Skeptical Theism Fellowships 2011-Ph.D Students-Notre Dame University-US
Posted by sakshi on May 5, 2010
The Problem of Evil in Modern and Contemporary Thought project invites recent Ph.D.’s and seasoned experts in philosophy of religion or theology to apply for a year-long residential fellowship
The Templeton Research Fellowships in Evil and Skeptical Theism offer at least two fellowships devoted to inquiry into skeptical theism as it bears on the problem of evil. Many philosophers are inclined to address the problem of evil by endorsing a kind of skepticism about our ability to determine whether particular evils might possibly serve greater goods that a loving God might hope to promote by permitting them. Accordingly, such philosophers argue that the fact that many evils seem pointless to us is no evidence that they are pointless, and hence no evidence against the existence of a perfectly loving God who would prevent pointless evils. This strategy for replying to the problem of evil is known as ‘skeptical theism’, and it has been both developed and criticized with increasing sophistication in the recent literature on the problem of evil. Fellows will examine the plausibility of skeptical theism as well as the way skeptical theism can or does illuminate the extent and limits of human knowledge about divine reality and about the nature and reality of God and evil.
Eligibility:
Applicants must have a Ph.D., and be affiliated with an accredited college or university. Applicants should be able to demonstrate strong promise of or an established record of successful publication. Applicants should prepare a timeline describing precisely the work that will be completed during the grant period, the order in which the work will be completed, and (when applicable) how the work to be completed at Notre Dame connects with the applicant’s larger research program.
How to apply:
- Applicants are required to submit the following:
- A complete curriculum vitae
- Three confidential letters of recommendation
- A statement of no more than 1200 words specifying his or her project.
- One published or unpublished paper.
- Application materials should be submitted electronically, if possible, to cprelig.1@nd.edu. Hard copies may be sent to:
Templeton Skeptical Theism Fellowship
c/o Samuel Newlands, Associate Director
Center for Philosophy of Religion
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
- Questions about the application process can also be sent to cprelig.1@nd.edu.
Submission deadline:
All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received no later than January 15, 2011.
Source:
http://www.nd.edu/~cprelig/poe/fellowships_st.html
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