IVP Early Career Philosopher of Religion 2026 PRIZES

Inter-Varsity Press and the Tyndale Fellowship’s Study Group for Philosophy of Religion are pleased to announce the PRIZE-WINNERS of the competition for IVP Early Career Philosopher of Religion 2026..

Congratulations to Matthew O'Halloran and Philip Brown - winners of the 2026 Early Scholars Contest for the IVP-Helm Memorial Prize! Both of them wrote fine papers on the problem of divine hiddenness and, as it turns out, drew on the insights of Thomas Aquinas to address it.

1st Prize (£100 book token):

Matthew O'Halloran

'A Cumulative Case for God’s Hiddenness'

 2nd Prize (£50 book token):

Philip Browne

'Divine Hiddenness and the Case for Classical Theism'