“Two Dozen (or so) Theistic Arguments” Conference Schedule
Featuring a dozen (or so) presentations
Thursday, November 6, 2014 (Program Participants, Book Contributors, and
Designated Guests Only (see list below)
6pm - Opening Banquet, Sergio’s
Welcome, Trent Dougherty
Opening remarks, Rodney Stark
Friday, November 7th, 2014 (Open to all Registrants)
All sessions are held on the 5th floor of Cashion Hall
10am – Gather – light breakfast snacks and coffee on site
10:10 – Session 1 begins.
Tyron Goldschmidt, Wake Forrest: The Argument from Numbers/Properties
10:55 – Session 1 ends
10-minute break
11:15 – Session 2 begins
Robin Collins, Messiah College: The Fine Tuning Argument
Noon – Session 2 ends
Lunch Noon-1:30pm – On site
1:40 - session 3 begins
William Lane Craig, Houston Baptist University: The Kalam Cosmological
Argument
2:25 – session 3 ends
10-minute break
2:35 – Session 4 begins
Timothy McGrew, Western Michigan University: The Argument from Miracles
3:20 – Session 4 ends
10-minute break
3:30 – Session 5 begins (interview)
Alvin Plantinga, Notre Dame/Calvin College
Trent Dougherty, Baylor University
4:15 – Session 5 ends
4:15-6:30 – free time
6:30 – Dinner, Diamondbacks (Program Participants and Book Contributors only)
Dinner address - Session 6
Hud Hudson, Western Washington University: The Argument from Evil
Saturday, November 8th, 2014 (Open to all Registrants)
10am – Gather – light breakfast snacks and coffee on site
10:10 – Session 7 begins
Brian Leftow, Oxford University: The Argument from Contingency
10:55 – Session 7 ends
10-minute break
11:05 – Session 8 begins
Elizabeth Burns, Heythrop College: The Ontological Argument
11:50 – Session 8 ends
Lunch Noon-1:30pm – On site
1:40 - session 9 begins
Richard Swinburne, Oxford University: The Argument from Consciousness
2:25 – session 9 ends
10-minute break
2:35 – Session 10 begins
Lorraine Keller, Niagara University: The Argument from Intentionality
3:20 – Session 10 ends
10-minute break
3:30 – Session 11 begins
Ted Poston, University of South Alabama: The Argument from So Many
Arguments
4:15 – Session 11 ends, end of conference
“Two Dozen (or so) Theistic Arguments” Conference
Organizer: Trent Dougherty, Baylor University, co-director ISR Program for
Philosophical Studies of Religion
Guest of Honor: Alvin Plantinga, Notre Dame/Calvin College
Book Contributors (Co-editor, Jerry Walls)
International
1. Elizabeth Burns, Heythrop College (Presenting)
2. Sir Anthony Kenny (Unable to attend after all)
3. Brian Leftow, Oxford (Presenting)
4. Richard Swinburne, Oxford (Presenting)
USA
5. Alex Arnold, John Templeton Foundation (Attending)
6. David Baggett, Liberty University (Attending)
7. Robin Collins, Messiah (Presenting)
8. William Lane Craig, Houston Baptist University (Presenting)
9. Evan Fales, Iowa (Attending)
10. Tyrone Goldschmidt (Presenting)
11. Hud Hudson, Western Washington (Presenting at dinner)
12. Lorraine Keller, Niagara (Presenting)
13. Tim McGrew, Western Michigan (Presenting)
14. Bradley Monton, University of Colorado Boulder (Attending)
15. Ted Poston, University of Southern Alabama (Presenting)
16. Josh Rasmussen, Azusa Pacific (Attending)
17. Meghan Sullivan, Notre Dame (Unable to Attend)
18. Christopher Gregory Weaver, Rutgers University (Attending)
19. Ed Wierenga, University of Rochester (Unable to attend)
Texas
20. Dan Bonevac, UT (Attending)
21. Todd Buras, Baylor (Attending)
22. C. Stephen Evans, Baylor (Attending)
23. Rob Koons, University of Texas (Attending)
24. Chris Menzel, A&M (Attending)
25. Alex Pruss, Baylor (Attending)
26. Philip Tallon, Houston Baptist University (Attending)
27. Jerry Walls, Houston Baptist (Attending)
Special Guests
28. Rodney Stark, co-director, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
29. Byron Johnson, co-director, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
30. Francis Beckwith, co-director, Program for Philosophical Studies of Religion
31. Michael Beaty, Chair, Baylor Department of Philosophy
32. Robert Roberts, Distinguished Professor, Baylor Department of Philosophy
33. David Lyle Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities
34. Russell Hemati, Chair, Houston Baptist University
35. Bruce Gordon, Houston Baptist University
36. Jeremy Neill, Houston Baptist University
37. Brian Marshall, Christian Student Fellowship, University of Kentucky
38. James Beverley, Professor of Christian Thought and Ethics, Tyndale
Seminary, Toronto, Ontario, Associate Director, Institute for the Study of
American Religion, Beaumont, Texas
This conferences is brought to you by the Program for Philosophical Studies of
Religion, a program of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion.