PHRE Conference talks announced

The Philosophy and Religion Department is pleased to announce that the following papers will be presented at this year’s Undergraduate Philosophy and Religion Conference on Saturday, November 12:

• Finoch, Kimberly, “John Zizioulas and Trinitarian Thought” [Lindenwood U.]
• Hardy, Nathan, “Al-Ash’ari and the Mu’tazila: Muslim Theology and its Role in the Development of Muslims’ Intellectual Lives” [Truman]
• Jones, Ken, “Existence Within Body:Physical Fitness and the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche” [Truman]
• Leffler, Taylor, “Justice Is as Justice Does: Plato’s True Definition of Justice” [University of St. Thomas]
• Marren, Kevin, “Criticism of BioLogos and Natural Theology” [Missouri State]
• Rosentreter, Ann N., “Rainbows and Crucifixes: Gay and Lesbian Catholics and Their Faith” [Truman]
• Sar, Kevin,  “A Tale of Two Socrates: Plato’s Two Messages in the Apology” [Centre College]
• Smith, Jared, “Thomistic Epistemology and Lonerganian Revitalization” [U. of Louisville]
• Smith, Topher, “Foundationalism is Wonky” [Centre College]
• Vicars, Zach, “Beyond the Rhetoric: An Exploration in the Ethics of Genetic Engineering” [Truman]
• Voboril, Jakub, “Reconsidering the Akedah:A Natural Law Solution to the Interpreter’s Dilemma”  [Newman U.]
• Whitehurst, Ross, “Hallucination and the Veil of Perception” [Ursinus College]
• Yeagle, Henry, “Adam and Eve, the Theology of the Body, and the Sexual Revolution” [Conception Seminary College]

All talks will be held in the Student Union Alumni Room, beginning at 9:00 a.m.  A detailed schedule of times will be posted in the near future.

The keynote speaker for the conference is Robert Jewett, noted New Testament scholar.  The subject of his talk is “Jesus, Captain America and Barack Obama and the Superhero Myth in Contemporary America.”  The talk will be delivered during lunch at 12:00 p.m. in the Student Union Activities Room (SUB 3200).