[SydPhil] 1st Call For Papers: CONCEPTS OF GOD IN UNDERREPRESENTED RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

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CALL FOR PAPERS (online and in-person)
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*CONCEPTS OF GOD IN UNDERREPRESENTED RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS*
Nord Luxxor Tambaú Hotel
João Pessoa, Brazil
February 12-14, 2025

Deadline: October 15, 2025
Website: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/eVSrCL7EwMfNKvALguBfBuyCDma?domain=god-and-consciousness.com
Submission of abstract: god.and.consciousness at gmail.com

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

- Purushottama Bilimoria, San Francisco State University (USA)
- Leah Kalmanson, University of North Texas (USA)
- José Eduardo Porcher, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
(Brazil)
- Jorge Sanchez-Perez, University of Alberta (Canada)
- Alan Herbert, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (UK)
- Benedikt Paul Göcke, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)

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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

Although the debates concerning concepts of God have regained considerable
momentum in Western philosophy of religion since the 1960s, they mainly
focus on concepts of God emerging out of the Abrahamic religions and the
philosophical traditions informed by Western theology. There is a growing
awareness nowadays that such an approach might conceal and prohibit a
culturally sensitive and philosophically adequate appreciation of the
numerous concepts of God found in religious traditions outside of the
Abrahamic domain. This increasing awareness, which is part of the
motivation beyond what has become known as cross-cultural and global
philosophy of religion, encompasses both the need for and the encouragement
of new dialogues between Western philosophy of religion and so-called
underrepresented religious traditions.

By "underrepresented religious traditions," we mean religious traditions
that have been largely excluded from the philosophical debate on God
throughout the history of philosophy, especially in the past few decades
within analytic philosophy of religion. These traditions include, but are
not limited to: Indian religious traditions, Confucianism, Taoism and
Zoroastrianism, Afro-Brazilian and African religions, and Amerindian and
Australian Aboriginal religions.

Regarding the concepts of God or divinity found in these underrepresented
religious traditions, the following questions might be posed:

- Can the concepts of Divine of such traditions be regarded monotheistic in
the Western sense of the term? Or are they closer to panentheism,
pantheism, henotheism or polytheism?
- What divine properties do the traditions ascribe to their respective
divinity or sets of divinity?
- Can the corresponding concepts of God be described in a consistent way?
And Is it sensible to presuppose that they should be describable in such a
way?
- Do any of these concepts of God possess an advantage over Western
philosophical accounts of God?

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SUBMISSION

We invite submissions of contributed papers that address the above
questions in relation to specific underrepresented religious traditions.
Abstracts must have a maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English.
They must be submitted by October 15, 2024, through the e-mail
god.and.consciousness at gmail.com, with the subject “Submission to the Joao
Pessoa Conference”. In the body of the message, the author should state
whether the paper will be presented in-person or online (preference will be
given to in-person presentations). Notification of acceptance will be
released on October 21, 2024.

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THE CONFERENCE

This the second conference of the project “Concepts of God and the Variety
of Theisms in Indian Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of
Consciousness”, hosted by the Brazilian Association for the Philosophy of
Religion and supported by funding totalling $260,000 from the John
Templeton Foundation.

https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/yxH9CMwGxOtxXlgjLFkhMu8-CjW?domain=god-and-consciousness.com

It will be hosted by the Federal University of Campina Grande and will take
place at the Nord Luxxor Tambaú Hotel.

https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/tVZvCNLJyQUV7RAoQtjijuyzZh8?domain=nordhoteis.com.br

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PUBLICATIONS

Selected papers presented at the conference will be published in a special
issue on "Concepts of God in Underrepresented Religious Traditions" of
Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions, to be published
in 2026.

https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/4oIqCOMKzVT5nGJ3ghrsjuGl5e9?domain=link.springer.com

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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITEE

- Ricardo Sousa Silvestre, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
- Gabriel Reis de Oliveira, Saint Louis University, USA

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE

- Anand Vaidya, State University of San Jose, USA
- Ananya Barua, University of Delhi, India
- Benedikt Paul Göcke, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- Joanna Leidenhag, University of Leeds, UK
- Monima Chadha, Monash University, Australia
- Rodrigo de Azeredo Grünewald, Federal University of Campina Grande,
Brazil
- Swami Medhananda, UCLA and University of Southern California, USA
- Timothy O'Connor, Indiana University, USA
- Yujin Nagasawa, University of Birmingham, UK
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