Religion at the Edge: New Questions in Philosophy of Religion
Event Type:
- Conference
- (Online)
Organizers:
- Claremont School of Theology and Center for Process Studies
What new questions emerge for philosophy of religion when established assumptions about humanity, reality, knowledge, religious belonging, and the future no longer hold? How can scholarship advance worthy projects for our future survivorship and thriving? Does religion have new relevancy in an area of climate crisis, machine learning/AI, and increased global socioeconomic living pressures? What voices have been historically excluded in the Philosophy of Religion, and what moral duty, if any, do we have to include them?
Conference Themes
The Human and More-Than-Human
Ensoulment, enhancement, immortality, machine learning/AI, animal futures, disability and body fascism, transhumanism, trans rights, queer ecologies, and consciousness
The Changing Role of Religion
Religious nones, the rise of “spiritual but not religious”, multiple belongings, digital religion, decolonizing the philosophy of religion, pluralism vs inclusivism, secularism
Planet / Cosmos
Climate change, mass and species extinctions, ecological civilization, capitalist intensifications, extraterrestrial life, multiverse
Knowledge / Reality
Simulation theory, psychedelics, neuroscience, deepfakes, misinformation, simulation theory, digital religious experience, deep ecology
Future / Meaning
Religion and resilience/solidarity, hope, catastrophe, future generations, utopia, Afrofuturism, technological salvation and peril
