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Princeton Project in Philosophy & Religion

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What is 3PR?

3PR brings together an interdisciplinary group of students and scholars who share a research interest in the philosophy of religion broadly-construed.

In 2024, 3PR and the Princeton Philosophy Department formed PRÉCIS ("Philosophy, Religion, and Existential Commitments in Society") to be the undergraduate- and public-facing wing of 3PR. 

“Ultimately, a person should not ask what the meaning of life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. Each person is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”

― Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

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Mark Johnston
Project Faculty

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Core Researchers

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Lara Buchak
Co-Director

Andrew Chignell
Co-Director

Z Quanbeck
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Austen McDougal
Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Latest Updates

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Mr g: A Play About the Creation — co-sponsored by 3PR — April 19, 2024
Mr g: A Play About the Creation — co-sponsored by 3PR — April 19, 2024

A new theatrical adaptation of Alan Lightman’s novel, Mr g, presented as an immersive staged reading featuring Broadway actor Heath Saunders reading the role of Mr g. Presented by the Princeton Atelier and sponsored by the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion.

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Online Course “Food Ethics,” Now Live on Coursera.
Online Course “Food Ethics,” Now Live on Coursera.

“Food Ethics,” an online course created by Andrew Chignell together with Katie Javanaud and many others, is now free and available to the world on Coursera.org.

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3PR Conference on Philosophy, Religion, and Love: May 11-12, 2024
3PR Conference on Philosophy, Religion, and Love: May 11-12, 2024

Plan to join us for the University Center for Human Values’ Spring Conference. The theme is “Philosophy, Religion, and Love” and the call for papers is open now. 

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Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, co-organized by Andrew Chignell and Z Quanbeck ​
Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, co-organized by Andrew Chignell and Z Quanbeck ​

The Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose (VKC) is a decentralized series of virtual sessions curated by Kant societies and groups from around the globe to commemorate Kant’s 300th birthday.

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“The first condition for a resolution is to have—that is, to will to have—a true conception of life and of oneself.”

― Soren Kierkegaard, Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions