IVP Early Career Philosopher of Religion Contest

Inter-Varsity Press and the Tyndale Fellowship’s Study Group for Philosophy of Religion are pleased to announce this year’s winners of the ‘Early-Career Philosopher of Religion’ competition.

Entrants of the competition were asked to answer the essay question:

What does it mean that God is good?

IVP and Tyndale are delighted to announce that the winners were:

1st place – Todd DeRose
2nd place – Seyma Yazici

Both winners received vouchers for use on the IVP website. Here's what they thought about the contest:

I would like to thank Inter-Varsity Press and the Tyndale Fellowship for organising this essay contest which brings up such significant issues of philosophy of religion. It’s tremendously encouraging for early-career philosophers to participate in this kind of contest, let alone your work being acknowledged! In this wise, I would like to express my gratitude to the organizers for selecting my work for the second prize. I am truly honoured to receive it. I also owe special thanks to Prof. Daniel J. Hill whose book Divinity and Maximal Greatnessinspired me in developing my ideas for this year’s essay contest. I hope this contest will further contribute to the comparative studies in theology and philosophy of religion.

Seyma Yazici

"First and foremost, I want to thank John Pittard both for his mentorship and for his contributions to my project, "Moral Perfection and Non-Psychopathy." Beyond all the constructive criticism and philosophical insight, he once exhorted me to pursue excellence rather than greatness. This subtle shift in mindset has started to pay real dividends as I work toward a full-fledged career in academic philosophy. Winning this award is a pleasantly concrete indication of progress.

Theological predication, including with respect to God's moral attributes, is a topic that feels timeless to me. It is one that connects my more historical scholarship on George Berkeley to my more contemporary scholarship in analytic theology. I expect similar debates, particularly those concerning univocalism, to endure well into the future.

I look forward to presenting at the Tyndale Conference, whenever and however it takes place."

Todd DeRose

For more information about IVP go here. For more information about Tyndale house and the Tyndale fellowship go here. IVP and Tyndale house/fellowship have historic links going back to their foundation within the wider Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship. Part of this history is told in Tyndale House and Fellowship: The First Sixty Years by Thomas Noble.