Theologies and Practices of Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Dialogue, 21 May 2024

THEOLOGIES AND PRACTICES OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
May 21st, 2024
European Academy of Religion – Palermo

 

The panel is part of the Theologies and Practices of Pluralism project and is composed of four sessions, respectively dedicated to Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism addressing the theologies and practices of intercultural and interreligious encounters within each Christian tradition, while the forth is focused on gender morality, socio-political polarization and inner fractures across the religious traditions.

 

VENUE: Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily – Palermo

 

Session I

Theologies and Practices of Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Dialogue within Contemporary Catholicism

8:30-10:45

 

Chairs: Alberto Melloni (FSCIRE)

 

Speakers

Jose Casanova (Georgetown University)

From the Old Paradigm of True and False Religions to Global Denominationalism

Peter Phan (Georgetown University)

Development of Catholic Theologies of Religious Pluralism

Ilaria Macconi (FSCIRE)

Female Missionary Encounters in Africa: From Proselytism to Interreligious Dialogue

 

Discussant

Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham/Georgetown University)

 

Session II 

Cleavages Within Global Orthodoxy

11:00-12:00

 

Chair: Jose Casanova (Georgetown University)

 

Speakers

Kristina Stoeckl (LUISS Guido Carli University)

Cleavages within Global Orthodoxy

Cyril Hovorun (University College Stockholm)

Cleavages within Ukrainian Orthodoxy

Aristotle Papanikoalou (Fordham University)

Theologies and War vs. Theologies of War

Pantelis Kalaitzidis (Volos Academy)

 

Discussant

Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham/Georgetown University)

 

Session III

Theologies and Practices of Religious Pluralism within Contemporary Protestantism

12:15-13:15

Chair: Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham/Georgetown University)

 

Speakers

Fulvio Ferrario (Waldesian Faculty of Theology)

What is the role of Ecumenism today?

Paolo Naso (University of Rome La Sapienza)

The Protestant Fracture. Churches, Rights and Public Spaces

Darrell Jackson (University of Divinity – Melbourne)

New Concept and Understanding Of Mission in a Plural Society [online]

Letizia Tomassone (Waldesian Faculty of Theology)

The Gender Factor. Different Protestant Approaches

Alessia Passarelli (FSCIRE/Reset DOC)

Between Reverse Mission and Intercultural Congregations

 

Discussant

José Casanova (Georgetown University)

 

Session IV

Gender Morality, Socio-Political Polarization and Inner Fractures Across the Religious Traditions

14:15-16:30

Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti (Reset DOC)

 

Panelists

Debora Spini (Syracuse University in Florence/New York University in Florence)

Maayan Raveh (Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies, Haifa University)

Leora F. Batnitzky (Princeton University)

José Casanova (Georgetown University)

Kristina Stoekl (Luiss University)

 

Discussant

Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham/Georgetown University)

 

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