British Society for the Philosophy of Religion
Next BSPR conference:
GOD AND MORALITY
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 September 2009
click on link to download booking form
Plenary session papers:
Nicholas Wolterstorff, ‘Is Forgiveness a Violation of Justice’
Timothy Chappell. ‘Hearing God: Euthyphro’s “dilemma” and Socrates’ daimonion’
Roger Scruton, ‘Piety, Desecration and the Moral Law’
John Cottingham, ‘The Source of Goodness’
CALL FOR PAPERS
Those wishing to to present a paper at the Conference are asked to send a copy of it to the Secretary of the Society (contract details below) by the end of January 2009. Papers need not be on the theme of the conference, although a preference may be displayed towards selecting those that are, other things being equal. A whole paper is preferred, but an abstract is acceptable. Papers should take approximately twenty minutes to deliver, leaving ten minutes or so for questions. Submissions are acceptable in either hard or soft copy. Time and space at the Conference will be limited, so we shall have to be selective, even allowing for the fact that we plan to run parallel sessions and encourage people presenting papers to keep to
half-hour slots.
Dr T. J. Mawson
Secretary to the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion
St Peter’s College
Oxford, OX1 2DL
England
Email: tjmawson@rocketmail.com
BSPR Committee
The programme of events for the Society is decided at the General Meeting held at the Biennial Conference. The planning of the programme is in the hands of a Committee, consisting currently of Professor John Cottingham (President), Professor Brian Leftow (former President), Dr Tim Mawson (Secretary), Dr Michael Scott (Treasurer), Dr Harriet Harris, Dr Christopher Hamilton and Dr Chris Storey (Ordinary Members). For full details of the Committee and Council of the Society, click here.
Membership Inquiries
Please contact the Society’s Secretary, Dr Tim Mawson, St Peter’s College, Oxford. OX1 2DH. Email: tjmawson@rocketmail.com
Discussion Forum
The Society proposes to launch a Discussion Page on this website, which will include notes and comments from members on the latest books, articles, and other issues in the philosophy of religion. Possible contributions for the Forum should be e-mailed to Dr Harriet Harris, on <harriet.harris@wadh.ox.ac.uk>
Welcome to the BSPR homepage
The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (registered charity 1027548) was founded in 1993 and is the UK’s main forum for the interchange of ideas in the philosophy of religion. The Society holds a major conference in Britain every other year, devoted to a particular area of the subject. Its most recent conference, on ‘The Concept of God’, was held at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, in September 2007; speakers at the plenary sessions included Paul Helm, Brian Leftow, Peter van Inwagen and Richard Swinburne.
The BSPR is also affiliated to the European Society for the Philosophy of Religion (click on name for link), which holds a biennial conference in years alternating with the BSPR’s UK conference.
To view the full Constitution of the BSPR, click here.
