Well, it's been a tad quiet over here at churchandpomo, for which we apologize. We hope to reignite our readership with an exciting series of posts that will feature a dialogue between two important young voices in continental philosophy of religion, Nick Trakakis and Mark Manolopoulos.
Nick and Mark are long-time friends and philosophical colleagues at Monash University (in Melbourne, Australia). Although both Trakakis and Manolopoulos have been brought up within the Eastern Orthodox tradition of Christianity and both now work out of a broadly defined Continental tradition of philosophy, they differ quite sharply in their respective perspectives and stances on a variety of issues in the philosophy of religion. After many informal and passionate discussions around these issues, they decided to transfer the conversation to a new medium: that of writing. What follows are the first-fruits of this dialogue, one that revolves around questions of faith and knowledge in philosophy and theology.
First, a note about the dialogue partners.
Nick Trakakis is a lecturer in philosophy and religious studies at Monash University and Deakin University, Australia. His work concentrates on the history and philosophy of religious thought, and he has published widely on the problem of evil, including an examination of William Rowe’s evidential arguments from evil, The God Beyond Belief (Springer, 2007). More recent work includes a metaphilosophical study of competing approaches to, and the future prospects for, the philosophy of religion, The End of Philosophy of Religion (Continuum, 2009), and a multifaceted collaborative project on the history of philosophy in Australasia.
Mark Manolopoulos received his PhD in philosophy from Monash University and is an Adjunct Research Associate at the Monash Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology. He is the author of If Creation is a Gift (State University of New York Press, 2009) and With Gifted Thinkers (Peter Lang, 2009), as well as numerous essays in scholarly journals. His research interests include European philosophy, ecological thought, and revolutionary theology.
Beginning next Monday, their conversation will unfold in three parts: (1) "Faith and Doubt in a Revolutionary Divinity;" (2) "From Knowledge to Non-Belief, or Becoming More of an Atheist;" and (3) "Unknowing, or Perceiving the Invisible."
Be sure to join us for the conversation.
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