INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT INC

TO BRING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OF PRODUCTIVE SCHOLARS WITH DIVERSE THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES. TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY THROUGH INTERPRETIVE CRITICAL AND CONSTRRUCTIVE REFLECTIONS UPON DISTICTLY AMERICAN RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT. TO FOSTER BROAD DISCUSSION OF RELEVANT OPTIONS THROUGH ITS SPONSORSHIP OF CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLICATIONS. TO CONNECT THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHERE THESE EFFORTS UTILIZE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, AND TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBERAL RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN AMERICA.