The Philosophy program at Geneva College seeks to engage the historic philosophical conversation, hone critical skills and passions, cultivate wisdom for service and for living, in submission to Jesus Christ, the Truth. Join us for this year's lecture that explores the thinking of our time. Geneva College offers students the opportunity to cultivate the philosophical life essential to humanness and to professional excellence in all walks of life. Our program also equips its majors for graduate study and a lifetime of professional philosophical service to the world and the church.
February 16, 2023
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Author, Scholar, and Lecturer
Dr. David Koyzis received his Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame and his M.Phil from the Institute of Christian Studies in Toronto. Dr. Koyzis taught at Redeemer University for thirty-three years and is presently serving through Global Network of Scholars lecturing and teaching at universities, colleges, and churches in the US, Canada, Brazil, and the Netherlands.
Dr. Koyzis has authored two books: Political Visions and Illusions and We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God.
The Dr. Byron I. Bitar Memorial Lecture in Philosophy was endowed by the William C. Kriner Family in memory of Geneva College′s beloved professor of a quarter-century, in order to continue his legacy and vision for philosophy. The Lecture was inaugurated in 2004, a year after Dr. Bitar′s untimely death. Past Bitar Lecturers include renowned philosophers Stephen Evans, Paul Helm, Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Linda Zagzebski.
In addition to the lectures, the Bitar event includes a special by-invitation banquet for student and alumni Philosophy Majors, as well as to honor the Lectures′ endowing families, the William Kriners and the family of Byron Bitar. It features the announcement of the annual Bitar Cash Prize for best student philosophy paper, a gift from Mrs. Gail Bitar. Also there is a catered meal for the Lecturers and the Panelists.
“Engaging the philosophical conversation, honing critical skills and passions, cultivating wisdom, for service, for living; in submission to Jesus Christ the Truth.”