The second lecture in the 2017-2018 Philosophy Speaker Series was presented on Wednesday, October 4 by Dr. Kevin Hector, entitled “Eternal Fulfillment? Some Thoughts on the Afterlife.” Dr. Hector’s paper lays out two recent arguments raised against the desirability of eternal life, and then addresses these arguments by talking about two possible features of eternal life, namely, communion with God and what Hector calls “abundant life.” Dr. Kevin W. Hector is Associate Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago, and is the author of two books: Theology without Metaphysics and The Theological Project of Modernism. He worships at Wellspring Alliance Church, in Wheaton, with his wife, Krista, and two children, Simeon and Anastasia.