Speakers and Topics
Although many of our lecturers have been philosophers, we recognize the importance of perspectives from other disciplines. Past topics have included Islamic fundamentalism, religion in politics, and the Holocaust.
| 2011: George Graham, Ph.D.
| God Behind the Scenes: Religious Belief and the Imagination |
| 2010: David Rosenthal, Ph.D.
| The Poverty of Consciousness |
| 2009: Janine M. Idziak, Ph.D.
| Controversy and Genetics |
| 2008: Del Ratzsch & Michael Ruse Dr. Ratzsch, Ph.D.
Dr. Ruse, Ph.D.
| Is There a Place for Intelligent Design in Science: A Debate |
| 2007: M. David Eckel
| What is Buddhist Philosophy? |
| 2006: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
| Religion, Politics, and the Culture Wars: Notes from a Journalist's Notebook |
| 2005: Eleonore Stump, Ph.D.
| Horrendous Evil: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering |
| 2004: Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, Ph.D.
| An agenda for Gender Reconciliation |
| 2003: F.E. Peters, Ph.D.
| Holy War: The Blood-Sport of Monotheism |
| 2002: Charles Taliaferro, Ph.D.
| Soul and Body |
| 2001: Arindam Chakrabarti, D.Phil.
| Aesthetics of the Ugly and the Hideous |
| 2000: Samuel A. Meier, Ph.D.
| Monotheism at the Millennium: Recent Developments in the History of God |
| Fall 1999: Kelly James Clark, Ph.D.
| Pluralism, Dogmatism, and Tolerance |
| Spring 1999: Robert C. Koons, Ph.D.
| Post-Agnostic Science: How Physicists are Reviving the Argument from Design |
| 1998: Robert K. Fullinwider, Ph.D.
| Religion and Politics: Don't Mix? Don't Separate? |
| 1997: David Weinberg, Ph.D.
| The Emergence of Modern Anti-Semitism |
| Spring 1996: John P. Langan, S.J., Ph.D.
| Just Wars and Interventions |
| 1995: Karen M. Brown, Ph.D.
| Haitian Religion in Art and Practice |
| 1994: Peter J. Awn, Ph.D.
| Islamic Fundamentalism: Its Past and Future Role |