Conference Schedule
Day 1
DAY 1
08:30–08:50
Arrival
Vice Chancellor & Prof. John Inyang
08:50–09:00
Welcome Address
Vice Chancellor & Prof. John Inyang
Moderator
Jonathan Chimakonam
09:00–10:00
Opening Keynote
Jonathan Chimakonam
Is God Dead or at Large?
Chair: Prof. E. Maduka
Munamato Chemhuru
10:00–10:45
Meaning and the Afterlife in African Philosophy
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
Francis Ekaya & Kyrian Ojong
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
Fogou Anatole
Chair: Prof. Andrew Uduigwomen
12:30–13:30
Lunch Break
Patrick Effiong Ben
13:30–14:15
On the 'Presentist' Foundation of African Traditional Religions
Patrick Effiong Ben
Chair: Prof. (Mrs) Offiong
14:15–14:30
Tea Break
Critical Reflections on Yujin Nagasawa's "The Problem of Systemic Evil"
14:30–15:15
God and the Ejima Attributes:
Critical Reflections on Yujin Nagasawa's "The Problem of Systemic Evil"
Amara Esther
Chair: Dr Diana-Abasi
Day 2
DAY 2
Bernard Matolino
09:00–09:45
Private Qualia and God in Traditional African Religious Experiences
Bernard Matolino
Chair: Prof. Uchegbue
Emmanuel Ofuasia
09:45–10:30
Òrìṣà-inspired Theory of Meaningfulness in African and Afro-Brazilian Spiritualities
Emmanuel Ofuasia
Chair: Prof. Okon
10:30–10:45
Tea Break
Hans van Eyghen
10:45–11:30
Tutelary Deities and Meaning in Life in African and African Diaspora Religions
Hans van Eyghen
Chair: Prof. E. Maduka
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
John Koko
Chair: Prof. Kyrian Ojong
12:15–13:15
Lunch Break
Ebbah Dube
13:15–14:00
Can Ancestral Authority Limit Individual Moral Agency?
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
Pius Mosima
Chair: Dr Diana-Abasi
14:45–15:00
Tea Break
The African Dilemma in Christian Religious Practice
15:00–15:45
Spiritual Yearning:
The African Dilemma in Christian Religious Practice
Thaddeus Oparah
Chair: Prof. Samuel Asuquo
An Investigation into the Dialectical Coexistence of Man and the Spiritual in Igbo-African Ontology
15:45–16:30
Man, and the Spirit:
An Investigation into the Dialectical Coexistence of Man and the Spiritual in Igbo-African Ontology
Socrates Ebo
Chair: Prof. Kyrian Ojong
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
Matthew Cipreen & Maria Almendra
Chair: Dr Diana-Abasi
Aribiah Attoe
09:45–10:30
Are African Lives Anti-meaningful?
Aribiah Attoe
Chair: Prof. A. Uduigwomen
10:30–10:45
Tea Break
Ada Agada
10:45–11:30
Belief in God and Subjective Wellbeing in an African Context
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
Chiaghana 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
Doreen Sesiro
Chair: Prof. Okon
14:00–14:15
Tea Break
Meaning and Human Flourishing in African Traditional Religions (ATRs)
14:15–15:15
Closing Keynote
Meaning and Human Flourishing in African Traditional Religions (ATRs)
Chair: Prof. Godfrey Ozumba
and Christian Religion: A Philosophical Inquiry
Christiana Idika
Chair: Prof. Godfrey Ozumba
Global Philosophy of Religion 2 Team
15:15–15:30
Closing Remarks
Global Philosophy of Religion 2 Team