New College Madison, The Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Region, University of Wisconsin: Philosophy Department, and Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts Present:
The Christian Worldview: Analysis, Assessment, and Development
A Conference in Honor of Keith E. Yandell
September 15-17, 2005, Memorial Union, Madison Wisconsin
Register Online: http://www.newcollegemadison.com/register/
Lodging is available at the Madison Red Roof on 9/15 and 9/16 for $49.99 a night if you reserve your room before 8/15. If you decide to stay at the Red Roof you will need to provide the following Block #: B052UWSOCP
Keynote Speakers: Paul J.Griffiths, University of Illinois at Chicago; Paul K. Moser, Loyola University; Harold Netland, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College; David Yandell, Loyola University; Keith E. Yandell, University of Wisconsin
Professor Keith E. Yandell has emphasized the importance of evaluating religions, theistic and non-theistic, as conceptual systems. In doing so he has compared and contrasted Jewish and Christian Monotheism with Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta Hinduism, and Jainism, emphasizing the relevance of cross-cultural comparisons. In keeping with his criteria for the assessment of conceptual systems he has considered monotheism in light of the problem of evil, religious pluralism, and Hume's account of religious belief. Furthermore, Dr. Yandell has argued for the evidential value of numinous experience and analyzed accounts of the incarnation and Trinity, as well as Buddhist and Jain accounts of personal identity.
Call for Abstracts:
In honor of Keith E. Yandell's contributions to the philosophy of religion we welcome papers on Christianity as a conceptual system, cross-cultural philosophy of religion, religious epistemology, the problem of evil, and Christian accounts of God, as well as other topics of interest to philosophers of religion. We are especially interested in papers that discuss and develop Professor Yandell's work.
One-two page abstracts (double spaced; 300-500 words) welcome. Email submissions accepted in MS Word or RTF format. Submission Deadline: July 18, 2005.
Queries and abstract submissions should be directed to:
David Werther, Liberal Studies and the Arts, 614 Lowell Center, 610 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703. Phone: 608.262.3151
dwerther@dcs.wisc.edu