Evangelical Philosophical Society National Meeting, 2009 New Orleans, LA
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Evangelical Philosophical Society National Meeting, 2009 New Orleans, LA Wednesday, November 18TH J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II/3rd Floor) Moderator: James Joiner (Calvin Theological Seminary) 9:20 John White The Human Person at the Center of Sport Drama: Cedarville University John Paul II’s Personalistic Norm for Sport 10:10 Jae-Yun Park The Past, the Present, and the Future are Altogether Claremont Graduate in There: The Holistic and Eschatological Concept of University Divine Knowledge 11:00 Todd Bates Calvin’s “Eminent Pagan”: The Classical Roots of California Baptist the Sensus Divinitatus University J.W. Marriott (Ile De France III/3rd Floor) Moderator: William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology) 8:30 ------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 9:20 Paul Copan Cruelty or Authority: The Moral Status of Jesus in the Palm Beach Atlantic Account of the Gadarene Demoniac University 10:10 Jim Spiegel/ An Anti-Naturalist Argument from Beauty Taylor University/ Doug Geivett Talbot School of Theology J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II/3rd Floor) Moderator: Christopher Black (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) 2:50 Shawn Graves The Epistemology of Disagreement and Christian Belief Cedarville University 3:40 Rich Holland The Incarnation and Temporal Sequence in Divine Life Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary 4:30 Walter Schultz Theistic Modal Structuralism Northwestern College (MN) 5:20 Patrick Smith The Enduring Challenge of Religious Skepticism: Gordon-Conwell An Evaluation of a Recent Proposal Theological Seminary 1 J.W Marriott (Ile De France III/3rd Floor) Moderator: Kolja Keller (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 2:50 Xan Bozzo Professor Morriston on Actual Infinites in the Kalam Stritch & Marquette University Marc Belcastro Cosmological Argument Taylor University 3:40 Roger Sharp Social Ethics for a Social Network: An Confident Christianity Unapologetic Presence on Facebook Apologetics and Discernment Ministry J.W. Marriott (Rosalie/St. Claude/3rd Floor) Moderator: David Beck (Liberty University) 2:50 R. Scott Smith For Lack of Intrinsic Intentionality, and Biola University Its Constructive Implications 3:40 Timothy Paul Am I Latino (Or Just Liminal), and Does It Bethel College (IN) Erdel Matter? Dialoguing with Jorge J.E. Gracia On Latinos, Philosophy, and Social Identity 4:30 Tully Borland Duns Scotus’ View on the Nature of Freedom Ouachita Baptist University 5:20 ---------------- EPS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ---------------------------------- J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II-III/3rd Floor) 8:30 ----------------- EPS RECEPTION (fellowship and a brief encouragement from J.P. Moreland) Thursday, November 19th J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II/3rd Floor) Moderator: Steve Lemke (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) 8:30 Timothy Pickavance A New(ish) Argument against Humeanism Talbot School of Theology 9:20 Timothy Mosteller The Logical Limits of Evolutionary Accounts California Baptist University of Human Nature 10:10 ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- 11:00 Joel Schwartz Does Wolterstorff Get Rights Right? An Baylor University Examination of the Grounding of Human Rights 2 J.W. Marriott (Ile De France III/3rd Floor) Moderator: Jeremy Evans (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) 8:30 ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ 9:20 ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- 10:10 Gary Habermas Discovering Relief from Our Worst Pain: Liberty University The View from the Cross and Empty Tomb 11:00 William Lane Yet Another Failed Anti-Molinist Argument Talbot School of Theology Craig J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II/3rd Floor) Moderator: Paul Copan (Palm Beach Atlantic University) 3:00 Plenary Session: Presented by: Tim O’Connor Indiana University Title: Explaining Contingent Existence 3:50 Plenary Session Continued 5:00 EPS BUSINESS MEETING Friday, November 20th J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II/3rd Floor) Moderator: Craig Mitchell (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) 9:10 Tom Provenzola Relational Causality and Truth Saving Pre-Modernity Liberty University 10:00 John Ferrer Propositional Defeat: The Argument from Southwestern Baptist Non-Cognitivism Critiqued Theological Seminary 10:50 Michael Rea Toward a Hylomorphic Model of the Incarnation University of Notre Dame J.W. Marriott (Ile De France III/3rd Floor) Moderator: Shawn Graves (Cedarville University) 9:10 Michael Morkve Toward an Ethic of ‘Religionless Christianity’: Western Seminary (Oregon) The Concepts Development through Bonhoeffer’s Life and Writings 10:00 Roger Overton Virtues and the Case for Christ: Virtue Apologetics Talbot School of Theology As the Connection between Character Development And Evangelism 10:50 Glenn Siniscalchi Resurrecting Jesus and Critical Historiography: Duquesne University William Lane Craig and Dale Allison in Dialogue 3 J. W. Marriott (St. Jerome/3rd Floor) Moderator: Shaun Grunblatt 9:10 Justin Barnard Moral Complicity and Human Embryonic Stem Union University Cell Use 10:00 Jeffrey Koperski Relativity, Spacetime, and Free Will Saginaw Valley State University 10:50 David Baggett If God Weren’t Good Liberty University J.W. Marriott (Ile De France II/3rd Floor) Moderator: Glenn Siniscalchi (Duquesne University) 1:40 Jim Spiegel Why Gay Marriage is Unjust Taylor University 2:30 Steve Lemke Agent Causation and Moral Accountability New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary 3:20 --------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- 4:10 Robert Larmer Christian Philosophy and Methodological University of New Brunswick Naturalism Corrections to the Evangelical Philosophical Society Program: ***Khaldoun Sweis’ presentation has been moved to the section on Personal and Social Ethics (Sheraton (Rhythms 3/3rd Floor)) from 11:00 to 11:40. ***Michael Rea’s paper has been moved from Thursday at 9:20 AM to Friday at 10:50 AM due to a scheduling conflict. ***Tim Mosteller is unable to attend this year’s event, and so his paper session will be cancelled (Thursday morning, 9:20 AM, Ile De France II/3rd Floor). ***Todd Bates is unable to attend this year’s event, and so his paper session will be cancelled (Wednesday morning, 11 AM, Ile De France II/3rd Floor). ***Jeremy Evans will substitute for Khaldoun Sweis’ moderating the Thursday AM session featuring William Lane Craig and Gary Habermas. ***Thomas Provenzola will be speaking at the Friday AM session moderated by Craig Mitchell. The correct title of his paper is “Saving Pre-Modernity: Relational Causality & Truth” 4 .