INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

Romania,
as Laboratory of the Dialogue between
Science and Spirituality
in the Contemporary World
Bucharest , October 18-20, 2009

Romanian Academy

We celebrate at the end of this year the closure of the Program "Science
and Orthodoxy - Research and Education" under the aegis of John
Templeton Foundation, the first ample national program within the
Orthodox and post-communist world. We like to share our experience
with personalities from different countries, religions and spiritualities.
An exhibition of the great Romanian painter Sorin Dumitrescu,
correspondent member of the Romanian Academy, will be launched during
our congress.

Participation at the congress will be only by invitation.

The badge will be required.

Invited speakers

Michel Cazenave, France

Les mathématiques et Dieu

Ioan Chirila, Romania

Repentance, connaissance et esprit. Une réponse à l’idolâtrie de la logique

Predrag Cicovacki , USA

Reverence for Life and Spirituality

Ronald Cole-Turner, USA

Transforming the Human: Orthodox Theology and the Emerging Technologies

of Human Enhancement

Doru Costache, Australia

The Other Path in Science, Theology and Spirituality: Pondering a Fourteenth

Century Byzantine Model

Milan Dimitrijevic , Serbia

Problems of Calendar Reform and Easter Determination and one Proposition

of Serbian Orthodox Church, Elaborated by Djordje Stanojevic

Sorin Dumitrescu, Romania

Nidhal Guessoum, United Arab Emirates

Scriptural Literalism and Science-related Issues in Contemporary Islam

Chris Knight, UK

Science and Theology: What does it Mean to Speak of a "Dialogue”?

Solomon Marcus, Romania

Transcendence, Divinity, Infinity, Nothingness

Michael Murray, USA

The Evolution of Religion: Adaptationist Explanations

Alexei Nesteruk, UK

Basarab Nicolescu, France and Romania

Where We Go from Here? (Closing talk)

Cristina Nunez, Mexico

The Place of Spirituality in our Transdisciplinarity Re-Learning Experience

Varadaraja V Raman, India, USA

Reflections on Spirituality in Religion and Science

Antonio Ritto, Brazil

Socially Robust and Personally Relevant Knowledge Creation

Mihai Sora, Romania

Jean Staune, France

Evolution et Foi chrétienne

Magda Stavinschi, Romania

Romania as Laboratory for the Dialogue between Science and Religion

(opening talk)

Organizing committee

Basarab Nicolescu (Chair)

Magda Stavinschi

Radu Constantinescu

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