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January 30, 2004 Liberal Arts program brings faith, philosophy conference to PurdueWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Religion, faith and violence are some of the topics that will be discussed at Identifications: Faith, Theory and Identity-Making, a graduate student conference on Feb. 6-8 at Purdue University. The conference's keynote speaker session and panel discussions are free and open to the public. The three-day event, which will bring graduate students from more than 20 universities to campus, is organized by Purdue's English and Philosophy Ph.D. Program in the School of Liberal Arts. Merold Westphal, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University in New York, is the keynote speaker. Westphal will present "Faith and (non) Identity" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday (2/7) in Stewart Center, Room 218. Westphal also will respond to a student panel in a discussion entitled "Westphal on Faith and Theory: Engaging Current Continental Issues" at 1:30 p.m. Saturday (2/7) in Stewart Center, Room 218. Other panel topics include "Violence and Faith," "Fundamentalism and Resistance," "Postmodern Religious Rituals" and "Modernism and Religion." A complete schedule for the panel sessions is available online. The conference also is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Department of English, Women's Studies Program, Modern Fiction Studies, the Jewish Studies Program, the Religious Studies Program and St. Thomas Aquinas Center at Purdue. Writer: Amy Patterson-Neubert, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu Source: Martin Beck Matustik, professor of philosophy and director of the English and Philosophy Ph.D. Program, (765) 496-3501, mmatustk@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu Related Web site:
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