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Call for Papers Theme: Contemporary Philosophy of Religion Type: International Conference Institution: Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion (PHILOR) Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) Location: Tehran (Iran) Date: 23.–24.12.2012 Deadline: 22.7.2012 __________________________________________________ In contemporary world and despite the differences, divergences, tensions, and conflicts, the mankind is desperately seeking a sustainable and reliable source and way of peace, prosperity and happiness. Philosophy of Religion is considered by its large community to be competent to make a bridge from the Abstraction to the Action and from the West to the East in order to solve or resolve the separation to the unification. Since religion might be the most common and valuable element of human life, any dialogue, understanding and exchanging the ideas based on such a foundation could result a very productive and fruitful outcomes and consequences. Thus the Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion have decided to organize the Fist Contemporary Philosophy of Religion conference to be held in Tehran, Iran at The Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies in order to establish the unique ground for dialogue and understanding among the very influential community of Philosophy of Religion from both West and East. Conference Themes The two-days conference will explore the following issues: - Arguments for existence of God in East and West - Religious Experience - Religious Pluralism - God and Evil - Rationality and Religious Beliefs - Religious Dialogue between West and East - Intercultural Studies and Contemporary Philosophy of Religion - Religion and Technology - Religion, Art and Contemporary Wrold Submissions Proposals of papers should consist of a title, a 150-250 word abstract, and the author's name and full contact information. Proposals for complete panels are encouraged. Deadline: 22th July 2012. Early submissions are especially welcome. Please submit proposals (in MS Word) or queries to: [email protected] or [email protected] Registration Conference fee: 450 EUR. Small bursaries available for postgraduate students. Registration fee includes: - Visa application procedure in Iran (this is one part of visa application process) - Conference package and documents - Attendance at all plenary sessions, parallel sessions and seminars - Lunches, dinners and refreshments during the conference days Please notice that the registration fee does not cover travel, accommodation, local transport and incidental personal expenses. Please visit our website to view the provisional program, keynote speakers, abstracts, and to register online: http://philorconf.org Contact: Conference Secretariat Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion No. 4, 64th Street, Kurdestan Express Tehran Iran Fax: +98 21 88004572 Email: [email protected] Web: http://philorconf.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
