About Us
Our Purpose
"Philosophy cannot bake bread. However, it can provide us with God, freedom and immortality.
Now, which is more practical: philosophy or economics?"
- Novalis, Notes for a Romantic Encyclopedia, #401
The Methexis Institute is a new research institute founded to promote the advanced study of theology and philosophy.
It is founded on the conviction that Theology and Philosophy should be studied together. For the separation of these two disciplines is a relic of the late-Medieval university that had sundered the method of philosophy from its highest idea. We cannot, however, begin to comprehend the main currents of Western culture without knowledge of both the Hebraic and the Hellenic traditions. And we cannot begin to grapple with the influence of the major world religions without interrogating these seminal ideas that continue to shape our world.
New Initiative
For many years, the progress of theology and philosophy has been held back by universities and grant-making institutions. We propose to break this monopoly by creating the Methexis Institute.
This Institute will be an independent, non-denominational, and non-profit corporation that is designed for the purpose of sponsoring critical yet underfunded currents of academic research in Theology and Philosophy. Its sponsorship will primarily include fundraising, hosting events, and publicizing the scholarly works and public engagement activities of its research fellows, advisors, and associates.
Future Plans
We plan to build a hybrid platform to sponsor innovative research in Theology and Philosophy. This platform will enable our Directors and Fellows to raise funding to support critical new research.
Our short-term goal will be to create a fair and financially sustainable Institute to collect and distribute funding in support of critical yet underfunded scholarship in Theology and Philosophy. We aim, for this purpose, to solicit unrestricted donations in support of the general purposes of the Institute, and restricted donations made on behalf of specific members and research projects.