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Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) is an organization devoted to the study of ethics, theology, and religion from an evangelical perspective. The organization is open to professional scholars with associate membership available to laypersons and students. Since 2006 Paul Copan has been the president of the organization.^{[citation needed]}

Philosophia Christi is the journal associated with the organization. The journal contains discussions about a variety of topics related to the philosophy of evangelical religion and theology. Recent issues discuss postmodernism, the metaphysics of good and evil, and the nature of selfhood and consciousness from an evangelical philosophical point of view. Other recent contributions discuss the idea of intelligent design. A special intelligent design issue, "Philosophical Issues in Intelligent Design," contains original contributions by William Dembski, Jay Richards, Timothy and Lydia McGrew, Robin Collins, Charles Taliaferro, Alexander Pruss. Craig Hazen is the editor of the journal.[1]^{[full citation needed]}

Most issues of Philosophia Christi contain book reviews of interest to evangelical Christians, theologians, and philosophers.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Evangelical Philosophical Society is related to the Evangelical Theological Society. EPS was founded in 1977–78 with 32 charter members.

The first dozen presidents were:

1977 – Norman Geisler
1978 – Gordon Lewis
1979 – Paul Feinberg
1980 – John Jefferson Davis
1981 – Gary Habermas
1982 – Stephen Clinton
1983 – Win Corduan
1984 – Terry Meithe
1985 – William Luck
1986 – John Feinberg
1987 – Stephen Spenser
1988 – Stanley Obbits
1989 – Russell Bush

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+'''Evangelical Philosophical Society''' (EPS) is an organization devoted to the study of [[ethics]], [[theology]], and [[religion]] from an [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] perspective. The organization is open to professional [[scholar]]s with associate membership available to laypersons and students. Since 2006 [[Paul Copan]] has been the president of the organization.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
 ''Philosophia Christi'' is the [[Magazine|journal]] associated with the organization. The journal contains discussions about a variety of topics related to the philosophy of evangelical religion and theology. Recent issues discuss [[postmodernism]], the [[metaphysics]] of good and evil, and the nature of selfhood and consciousness from an evangelical philosophical point of view.  Other recent contributions discuss the idea of [[intelligent design]]. A special intelligent design issue, "Philosophical Issues in Intelligent Design," contains original contributions by [[William Dembski]], Jay Richards, Timothy and Lydia McGrew, [[Robin Collins]], [[Charles Taliaferro]], Alexander Pruss. Craig Hazen is the editor of the journal.[http://www.biola.edu/id/speakers.cfm]{{Citation broken|date=April 2011}}

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