The Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) is an organization devoted to the study of philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, apologetics, and ethics from an evangelical perspective. Membership is open to professional scholars, and associate membership is available to laypersons and students. The current president of the organization is Keith Hess.
Philosophia Christi
Philosophia Christi is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year by the Evangelical Philosophical Society with the support of Biola University as a vehicle for the scholarly discussion of philosophy and philosophical issues as well as philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and philosophical apologetics. Its editor is Ross Inman.
History The Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) is considered a "sister society" to the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). EPS was founded in 1974 at Dallas Theological Seminary when a group of scholars from ETS met at the ETS annual meeting in December 1974 to discuss concerns related to philosophy of religion. At this meeting, a steering committee was established to explore the idea of forming a new society to focus on philosophy. EPS was then officially organized at the ETS annual meeting in Philadelphia on December 28, 1976, with Norman Geisler serving as its first president. There were twenty charter members of the EPS. In 1978, EPS began publishing its own journal, the Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, which was later renamed Philosophia Christi in 1994.
In 1998, plans were made to restructure the Evangelical Philosophical Society in several ways. Among these was lengthening the term of officers from one to three years and relaunching the EPS journal, Philosophia Christi, starting with "Series 2" in 1999.
Presidents
# Years President Ref 1 1976–1977 Norman Geisler 2 1977–1978 Gordon R. Lewis 3 1978–1979 Paul Feinberg 4 1979–1980 Stanley R. Obitts 5 1980–1981 John Jefferson Davis 6 1981-1982 William F. Luck, Sr. 7 1982–1983 Stephen M. Clinton 8 1983–1984 Gary Habermas 9 1984–1985 Winfried Corduan 10 1985–1986 John Feinberg 11 1986–1987 Terry L. Miethe 12 1987–1988 Stephen R. Spencer 13 1988–1989 L. Russ Bush 14 1989–1990 Gordon R. Lewis 15 1990–1991 Millard Erickson 16 1991–1992 Francis J. BeckwithR. Douglas Geivett 17 1992–1993 18 1993–1994 Michael Bauman 19 1994–1995 William Johnson 20 1995–1996 Donald T. Williams 21 1996–1997 William Lane Craig 22 1997–1998 W. David Beck 23 1998–2005 William Lane Craig 24 2005–2012 Paul Copan 25 2012–2018 Angus Menuge 26 2018–2024 Michael W. Austin 27 2024–present Keith Hess
See also Society of Christian Philosophers Evangelical Theological Society
References
External links Evangelical Philosophical Society Philosophia Christi