*God and Vaiṣṇavism* An Online Workshop
23-26 May 2022. 3.00-5.30pm CEST www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god Although Western philosophy of religion has developed many useful exegetical and philosophical tools for evaluating Abrahamitic conceptions of God as they apply to respective philosophical traditions, there is a growing awareness that such monotheistic Western approaches might conceal and prohibit a culturally sensitive and philosophically adequate appreciation of the numerous concepts of God found in religious traditions outside of the Western hemisphere. Vaiṣṇavism is commonly referred to as one of the great Hindu monotheistic traditions. Besides often being considered monotheistic, the concept of God in Vaiṣṇavism is also frequently depicted in terms of divine attributes, which are traditionally associated with a set of approaches philosophers nowadays describe as classical theism and perfect being theology. The purpose of the online *workshop God and Vaiṣṇavism* is to locate the Vaiṣṇava concept of God within a global philosophical framework. Each speaker in the workshop will explore a concept of God in one of the main Vaiṣṇava traditions or texts. The main question to be asked is: What is the Vaiṣṇava concept of God? Or more specifically: *What attributes does God possess according to particular textual sources and traditions in Vaiṣṇavism?* The workshop will be held on Zoom. There will be no fee for participation. *Registration* however will be required. Please register on the site: https://www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god The workshop is part of “*A Philosophical Approach to the Vaiṣṇava Concept of God*,” a project funded by the John Templeton Foundation through the Global Philosophy of Religion Project (hosted by the University of Birmingham). The project is hosted by the Brazilian Association for the Philosophy of Religion in collaboration with the *Logic and Religion Association* (LARA). *List of Talks:* 1. Varieties of Theism, Benedikt Göcke (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) 2. Thinking about God, Graham Oppy (Monash University, Australia) 3. Philosophical Issues with the Concept of God, Rebecca Chan (San José State University, USA) 4. The Concept of God in the Bhavagad Gītā: A Panentheistic Account, Ricardo Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil) and Alan Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK) 5. Form and Beauty: God in the Bhagavata Purāṇa, Edwin Francis Bryant (Rutgers University, USA) 6. Reflections on Pāñcarātra Conceptions of Deity, Gavin Flood (University of Oxford, UK) 7. Expounding God’s Singularity in the Mahābhārata Epic, Angelika Malinar (University of Zurich, Switzerland) 8. The Āḻvār concept of God: A Look at Toṇṭaraṭippoṭi Āḻvār's and Maturakavi Āḻvār's Objects of Worship, Suganya Anandakichenin (University of Hamburg, Germany) 9. The Concept of God in Madhva’s Tatva-vada, Shrinivasa Varakhedi (Central Sanskrit University, India) and Srinivasa Kumar Acharya (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India) 10. Non-theism and Theism in the Nimbārka Sampradāya, Vijay Ramnarace (Georgetown University, USA) 11. God in Puṣṭimārga, Frederick M. Smith (University of Iowa, USA) 12. A Polyvalent Concept of God in the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava Tradition, Alan Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK) and Ricardo Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil) 13. Harmonizing the Personal God with the Impersonal Brahman: Situating Sri Ramakrishna vis-à-vis Vaiṣṇava Vedānta Traditions, Swami Medhananda (Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, India) 14. God as the Supreme Teacher: Swami Prabhupada’s Modern Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Mission to Reveal ‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead’, Kenneth R. Valpey (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK)
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