Schedule

Thursday, Sept 25

I. Natural Theology

1. 6:00p-7:30p: "The Idea of Faith as Trust: Lessons in NonCognitivist Approaches to Faith"
   • Main speaker: Jonathan Kvanvig, Baylor University
   • Commentator: Frances Howard-Snyder, Western Washington University
   • Chair: Robert Koons, University of Texas at Austin
2. Break
3. 7:45p-9:15p: "Working with Swinburne: Belief, Value, and the Religious Life"
   • Main speaker: John Schellenberg, Mount Saint Vincent University
   • Commentator: Trent Dougherty, Baylor University
   • Chair: Kristen Irwin, Loyola University Chicago
4. 9:15p: Reception (Purdue Memorial Union, West Faculty Lounge)

Friday, Sept 26

1. 9:00a-10:30a: "Law, Cause, and Occasionalism"
   • Main speaker: Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame and Calvin College
   • Commentator: Laura Ekstrom, College of William and Mary
   • Chair: Ric Otte, University of California, Santa Cruz
2. Break
3. 10:45a-12:15p: "Swinburne’s Aesthetic Appeal"
   • Main speaker: Hud Hudson, Western Washington University
   • Commentator: Roger White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   • Chair: Susan Brower-Toland, Saint Louis University
4. 12:15p-1:45p: Lunch (on own)
5. 1:45p-3:15p: "Simplicity and Natural Theology"
   • Main Speaker: Paul Draper, Purdue University
   • Commentator: Bradley Monton, University of Colorado, Boulder
   • Chair: Sandra Visser, Valparaiso University
6. Break
7. 3:30p-5:00p: "Defining Omnipotence"
   • Main speaker: Dean Zimmerman, Rutgers University
   • Commentator: Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
   • Chair: William Hasker, Huntington College
8. 6:00p: Swinburne Celebration Banquet (Purdue Memorial Union, East and West Faculty Lounges)
   • Registration and fee required

Saturday, Sept 27

II. Philosophical Theology

1. 9:30a-11:00a: “Love and Forgiveness: Swinburne on the Atonement”
   • Main speaker: Eleonore Stump, Saint Louis University
   • Commentator: Michael Rea, University of Notre Dame
   • Chair: Timothy O'Connor, Indiana University
2. Break
3. 11:15a-12:45p: "The Liturgical Present Tense"
   • Main speaker: Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University
   • Commentator: Jesse Couenhoven, Villanova University
   • Chair: Steffi Lewis, Municipal Capital Management, LLC
4. 12:45p-2:15p: Lunch (on own)
5. 2:15p-3:45p: "The Rev’d Mr Bayes and the Life Everlasting"
   • Main speaker: Peter van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame
   • Commentator: Lara Buchak, University of California, Berkeley
   • Chair: Edward Wierenga, University of Rochester
6. Break
7. 4:00p-5:30p: "What About Hylomorphism? Some Medieval And Recent Ruminations On Swinburne’s Dualism"
   • Main speaker: Marilyn McCord Adams, Rutgers University and Australian Catholic University
   • Commentator: Brian Leftow, Oxford University
   • Chair: Alan Padgett, Luther Seminary