Call for Papers

Date: March 4-5, 2020

Venue: Qom, Iran

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 16, 2019

The Research Center for Islamic Philosophy and Theology affiliated to Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy (ISCA) was established in 1994 with the aim of explaining Islamic theoretical doctrines on the basis of reason and revelation, reviving (Islamic) philosophical and theological heritage and addressing intellectual challenges.

Given that the International Conference of Religious Doctrines and the Mind-Body Problem was successfully held in March 2010, the second International Conference will, as part of the giant project of “Mind-Body Relationship”, be held under the theme of “the Immortality of the soul in Islam and Christianity” in March 2020.

The Research Center for Islamic Philosophy and Theology organizes the conference on the following 5 main topics and 40 sub-topics:

• The concept of death
• The concept of immortality
• The criteria of personal identity
• Postmortem survival
• Life after death

Papers should not exceed 8000 words and can be in English, Arabic or Persian. Deadline for abstracts is March 16, 2019 and deadline for papers is September 16, 2019.

More information on Conference website: http://seminars.ir/soul2/en/