Conference Schedule
Day 1
08:30–08:45
Arrival
08:45–09:00
Welcome Addresses
Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar
Dean Faculty of Arts, University of Calabar
Head of Department, Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar
Is God Dead or at Large? A Painless way to make the problem of Evil fall away
09:00–10:00
Opening Keynote
Is God Dead or at Large? A Painless way to make the problem of Evil fall away
Prof Jonathan Chimakonam
Chair: Prof. A Uduigwomen
10:00–10:45
Meaning and the Afterlife in African Philosophy
Dr Munamato Chemhuru
Chair: Prof. Godfrey Ozumba
10:45–11:00
Tea Break
Reconstructing the African Conception of the Good Life
11:00–11:45
Ritual Phenomenology and Transcendent Meaning:
Reconstructing the African Conception of the Good Life
Prof Kyrian Ojong & Dr Francis Ogonyi Ekaya
Chair: Prof. Tom Ogar
African Traditional Religion and the Reconfiguration of Christian Meaning
11:45–12:30
Between Fetishized Christianity and African Religious Agency:
African Traditional Religion and the Reconfiguration of Christian Meaning
Prof Anatole Fogou
Chair: Prof. Andrew Uduigwomen
12:30–13:30
Lunch Break
13:30–14:15
On the 'Presentist' Foundation of African Traditional Religions
Mr Patrick Effiong Ben
Chair: Prof. (Mrs) Offiong
14:15–14:30
Tea Break
14:30–15:15
Spiritual Yearning: The African Dilemma in Christian Religious Practice
Dr Thaddeus Oparah
Chair: Dr Diana-Abasi
Day 2
09:00–09:45
Private Qualia and God in Traditional African Religious Experiences
Prof Bernard Matolino
Chair: Prof. Uchegbue
09:45–10:30
Òrìṣà-inspired Theory of Meaningfulness in African and Afro-Brazilian Spiritualities
Dr Emmanuel Ofuasia
Chair: Prof. Okon
10:30–10:45
Tea Break
10:45–11:30
Man, and the Spirit: An Investigation into the Dialectical Coexistence of Man and the Spiritual in Igbo-African Ontology
Prof Socrates Ebo
Chair: Prof. Kyrian Ojong
Philosophical Reflections on Abua Indigenous Cosmology for Human Flourishing
11:30–12:15
Ancestors, Reincarnation, and Environmental Stewardship:
Philosophical Reflections on Abua Indigenous Cosmology for Human Flourishing
Dr John Clerk Koko
Chair: Prof. Kyrian Ojong
12:15–13:15
Lunch Break
13:15–14:00
Can Ancestral Authority Limit Individual Moral Agency?
Ms Ebbah Dube
Chair: Prof. Tom Ogar
of Meaning and Belonging
14:00–14:45
African and Afro-Diasporic Spiritualities as Lived Philosophies
of Meaning and Belonging
Dr Pius Mosima
Chair: Dr Diana-Abasi
Day 3
African and Afro-Diasporic Views on Self and Reality
09:00–09:45
Distributed Agency and Human Flourishing:
African and Afro-Diasporic Views on Self and Reality
Prof Matthew Cipreen & Ms Maria Almendra
Chair: Dr Diana-Abasi
09:45–10:30
Are African Lives Anti-meaningful?
Dr Aribiah Attoe
Chair: Prof. E. Maduka
10:30–10:45
Tea Break
10:45–11:30
Belief in God and Subjective Wellbeing in an African Context
Dr Ada Agada
Chair: Prof. Godfrey Ozumba
Relational Immortality and Afterlife in African Philosophy of Religion
11:30–12:15
Movements of Meaning:
Relational Immortality and Afterlife in African Philosophy of Religion
Dr Chiaghana Edwin Ejesi
Chair: Prof. (Mrs) Offiong
12:15–13:15
Lunch Break
Botho and the Metaphysics of Human Significance
13:15–14:00
Why Memory Cannot Ground Meaning:
Botho and the Metaphysics of Human Significance
Dr Doreen Sesiro
Chair: Prof. Okon
14:00–14:15
Tea Break
Meaning and Human Flourishing in African Traditional Religions (ATRs) and Christian Religion: A Philosophical Inquiry
14:15–15:15
Closing Keynote
Meaning and Human Flourishing in African Traditional Religions (ATRs) and Christian Religion: A Philosophical Inquiry
Dr Christiana Idika
Chair: Prof. Godfrey Ozumba
15:15–15:30
Closing Remarks
Global Philosophy of Religion 2 Team