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Meetings and Calls For Papers Click the following link to access the Hocking-Cabot Call for Papers.   To investigate current weather conditions in Manitou Springs, Colorado, click here. 2010 Meeting HIARPT CALL FOR PAPERS New Directions in American Liberal Philosophical and Religious Thought June 14-17, 2010 Colorado Springs, Colorado Program Co-Chairs: Nancy Frankenberry, nkf@dartmouth.edu J. Harley Chapman, jhchapman@ameritech.net Local Host: Vaughan McTernan, mcternav@gmail.com   As the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought enters a new era under the leadership of Prof. Robert C. Neville, its second President, it is a good time to ask how the four foci of the organization are currently understood. What is changing, and what new emphases do the members discern in thinking about: the interface between theology and philosophy, especially where theological efforts have utilized the American philosophical tradition, the history and development of liberal religious thought in America, themes of relevance to the Chicago School of theology, and naturalism in American theology and philosophy. Open a Seminar Registration Form. Open a Revised, Final Edition Official Program for the meeting.   PROPOSALS We invite papers on all four of these themes. We are particularly interested in papers that address the opportunities for future scholarship rather than ones that mine the past. Deadline for submission of topic proposals (250 to 500 words) is March 1, 2010. Please direct your proposals and queries to the Program Co-Chairs via email. The Call for Papers will be issued a second time before March, and the program schedule will be available on the HIARPT web page and by email in April. PLENARY SPEAKERS: Gary Dorrien, Linell Cady, and Wesley Wildman INTELLECTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Robert Neville ACCOMMODATIONS The site of the 2010 Conference is Manitou Springs, five miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Manitou Springs is located in the mountains off Ute Pass and at the foot of Pikes Peak. Meetings will be held in the historic Community Congregational Church, a United Church of Christ, in the center of Manitou Springs at 103 Pawnee Ave. Various accommodations are available all within walking distance of the church. The Cliff House Inn is holding four rooms for us at a discounted rate of $115 per night. The Avenue Hotel is a B&B with a discounted rate of $85 to $120 per night. There are numerous other Bed and Breakfasts, and we are working with the Chamber of Commerce to get a good rate for a sizeable number of rooms. The Villa Motel (www.villamotel.com) in Manitou Springs is within 5 minutes walking distance from the conference site and has good rates available. It is necessary to say you are eligible for their "Hot Deals" rates when making a reservation, and reservations must be made by phone and not online. The phone number is: 719-685-5492. Rates include a continental breakfast. Regular rooms have a refrigerator and microwave. Rates are: 1 KB $92; 2 QBs $95; 1 KB/Jet Tub $109; 2 QBs full Kitchenette $109; Cabins 2 DBs (no refrigerator or microwave) $82. Please make your reservation before February 14th to assure availability. The Comfort Inn in Manitou Springs is holding a block of rooms for HIARPT conference attendees. The room rate is $125. Rooms have a refrigerator and microwave. An extended continental breakfast is included in the room rate. The Comfort Inn is within 15 minutes walking distance from the conference site -- just a bit over a mile away (if you can walk 4 mph at 7,000 ft elevation). Please make your reservations before May 14th and state that you are with the Highlands Institute. The comfort Inn contact info is: phone (719) 685-5455 reservations (800) 289-5455 Email: satu.comfortinn@gmail.com Website: www.manitoucomfortinn.com GETTING THERE Getting to Manitou Springs is easy. The Colorado Springs airport is about 25 minutes from Manitou. The Denver airport is about an hour and 15 minutes away. Local host Vaughan McTernan will provide transportation from the Colorado Springs airport to Manitou if you arrange it ahead of time. She reports that Manitou is a vibrant, inviting community (artsy, funky and sophisticated all at the same time) with great mountain recreational activities only a few minutes away. NOMINATIONS FOR NEW INVITEES The 2010 Conference is open to HIARPT members, their partners, and guests whom they choose to nominate. Please contact the Co-chairs with your nominations, along with their email or mailing address. We are especially interested in inviting younger scholars and scholars of underrepresented groups to attend the conference and consider membership. To open a printable registration form, click here. Pike's Peak from the west   FALL MEETING AT A. A. R. The HIARPT business meeting was held at 5:45 in Palais des Congres de Montreal, Room 519 AB. (Reference: M8-305 in the program book.) The AJTP session was held at 6:30 in the same hotel, Room 516 E (M8-400 in the program book). Don Viney presented "Deism, Christianity, and the Age of Reason." Please join us for an enlightening discussion of the impact of the Enlightenment on contemporary religious dialogue! Jenny Jesse   Recent Meetings Members' Seminar, June 15-18, 2009 The Future of Process Thought Conference Organizers: Randy Auxier and Vaughan McTernan The seminar focused on the future of process thought particularly in regard to the interface between liberal religious thought and philosophy in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy. The featured speaker was Dan Dombrowski, philosopher, theologian, and ethicist from Seattle University. His books Rawls and Religion and Divine Beauty, along with plenary papers responding to these works, will be the initial focal point for discussions on the conference topic. Concurrent conference papers will extend the discussion beyond the featured works to give a broad view of the future of process thought. Dan Dombrowski, Vaughan McTernan, and Jon Taylor lead a session at the June, 2009, seminar.

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