" as Concept of God: Classical or Neo-Classical? |
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Giovanni Ventimiglia University of Lucerne |
Is the Thomistic Doctrine of God as "ipsum esse subsistens" Consistent? |
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Theodore Walker Southern Methodist University |
Advancing and Challenging Classical Theism with Biology and Bioethics: Ernest Everett Just, Jakob von Uexküll, and Alfred North Whitehead |
Tentative schedule:
| August 8th | August 9th | August 10th | August 11th | |
| 09:30-10:30 | J. Bishop | J. Leslie | J. Bracken SJ | A. Pinsent |
| 10:30-11:00 | coffee break | coffee break | coffee break | coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 | K. Perszyk | G. Linde | P. Clayton | K. Müller |
| 12:00-14:00 | lunch break | lunch break | lunch break | lunch break |
| 14:00-15:00 | G. Ventimiglia | J. Jacobs | T. Walker | |
| 15:00-15:30 | coffee break | coffee break | coffee break | |
| 15:30-16:30 | T. Schärtl-Trendel | G. Brüntrup SJ |
A. Case-Winters | |
| 16:30-17:00 | coffee break | conference dinner | coffee break | |
| 17:00:18:00 | J. Stoffers SJ | conference dinner | B. Göcke | |
| 18:00 | dinner | conference dinner | dinner |
