Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion

08/31/2026

3PR is grateful to have had Bas Toenissen with us as a postdoctoral fellow for the past year. Today is his last day: he is leaving us for a faculty position at the University of Trier. Thank you Bas for all of your terrific contributions: you'll be missed!

04/03/2026

Attention! We had a blast over the weekend hosting our annual conference - this time on attention. Thanks to our postdocs Bas Toenissen and Smriti Khanal for organizing and hosting.

https://pppr.princeton.edu/updatehub/3pr-conference-on-attention-and-the-virtues-of-mind-and-heart

04/03/2026

Yesterday 3PR collaborated with the Cognitive Science Program to host psychologist Daryl van Tongeren for a panel discussion of themes from his recent book "Done: How To Flourish after Leaving Religion." A diverse collection of people in the audience, ranging from local community members to undergrads. The title of the event "Searching for Meaning in the Existential Chasm" (which is the title of one of the chapters in the book) seems to have caught people's eye.
https://pppr.princeton.edu/updatehub/spring-conference-2025-42tjl-gm6ds

01/30/2026

Congratulations to our former 3PR postdoc Austen McDougal!

Congratulations to Mahmoud Jalloh (Caltech) and Austen McDougal (New York University), winners of the 2025 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize! https://www.apaonline.org/2025prizes-f

10/02/2025

A big memorial conference in honor of Robert M. Adams on tap in Princeton, sponsored by 3PR, PTS, and the Rutgers Center for Philosophy of Religion. Registration is closing due to unexpectedly high demand!

The theme of the 2025 Eastern Conference of the Society of Christian Philosophers is “The Philosophical Legacy of Robert Merrihew Adams.”

12/18/2024

New postdoc job announcement, with a deadline of January 31:

The University Center for Human Values (UCHV) invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Associates. We are hiring postdoctoral associates for Lara Buchak and Andrew Chignell's research project Philosophy, Religion, and Existential Commitment in Society, part of the Princeton Project in Philosop...

11/11/2024

Later today! The first annual PRECIS lecture in Philosophy of Religion: "Hope in the Face of Evil" by Prof. Brian Ballard:

Looking at the world today, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed. The environment is declining. Wars are breaking out around the world. In the face of so many evils, what reason is there for hope? In this lecture, philosopher Brian Ballard argues that the very evils that might lead us to doubt there