Keynote Speaker
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He has taught at USC since 1965, where he was Director of the School of Philosophy from 1982-1985. He has also taught at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, 1960-1965), and has held visiting appointments at UCLA (1969) and the University of Colorado (1984). As a philosopher, Professor Willard studies metaphysics, contemporary European philosophy, ethics and the history of ethics, and his research specialties include Metaphysics, Phenomenology, and Philosophy of Religion.
Additionally, Professor Willard is a renowned Christian author and speaker. His newest book, Knowing Christ Today (2009) is a serious examination of what happens when the teachings of Jesus Christ and his people are divorced from the domain of human knowledge. His other publications include Renovation of the Heart (2002), which received Christianity Today’s 2003 Book Award in the category of Spirituality, and The Divine Conspiracy (1998), which was selected Christianity Today’s “Book of the Year” for 1999.
