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)