*International Conference "HEGEL AND RELIGION"
*
University of Sydney, Australia
14 -- 15 September, 2010
Organized by the 'Religion and Post-Kantian Philosophy Research Cluster'
Sponsored by the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and by
the Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney.
**CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE, 14*** *
**We invite submissions for the conference. We especially encourage
papers that connect Hegel's religion to the project's focus: namely, an
assessment of the consequences the non-traditional accounts of Hegel's
metaphysics have for his conception of God and for his interpretation of
religious practices and beliefs, and an analysis of the consequences
that the idea of God (as elaborated in Hegel's philosophy) has for
understanding his metaphysics.
Hegel occupies a critical position within the history of modern Western
attitudes to God and religion. Traditionally, Hegel's philosophy had
been regarded as an expression, perhaps the last and most luxuriant, of
the world-view that inextricably linked orthodox theological and
metaphysical notions. However, according to some more recent
interpretations, Hegel's "absolute idealism" should be thought of as
advancing the spirit of Kant's critical project beyond the problems of
the "letter" within which it had been expressed. The conference aims at
addressing various issues related to Hegel's account of religion, and at
showing the relevance of Hegel's approach for contemporary debates over
religion.
Possible topics include (but are by no means limited to):
The 'revisionist' reading and Hegel's philosophy of religion (and their
compatibility); what sort of alternative to traditional metaphysics
Hegel intends; the relation between the Kantian and the Hegelian ideas
of God; what is 'right', and what is 'wrong', in the interpretations of
Hegel provided by the 'right Hegelians' and the 'left Hegelians'
respectively; Hegel's negative attitude to Kant's confutation of the
ontological proof for the existence of God, and its motivations; Hegel
and the incarnation of Christ; Hegel and the Trinity; Hegel and the
death of God; the relevance of Hegel's idea of God for contemporary
debates over religion.
Only complete papers will be accepted. Abstracts should not exceed 100
words. Papers should not exceed 5,000 words (they should be presentable
in 40 mins.). Email a copy of your paper, as an attachment, in Microsoft
Word (.doc), Rich Txt Format (.rtf), or Adobe Portable Document Format
(.pdf) to [email protected]. Label your attachment as
follows: yourLastName_YourFirstName -- for example, Hegel_Georg.doc.
Successful Authors will be informed by *25th June 2010.
*
*Confirmed Keynote speakers:
* * Stephen Houlgate (University of Warwick, UK)
* David Kolb (Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
* Maurizio Pagano (University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy)
* Paul Redding (University of Sydney, Australia)
Conference Registration is open. To register, please see the conference
website: *http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=31
*For further information, or enquiries, please contact Professor Paul
Redding (at [email protected]) or Dr Paolo Diego Bubbio
([email protected]).
For further information about the Religion and Post-Kantian Philosophy
Research Cluster, see:
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/philosophy/research/religion_and_post_kantian_research_cluster.shtml
--
Paolo Diego Bubbio
Department of Philosophy
University of Sydney
Main Quad A14
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia
+61 2 9036 6335
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/philos/staff/profiles/pdbubbio.shtml
http://usyd.academia.edu/PaoloDiegoBubbio
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