# Evangelical Philosophical Society

The Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) is an organization devoted to the study of philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, apologetics, and ethics from an evangelical perspective. Membership is open to professional scholars, and associate membership is available to laypersons and students. The current president of the organization is Keith Hess.

## Philosophia Christi

Philosophia Christi is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year by the Evangelical Philosophical Society with the support of Biola University as a vehicle for the scholarly discussion of philosophy and philosophical issues as well as philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and philosophical apologetics. Its editor is Ross Inman.

## History

The Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) is considered a "sister society" to the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). EPS was founded in 1974 at Dallas Theological Seminary when a group of scholars from ETS met at the ETS annual meeting in December 1974 to discuss concerns related to philosophy of religion. At this meeting, a steering committee was established to explore the idea of forming a new society to focus on philosophy. EPS was then officially organized at the ETS annual meeting in Philadelphia on December 28, 1976, with Norman Geisler serving as its first president. There were twenty charter members of the EPS. In 1978, EPS began publishing its own journal, the Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, which was later renamed Philosophia Christi in 1994.
In 1998, plans were made to restructure the Evangelical Philosophical Society in several ways. Among these was lengthening the term of officers from one to three years and relaunching the EPS journal, Philosophia Christi, starting with "Series 2" in 1999.

## Presidents

| # | Years | President |
| 1 | 1976–1977 | Norman Geisler |
| 2 | 1977–1978 | Gordon R. Lewis |
| 3 | 1978–1979 | Paul Feinberg |
| 4 | 1979–1980 | Stanley R. Obitts |
| 5 | 1980–1981 | John Jefferson Davis |
| 6 | 1981-1982 | William F. Luck, Sr. |
| 7 | 1982–1983 | Stephen M. Clinton |
| 8 | 1983–1984 | Gary Habermas |
| 9 | 1984–1985 | Winfried Corduan |
| 10 | 1985–1986 | John Feinberg |
| 11 | 1986–1987 | Terry L. Miethe |
| 12 | 1987–1988 | Stephen R. Spencer |
| 13 | 1988–1989 | L. Russ Bush |
| 14 | 1989–1990 | Gordon R. Lewis |
| 15 | 1990–1991 | Millard Erickson |
| 16 | 1991–1992 | Francis J. Beckwith R. Douglas Geivett |
| 17 | 1992–1993 | Francis J. Beckwith R. Douglas Geivett |
| 18 | 1993–1994 | Michael Bauman |
| 19 | 1994–1995 | William Johnson |
| 20 | 1995–1996 | Donald T. Williams |
| 21 | 1996–1997 | William Lane Craig |
| 22 | 1997–1998 | W. David Beck |
| 23 | 1998–2005 | William Lane Craig |
| 24 | 2005–2012 | Paul Copan |
| 25 | 2012–2018 | Angus Menuge |
| 26 | 2018–2024 | Michael W. Austin |
| 27 | 2024–present | Keith Hess |
* ↑ Second term in office. First term was 1977–1978.
* ↑ Beckwith and Geivett both served as presidents for one year in this span, but it cannot be determined from sources which served in which term.
* ↑ In prior years, the vice president of the evangelical philosophical society was also the president-elect for the subsequent year. However, due to the restructuring of EPS in 1998, David K. Clark, who served as the vice president of EPS in 1998 and who was set to become president of the EPS in 1999, did not become the president of EPS, although he is anticipatorily listed as such in Philosophia Christi in 1998. As a result of this, Clark was not listed as a past president on the EPS website in 1999.
* ↑ In 1998, the Evangelical Philosophical Society was restructured and began electing officers for longer terms than just one year.