Doctoral Projects

Could evolution produce the image of God? (Christoffer Skogholt)

The aim of the project is to analyze the implications of the theory of evolution for our understanding of the social and moral nature of human beings and secondly how we can integrate this into a theological and philosophical anthropology.

Arguments for panentheistic and pantheistic conceptions of God (Lina Langby)

The project aims to analyze and assess pragmatic and epistemic reasons for and against classical theism, panentheism, and pantheism. Not all reasons relate to truth claims but focus on pragmatic benefits or harms resulting from conceptualizing reality in a certain way. The project weighs the pragmatic and epistemic reasons by relating them to worship-worthiness.

How should we approach artificial intelligence? (Johan Marticki)

The project examines how different worldviews and basic belief-generating assumptions can influence how we experience our relations to equilibrium-disrupting technologies such as AI. It also includes a critical reflection on the importance of different worldviews for the maintenance of equilibrium in ecological, social and technological systems.

Should Theodicy be Defended? An Analysis of Anti-Theodicy (Gabriel Echazú)

This project concerns anti-theodicy, a meta-philosophical criticism of theodicy and the Problem of evil. The purpose is to analyze those anti-theodicies which argue that theodicies have harmful consequences, by examining anti-theodical claims against empirical and philosophical research. The study also seeks to test these anti-theodical claims against a case study of political oppression in order to assess the reasonableness.

Belief in God and modern physics (Lennart Söderlind)

The project analyzes how Christian theologians and philosophers can understand God’s action in the world in the light of modern physics. The basic idea is that the most ambitious research program conducted on these things (the Divine Action Program) does not fully take into account quantum physics at the Planck level and thus theories such as non-reciprocal causality.

Religious Disagreement and Trust in Authority (Evelina Edfors)

The project investigates epistemic consequences of religious disagreement, with a focus on trust in authority as grounds for religious belief. From analysis of concepts such as trust, authority, and religious diversity, the project aims to answer the question: Can there be trustworthy religious authority, given the apparent persistence of disagreement among putative authority figures? If so, how can trustworthy religious authority be identified?