Ronald A. Kuipers, PhD (Free University), MPhil (Institute for Christian Studies) is assistant professor of the philosophy of religion. His research and teaching concentrate on the continuing social relevance of religious life patterns in pluralistic Western societies. He pursues that discussion by working with such intellectual traditions as pragmatism and critical theory, among others. Kuipers is the author of Critical Faith: Toward a Renewed Understanding of Religious Life and its Public Accountability and Solidarity and the Stranger: Themes in the Social Philosophy of Richard Rorty. He has co-edited two books: Walking the Tightrope of Faith: Philosophical Conversations about Reason and Religion and Philosophy as Responsibility: A Celebration of Hendrik Hart's Contribution to the Discipline.

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UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS

My inaugural address, delivered at ICS' 2007 convocation, entitled "Faith as the Art of the Possible," has been published in the online journal of the Mars Hill Graduate School, The Other Journal.

On Friday, Nov. 9, Ron participated as a panelist at a full-day workshop at the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics, entitled "Is Secularism in Crisis?" The workshop was co-sponsored by the Centre for Ethics and the University of Toronto's Department of Political Science.

Ron shared a panel with Profs. Simone Chambers and Ronald Beiner (both of the Department of Political Science), with Political Science Ph.D. candidate James McKee responding.

For the workshop poster, click here. For the full workshop program, click here. For a copy of Ron's presentation, click here.