Religion and Democracy: Challenges and Prospects

Konferencia

"Religion and Democracy: Challenges and Prospects" címmel az Evangélikus Hittudományi Egyetem, a Center of Ethics and Global Politics (LUISS Egyetem, Róma) és az MTA Filozófiai Kutatóintézete nemzetközi tudományos konferenciát rendez december 15-én délelőtt 10.00 órától és 16-án délelőtt 9.30 órától az Evangélikus Hittudományi Egyetem (1141 Budapest, Rózsavölgyi köz 3.) dísztermében.

Főbb témakörök:

 Politikaelmélet és filozófia

előadók: Theo de Wit, Gángó Gábor, Patrick Loobuyck, Sebastiano Maffettone, Lánczi András, Maeve Cooke, Kollár Eszter, Walter Van Herck, Mezei M. Balázs, Peter Jonkers

Vallás, teológia, demokratikus politika

előadók: Daniela Kalkandjieva, dr. Csepregi András, Aakash Singh, Losonczi Péter

Az angol nyelvű konferenciára minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várnak a konferencia szervezői.

Részletes program:

Monday, 15 December 08

10:00-10:15  Welcome addresses

Zoltán Csepregi (Dean of the Lutheran Theological University)Péter Losonczi (West Hungarian University, Szombathely & Institute for Philosophical Research-HAS, Budapest)

 Political Theory and Philosophy

Session 1 / Political Philosophy (Chair: Maeve Cooke)

10:15-10:45: Theo de Wit (Tilburg University)

Politics without dénouement, religion without guarantee

10:45-11.15: Gábor Gángó (Institute for Philosophical Research-HAS, Budapest)

Hannah Arendt and the problem of private religion

11:15-11.45: Patrick Loobuyck (University of Antwerp)

How far can we go beyond secularization? Notes on Habermas’s view on the post-secular society

Discussion

 LUNCH/Reception

 Session 2 / Political Theory 1 (Chair: Gábor Gángó)

13:00-13:30: Sebastiano Maffettone (LUISS University, Rome)

Public Reason and Post-Secular Reason

13:30-14:00: András Lánczi (Corvinus University, Budapest)

Democracy and moral relativism

 SHORT BREAK

 Session 2 / Political Theory 2

14:10-14:40: Maeve Cooke (University College Dublin)

Do religious arguments threaten democratic legitimacy? A critical discussion of Habermas’ views on religion and democratic deliberation

14:40-15:10: Eszter Kollár (LUISS University, Rome)

Accommodating pluralism through public justification: moral vs. pragmatic considerations

Discussion

 COFFEE BREAK

 Session 3 / Philosophy of Religion (Chair: Péter Losonczi)

15:45-16:15: Walter Van Herck (University of Antwerp)

Community and symbols

16:15-16:45: Balázs M. Mezei (Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Piliscsaba)

Religion after Auschwitz: Jonas, Metz, and the place of religion in liberal democracy

16:45-17:15: Peter Jonkers (Tilburg University)

Can freedom of religion replace the virtue of tolerance?

Discussion

Tuesday, 16 December 08

 Religion, Theology, Democratic politics

Session 4 / Religion, Politics and Theology (Chair: Eszter Kollár)

9:30-10:00:  Daniela Kalkandjieva (University of Sofia)

Eastern Orthodox Christianity and democracy

10:00-10.30:  András Csepregi (Lutheran Theological University, Budapest)

Genuine democracy or elitist democracy? Christianity and democracy in the thought of István Bibó and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, with respect to the process towards mature democracy in Hungary.

Discussion

 COFFEE BREAK

 Session 5 / Political Theology and the Problem of Democracy (Chair: Walter Van Herck)

11:00-11:30: Aakash Singh (LUISS University, Rome)

The varieties of political theology: Carl Schmitt, Mullah Omar, B.R. Ambedkar

11:30-12:00: Péter Losonczi (West Hungarian University, Szombathely &

Institute for Philosophical Research-HAS, Budapest)

Politics, idolatry and “the sacred”: democratic and prophetic politics

Discussion

 COFFEE BREAK

 12:30-13:30: Panel discussion / Closing remarks

Moderator:

Daniele Santoro (Luiss University, Rome)

Panel:

Ágnes Heller (New School of Social Research, New York)

Sebastiano Maffettone (Luiss University, Rome)

Maeve Cooke (University College Dublin)

András Lánczi (Corvinus University, Budapest)

Peter Jonkers (Tilburg University)

Closing remarks: