CFP: Conference on Divine and Human Action (Houston)

[Morgan Luck]

> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Houston Baptist University
> SECOND ANNUAL PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
> DIVINE AND HUMAN ACTION: AGENCY AND ACTION IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY
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> MARCH 30-31, 2012
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> Keynote Speaker: William Abraham (Southern Methodist University)
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> The Philosophy Department at HBU invites papers addressing the topics of agency
> and action in philosophy and theology. We welcome papers on divine agency,
> miracles, foreknowledge, free will, agent causation, election, and fatalism.
> In addition, we will happily consider papers on any philosophical topic. The
> Philosophy Department at HBU encourages papers from both analytic and
> continental traditions.
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> To submit a paper, please send an abstract of around 300 words to Dr. Jeff
> Green at jgr...@hbu.edu. Abstracts should be in an electronic format and
> prepared for blind review. Participants will have 30 minutes to present their
> papers.
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> The deadline for submission is January 31, with notification of acceptance by
> February 24.
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> In an effort to support excellence in undergraduate philosophy education, some
> sessions have been reserved for undergraduate paper submissions. Undergraduate
> students are encouraged to apply by sending a completed paper by January 31 to
> jgr...@hbu.edu. We are happy to announce that a stipend of $250 will be
> available for the best undergraduate paper submitted. Please indicate in your
> submission that you would like to be considered for this award. HBU students
> are not eligible for this award.
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> William J. Abraham, Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at SMU, will
> be the keynote speaker. His first address, titled “Divine and Human Action in
> Conversion,” will be on Friday, March 30 at 7:00 pm. The second, titled “God
> as Agent,” will be on Saturday, March 31 at 11:30 am. Both talks will be in
> Belin Chapel on the campus of Houston Baptist University.
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> For further information on the conference and registration, see
> www.hbu.edu/philosophyconference
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> Christina Van Dyke
> Director of Gender Studies
> Executive Director of the Society of Christian Philosophers
> Associate Professor of Philosophy
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> Calvin College
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