Post-Annual Meeting Announcements: New EPS President, Graduate Paper Winners, and Giving Tuesday

Dear Members of EPS,

As we come to the end of the year, I am filled with gratitude for EPS and the good it does in both the academy and the church.

I am grateful for the successful national meeting in San Diego, which was filled with wonderful and challenging talks, including an insightful talk on divine hiddenness by Charity Anderson of Baylor University. Notably, Mike Austin finished his second term as president of the EPS, and I assumed the role in his place. Thank you for electing me as president. Please pray for me as I seek to move the society forward. I am also happy to announce the exciting news that Joel Alvarez (University of South Florida) won first place in the graduate student essay prize for his paper “Original Sin’s Compatibility with Evolution through Epigenetics,” and Jordan Parris (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) won second place for her paper “Will and Willer: Maximus the Confessor’s Will-Willer Distinction Applied to Trinity Monotheism.”

In conjunction with the national meeting, Tyson James hosted the Sound Faith Consulting Apologetics Conference featuring speakers from EPS such as William Lane Craig, Mike Licona, and executive committee member Melissa Cain Travis. It was a great conference, and helped EPS fulfill its vision “to make its resources available to the church and to equip believers in the task of outreach.”

I am writing you today to announce our End-of-the-Year Giving Campaign. We have a special opportunity to increase our impact thanks to the generosity of one of our members, who has pledged a $2,000 matching gift. Every dollar you donate through the end of the year will be matched up to $2,000! Your gift will help EPS fulfill its mission of serving the academy and the church.

Giving link: https://www.donatesecure.net/eps/index.asp?page=1&aid=80000015&rt=0

Thank you for your commitment to the continued success of the Evangelical Philosophical Society! I look forward to actively engaging with you in the society in 2025 through the national and regional meetings, as well as through Philosophia Christi.

May the peace of Christ be with you this Advent season.

Keith Hess
EPS President