Call for papers: Atheist-Theist Dialogues
The first European Academy of Religion meeting is being held in Bologna from Monday 5th to Thursday 8th March and Dr Peter Admirand is heading a panel and seeking paper proposals for 15-20 minute presentations. The final call is due January 14, 2018 and abstracts should be sent to peter.admirand@dcu.ie.
Atheist-Theist Dialogues: Obstacles and Ways Forward
Peter Admirand, Dublin City University
The atheist-theist dialogue will become ever more important as the number of atheist and humanist thinkers continue to increase in many parts of the world, and as younger generations profess less attachment to any one religion. While theists in the West often disparaged atheist positions, many New Atheist texts only seemed to embody another extreme. It was as if there is only conflict where atheists and theists cannot spiritually and intellectually enrich and challenge one another. More recently (see Ruse, Kitcher, Steadman, Crane, Bullivant, and Ryan), there have been sobering and compassionate attempts to understand the Other, and where possible, seek greater connections and partnership among theists and atheists. We welcome papers examining the tensions, aims, key texts (in philosophy, theology, literature, history, and science), interactions, interfaith groups, and crucial questions discussing and analyzing the past, present, and future of atheist-theist dialogue and encounters.
THIS PANEL IS OPEN TO FIVE PAPER PROPOSALS: HERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON THE CALL.
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