BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T164551Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T040000 SUMMARY:ONCE MORE\, WITH FEELING: Affect and the God of the Philosophers UID:20240328T164848Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Dayton\, United States\, 45402 DESCRIPTION:
Keynote Speakers: Elliot R. Wolfson and Amy Hollywood
\nWhat do philosophers mean when they use the word &lsquo\;God&rsquo\;? Pascal&rsquo\;s famous dictum drew the battle lines: in writing &ldquo\;God of Abraham\, God of Isaac\, God of Jacob - not of the philosophers and scholars\,&rdquo\; a difference is declared\, but what the difference is\, or what these two gods are\, remains unclear. This conference seeks to revisit the gods of the philosophers&mdash\;from the ancient to the present&mdash\;to better understand what philosophers mean when they talk about &lsquo\;God&rsquo\;.
\nThis conference proposes that the God of the philosophers be revisited from the perspective of affect and emotion. One question orients our investigation: What can we learn about the God of the philosophers when we look at it through the lens of affect? Engaging both philosophy and theology\, and using mysticism and aesthetics to warp the boundary between them\, the goal is to shed new light on the affective dimensions of the philosopher&rsquo\;s God.
\nWhile taken for granted in several theological and philosophical systems and texts\, it is rarely apparent what this God of the Philosophers is\, or how it differs from more &lsquo\;traditional&rsquo\; concepts of God or gods. Several distinctions between the two sets of gods are taken for granted&mdash\;in this conference we will challenge one of them: that the God of the philosophers has nothing to do with affect. It is far from obvious that philosophers&rsquo\; gods are without feeling\, or that the philosopher&rsquo\;s God is approached without emotion. We wish to suggest the opposite. We will explore thinkers\, philosophers\, and mystics such as Whitehead\, Spinoza\, Al Farabi\, Teilhard de Chardin\, Ahmed\, Berlant\, and the Stoics\, to see how the elusive &lsquo\;God of the philosophers&rsquo\; can help us better understand affects and the role they play in both religion and philosophy.
\nOur main orienting question provokes several others: What do philosophers and thinkers mean by &lsquo\;God\,&rsquo\; in light of their commitments to reason? Does mysticism offer a different way of framing the problem? Do Asian systems disrupt this distinction? What affective and rhetorical work does the figure of God do for philosophy? Is this figure valuable for understanding non-philosophical religion? Engaging religious studies and philosophy\, we want to know both how closely attending to affect can help us better understand the God of the philosophers\, and how the God of the philosophers can act as a powerful tool for understanding affect.
\n\nPotential topics:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; What do philosophers mean by &lsquo\;God&rsquo\;?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; God\, Emotion\, and Human Behaviour in Classical Thought
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mysticism\, philosophy\, and affect in medieval thought
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Gender\, God\, and philosophical affects
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Political theology and affect (affect and legitimacy)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Spinoza\, Leibniz\, Lessing and a God composed of affects
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; After the Death of God: affect and God in critical theory
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Race\, God and affect
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Affect in Asian philosophical-religious traditions
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Religious existentialism and its gods
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; New religious movements and the philosopher&rsquo\;s Gods
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; What is the rhetorical function of the &lsquo\;God of the philosophers&rsquo\;?
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The affects of philosophizing
\nCall for Papers and presentations:
\nWe seek papers and projects that spread through diverse and varied religious\, philosophical\, and mystical traditions. With affect as our focus\, we invite a variety of proposals\, ranging from (a) traditional conference papers to (b) reading and working groups to (c) live creative and art performances and tasks. Works in-progress are very much encouraged.
\nPlease submit a short abstract (200-300 words) to \;affectandreligion@gmail.com
\nNotification of acceptance: Nov 30th\, 2017
\nFor questions on paper submissions\, please contact \;datlas2@udayton.edu
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Dustin Atlas;CN=Ryan Johnson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR