“What has Reason to do with Faith?” — North American Undergraduate Conference on Religion and Philosophy

Call for Papers: “What has Reason to do with Faith?” — North American Undergraduate Conference on Religion and Philosophy

The North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy is organized by Westminster College, PA , St. Francis University, PA , and Lebanon Valley College, PA with the support of the North American Association for the Study of Religion and the Heinz Lecture Series.

Papers from undergraduates in any discipline on any subject in Religious Studies and Philosophy are sought for a conference at Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA from March 20th – 22nd 2015. Student presentations of their papers will take place on Saturday March 21st. Public events and discussions, including “faculty consultations” in which the faculty members who accompany their students can share their specific expertise, will take place on Sunday.

Although papers on any subject will be considered, those that focus on the conference theme: “What has Reason to do with Faith?” will be given priority. In the second century of the Christian era the Church Father, Tertullian, famously asked, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem, or the academy with the Church?” In the academy of the 21st century the question still has relevance as we consider the relationship of philosophy to the study of religion. What is, or what should be, the role of philosophy in the study of religion? In a conference on religion and philosophy, how do the two disciplines inter-relate?

More details here: http://www.naasr.com/NAUCORP2015CFP.pdf