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| Society of Christian Philosophers | |
|---|---|
| Name | Society of Christian Philosophers |
| Formation | 1978 |
| Type | Professional association |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Region served | International |
| Leader title | President |
Society of Christian Philosophers is a professional association of scholars who engage in philosophical inquiry from a Christian perspective, fostering dialogue among academics associated with institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Duke University, University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, Boston College, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Toronto, McGill University, Queen's University, King's College London, University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Auckland, Trinity College Dublin, Loyola University Chicago, Villanova University, Fordham University, Pepperdine University, Marquette University, Baylor University, Emory University, Vanderbilt University, Rutgers University, University of Notre Dame Australia, Boston University, Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Indiana University Bloomington, Ohio State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Australia National University, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Dalhousie University, University of Alberta.
The society was founded in 1978 amid conversations at venues like the American Philosophical Association meetings and gatherings linked to seminaries such as Princeton Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, Westminster Theological Seminary, Dallas Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and universities including Notre Dame Law School and Yale Divinity School, drawing early involvement from scholars associated with Analytic philosophy, the work of figures connected to G. E. Moore, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Thomas Nagel, and debates influenced by publications like The Journal of Philosophy, Mind (journal), Philosophical Review and Faith and Philosophy. Founding moments intersected with conferences at institutions such as Notre Dame and Boston University, with early presidents and prominent participants linked to Cornelius Plantinga Jr., William Alston, Morton White, Charles Taylor (philosopher), Richard Swinburne, John Hick, D. Z. Phillips, Eleonore Stump, Brian Leftow, Stephen T. Davis, and debates involving proponents from analytic theology and critics engaged with postmodernism and figures like Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas.
The society's stated aims align with scholarly pursuits familiar to faculty at Yale University, Princeton University, Harvard University, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and journals such as Faith and Philosophy, Religious Studies, Philosophical Quarterly, seeking to advance research related to topics addressed by writers like Saint Thomas Aquinas, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Immanuel Kant, G. W. F. Hegel, Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Barth, Jonathan Edwards, William Lane Craig, Norman Geisler, Alister McGrath, C. S. Lewis, John Polkinghorne, Ian Barbour, and to foster exchange among members drawn from institutions such as Georgetown University, Boston College, Fordham University and seminaries including Yale Divinity School and Princeton Theological Seminary. The goals include supporting work on topics discussed in venues like The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion and themes associated with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of religion, ethics, and intersections with research published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
Governance follows models familiar to associations such as the American Philosophical Association, the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, and the British Philosophical Association, with elected officers, regional representatives, and committees that coordinate activities at conferences hosted by universities like Notre Dame, Boston University, Princeton University, Yale University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Georgetown University, and organizations such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Membership has included scholars affiliated with departments and centers such as Princeton University Department of Philosophy, Harvard Divinity School, Yale Department of Religious Studies, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, Oxford Faculty of Theology, Cambridge Faculty of Divinity, King's College London Department of Theology and research institutes like the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Compass Rose Society, and think tanks such as Institute for Advanced Study.
The society sponsors sessions at annual meetings of the American Philosophical Association, collaborates with journals like Faith and Philosophy, Religious Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and presses including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer, and Brill for volumes that gather essays by contributors connected to projects at Notre Dame, Princeton Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Duke Divinity School, and editors who have also published in venues such as The Journal of Religion, Modern Theology, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Perspectives, and collections like Cambridge Companions series. The society's publication activities intersect with the work of philosophers and theologians including Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Eleonore Stump, William Lane Craig, Richard Swinburne, John Hick, Thomas Reid, William Alston, G. E. Moore, Richard Rorty, Peter van Inwagen, Derek Parfit, M. K. Gandhi contexts in comparative dialogues, and with interdisciplinary engagement involving scholars from Stanford University, MIT, Caltech, and UCLA.
Annual conferences are often held in conjunction with major meetings such as the American Philosophical Association divisional meetings and at host institutions including Princeton University, Notre Dame, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Duke University, Georgetown University, Boston College, Emory University, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto, McGill University, Australian National University and others, featuring plenary lectures by scholars associated with Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Duke University, Boston College, Fordham University, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, King's College London, University of St. Andrews and award presentations that recognize work in areas traced to figures like Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Eleonore Stump, Richard Swinburne, John Hick, William Alston, Peter van Inwagen, Derek Parfit, Richard Rorty, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Aquinas.
The society has influenced debates within forums such as Faith and Philosophy, Religious Studies, The Journal of Philosophy, Mind (journal), and in intellectual exchanges with scholars at Princeton Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Notre Dame, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Georgetown University and with interlocutors from traditions represented by figures like Karl Barth, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Reinhold Niebuhr, John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor (philosopher), Alasdair MacIntyre, G. E. M. Anscombe, Elizabeth Anscombe, I. A. Richards, generating both support and critique regarding topics associated with analytic approaches influenced by G. E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and dialogues with continental perspectives from Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Paul Ricoeur. Critiques have been voiced in venues linked to American Philosophical Association sessions and journals such as Philosophy Today and involve debates about the society's role in public philosophy, ecumenical engagement with Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Evangelicalism, Lutheranism, and interaction with broader cultural conversations in contexts like Cambridge Companion to Christian Thought.
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