Society for Philosophy of Religion
| Formation | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Type | Learned society |
Region | United States |
President | Josh Horn |
| Website | https://www.societyphilosophyreligion.org/home |
The Society for Philosophy of Religion (SPR) is an American learned society founded in 1938 and is a forum for the interchange of ideas in the philosophy of religion. It holds meetings annually and sponsors the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, published by Springer.[1][2][3] The society was formerly known as The Southern Society for Philosophy of Religion and dropped the word 'Southern' from its title in 1971.[4]
Presidents
- 2025: Josh Horn
- 2024: Tim Lytle
- 2023: Jeffrey Willetts
- 2022: Robert W. Prevost
- 2021: Brian D. Birch
- 2020: Brad Kallenberg
- 2019: David Holley
- 2018: Katherin Rogers
- 2017: Scott A. Davison
- 2016: Ingolf Dalferth
- 2015: Patrick Horn
- 2014: Bernie Cantens
- 2013: John Schellenberg
- 2012: Terrence Tilley
- 2011: John Whittaker
- 2010: Ronald L. Hall
- 2009: Paul Draper
- 2008: Houston Craighead
- 2007: Jeffrey J. Jordan
- 2006: William Hasker
- 2005: William J. Wainwright
- 2004: D.Z. Phillips
- 2003: James Franklin Harris
- 2002: William Alston
- 2001: William L. Rowe
- 2000: Patricia Altenbernd Johnson
- 1999: Frank Dilley
- 1998: James A. Keller
- 1997: Jane Mary Trau
- 1996: Louis Pojman
- 1995: William L. Power
- 1994: David Schrader
- 1993: Lad Sessions
- 1992: Jackson Ice
- 1991: Billy Joe Lucas
- 1990: Jamie Ferreira
- 1989: Dallas High
- 1988: George Mavrodes
- 1987: John Elrod
- 1986: Frederick Ferre
- 1985: Frank R. Harrison
- 1984: Robert L. Perkins
- 1983: Charles Lewis
- 1982: Rem Edwards
- 1981: Eugene Thomas Long
- 1980: William S. Cobb, Jr.
- 1979: Jude Dougherty
- 1978: Forrest Edwards Wood
- 1977: Mary Rose
- 1976: Elliott McElroy
- 1975: Tom Hearn
- 1974: Bo Clarke
- 1973: Oswald Schrag
- 1972: Henry Sprinkle
- 1971: Allan Carlsson
- 1970: Robert H. Ayers
- 1969: Ethel Tiley
- 1968: Jim Rikard
- 1967: D. Maurice Allen
- 1966: Jose Franquiz
- 1965: Jackson Ice
- 1964: Nolan Jacobson
- 1963: Charles Hartshorne
- 1962: Wilford Cross
- 1961: Leroy Loemker
- 1960: Howard Parsons
- 1959: Bob Miller
- 1958: Henry Wieman
- 1957: Paul Vonk
- 1956: John Mourant
- 1955: Edgar Henderson
- 1954: Richard Hocking
- 1953: Albert Balz
- 1952: Godfrey Tietze
- 1951: J. R. Cresswell
- 1950: E. D. Myers
- 1949: John Marshall
- 1948: Anna Liddell
- 1947: Kenneth Foreman
- 1946: Robert Leet Patterson
- 1945: Fritz Marti
- 1944: Edward Ramsdell
References
- ^ "Organizations". Philosophy of Religion.
- ^ "History". SPR.
- ^ Long, Eugene Thomas (1995). "God, reason and religions: An Introduction". God, Reason and Religions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Religion. Springer Netherlands: 1–15. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0417-3_1.
- ^ "Notes and news". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 2 (2): 128–128. 1 June 1971. doi:10.1007/BF00135240. ISSN 1572-8684.
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