Seventh Biennial Conference
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

September 25-27, 1998


Schedule of Presentations

Friday, September 25

1:00 - 2:40 p.m. Registration - Leavell Center

1:30-2:35 p.m.

"Other Certainties and Faith" Kant Room
  • Presenter: Tony Khoury (Auburn, Alabama)
  • Respondent and Chair: T. Wesley Stewart (Smith and Helwys)

"Freud's Search for his Philosophical Soul" Plato Room
  • Presenter: Harvey Solganick (Missouri Baptist College)
  • Respondent and Chair: Ronnie Littlejohn (Belmont University)

2:45-3:50 p.m.

"Some Epistemological Problems With Historical Claims" Kant Room
  • Presenter: Bennie Crockett, Jr. (William Carey College)
  • Respondent and Chair: H. Mike Awalt (Belmont University)

"Philosophy and Contraception" Plato Room
  • Presenter: Charles Seymour (University of Notre Dame)
  • Respondent and Chair: Rob Provost (Wingate University)
4:00-5:05 p.m.

"Does Reasonable Nonbelief Exist?" Kant Room
  • Presenter: Douglas Henry (Malone College)
  • Respondent and Chair: L. Manning Garrett (University of Georgia)

"How To Think About Environmental Ethics" Plato Room
  • Presenter: Norman Wirzba (Georgetown College)
  • Respondent and Chair: Steve Lemke (New Orleans Baptist Seminary)

"Revolutionary Forgiveness" Aquinas Room
  • Presenter: Marc Ellis (Baylor University)
  • Chair: Michael Beaty (Baylor University)

6:00 p.m. -- Dinner at a New Orleans Restaurant or Dixieland Dinner/Jazz Cruise (return reservation form)


Saturday, September 26

8:30-9:35 a.m.

"Persons and Music Kant Room
  • Presenter: Tom Buford (Furman University)
  • Respondent and Chair: Bob Kruschwitz (Georgetown College)

"Churchland's Moral Vision" Plato Room
  • Presenter: Darin Davis (St. Louis University)
  • Respondent and Chair: David Solomon (University of Notre Dame)

9:45-10:50

"Do We Contribute to Deity?" Kant Room
  • Presenter: Forrest Wood, Jr. (University of Southern Mississippi)
  • Respondent and Chair: Carl Vaught (Baylor University)

"Schutz and Self-Deception" Plato Room
  • Presenter: Randall Colton (St. Louis University)
  • Respondent and Chair: Scott H. Moore (Baylor University)

11:00-12:05

"The Philosophical Structure of Jonathan Edwards's Religious Affections" Kant Room
  • Presenter: Roger Ward (Georgetown College)
  • Respondent and Chair: Stuart Rosenbaum (Baylor University)

"Scientia in a World of More Words Than Things" Plato Room
  • Presenter: J. Todd Buras (Yale University)
  • Respondent and Chair: Shawn Floyd (Calvin College)

"Teaching Bioethics Using Doctor's Dilemmas" Aquinas Room
  • Presenter: Isaac Mwase (Ouachita Baptist University)

12:10-12:30 p.m. -- Business Meeting -- Kant Room

12:30- -- Afternoon activities in New Orleans

5:00-6:55 p.m.

Philosophical Reflections on the "Baptist Manifesto" Kant Room
Chair: Scott H. Moore (Baylor University)

  • Topic One: The Baptist Manifesto and E. Y. Mullins
    • "E. Y. Mullins: He Ain't Such A Bad Guy"
      Tim Maddox (Cambellsville University)
    • "Epistemological Crises, E.Y. Mullins, and Soul-Competency"
      Michael Beaty (Baylor University)

  • Topic Two: Postmodern Baptists and the Baptist Manifesto
    • "Dissent and the Postmodern Subject in 'Reading Communities'"
      Dan Stiver (Hardin-Simmons University)
    • "The Baptist Manifesto and Two Notions of Autonomy"
      Dennis Sansom (Samford University)

  • 7:00 p.m. -- Dinner and Plenary Session -- Creole Room
    "Divine Hiddenness: What is the Problem?"
    • Speaker: Jonathan Kvanvig (Texas A& M University)


    Sunday, September 27

    8:30-9:35 a.m.

    "Achieving the Self" Kant Room
    • Presenter: Robert Baird (Baylor University)
    • Respondent and Chair: David Holley (Univ. of Southern Mississippi)

    "The Problem of Intuition in Perfect Being Theology" Plato Room
    • Presenter: Byron Eubanks (Ouachita Baptist University)
    • Respondent and Chair: D. Brian Austin (Carson-Newman College)

    9:45-10:50 a.m.

    "Green Character" Kant Room
    • Presenter: Edwin Bagley (Wingate University)
    • Respondent and Chair: Forrest Wood (Univ. of Southern Mississippi)

    "Divine Timelessness and Freedom" Plato Room
    • Presenter: Michael Robinson (Cumberland College)
    • Respondent and Chair: Kent Hoeffner (Truett-McConnell College)

    11:00-11:45 a.m. Worship Service -- Kant Room
    Worship Leader: Macklyn Hubbell (New Orleans Baptist Seminary)

    11:45 a.m. Adjournment


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