Tehran to host conference on philosophy of religion

TEHRAN,Dec.23(MNA) – The International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion opens at Iran’s Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies in Tehran today. Reasoning for the existence of God in the East and the West, religious experience, divinity and the devil, technology and religion, and interdisciplinary studies of religion and philosophy are some of the themes of the two-day conference. Hamidreza Ayatollahi, Seyyed Hassan Hosseini, Qasem Purhassan, Mohammad Ilkhani, Mohsen Javadi and Mahmud Khatami are among the Iranian scholars who will participate in the event. The U.S. scholars Gary Carl (Mohammed) Legenhausen, Professor Alvin Plant, Tim O’Conner and Peter Van Inwagen will also take part at the event. The conference aims to establish a unique ground for dialogue and understanding among the very influential community of philosophy of religion from both West and East. The event is organized by the Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion (PHILOR) in cooperation with the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS).