În perioada 24-25 iunie 2022, va avea loc Conferința internațională organizată de Centrul de Studii Biblice al Universității Babes-Bolyai, intitulată Religion and Politics in the Context of the War Against Ukraine.
Conferința analizează relația dintre religie și politică în contextul războiului împotriva Ucrainei. Teologi, istorici și sociologi ai religiei din Ucraina, Canada, Grecia, România și Ungaria discută complexitatea peisajului religios al Ucrainei, modul în care discursul religios este folosit pentru a legitima invazia militară, precum și importanța religiei în încercarea de a face față războiului.
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Program
June 24
10.00-11.00 Cyril Hovorun: Orthodox Political Theology and Orthodox Discourses Behind the War Against Ukraine
Fr. Cyril Hovorun is professor of Ecclesiology, International Relations and Ecumenism at the University College Stockholm (Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm)
11.00-12.00 Tetiana Kalenychenko: Religion at War: The Way of Possible Coping. The Ukrainian Case
Tetiana Kalenychenko: coordinator of Dialogue in Action initiative, European Center for Strategic Analytics, Kyiv / Bucha.
13.00-14.00 Pavlo Smytsnyuk: The Position of Pope Francis and the Ukrainian Roman Catholic Church with Respect to the War Against Ukraine
Pavlo Smytsnyuk is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology and Director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
14.00-15.00 Anatolii Babynskyi: Challenges for the Greek Catholic Church in the Context of the War Against Ukraine
Anatolii Babynskyi is research fellow at the Institute of Church History, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
15.30-16.30 Lucian Turcescu: The Position of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Official Discourse and Dissenting Voices
Lucian Turcescu is Professor and Graduate Program Director of Theological Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. His research interests include topics related to religion and politics, with focus on the Romanian Orthodox Church
16.30-17.30 Miklós Mitrovits: Politics and the War Against Ukraine in Hungary
Miklós Mitrovits is associate research fellow at the Research Centre for the Humanities (Institute of History) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
June 25
10.00-10.45 Christos Karakolis: The Stance of Orthodox Greek-Speaking Churches Regarding the War against Ukraine: A Critical Perspective Based on Romans 13:1-7 and John’s Revelation
Christos Karakolis is professor of New Testament at the Department of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
10.50-11.45 Pantelis Kalaitzidis: The War in Ukraine, the Declaration on the “Russian World” (Russkii mir), and the Emergence of a New Theological Agenda in Eastern Orthodoxy
Pantelis Kalaitzidis is Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Research Fellow at KU Leuven and Münster University, and Member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Religion. He is one of the authors of the Declaration on the “Russian World” (Russkii mir)
11.50-12.35 Ionut Biliuță: Politics and Religion in Romania. The Success of a Nationalist Party Among the Clergy and the Issue of the War Against Ukraine
Ionuț Biliuță is researcher at the Gheorghe Șincai Institute for Socio-Human Research in Tirgu Mures. His research interests include the relationship between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Legionary Movement in the interwar period.
12.40-13.40: Panel and conclusions
*Speakers*
Fr. Cyril Hovorun is professor of Ecclesiology, International Relations and Ecumenism at the University College Stockholm (Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm)
Tetiana Kalenychenko is sociologist of religion, and coordinator of Dialogue in Action initiative, European Center for Strategic Analytics, Kyiv / Bucha.
Pavlo Smytsnyuk is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology and Director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
Anatolii Babynskyi is research fellow at the Institute of Church History, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
Lucian Turcescu is Professor and Graduate Program Director of Theological Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. His research interests include topics related to religion and politics, with focus on the Romanian Orthodox Church
Miklós Mitrovits is associate research fellow at the Research Centre for the Humanities (Institute of History) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Christos Karakolis is professor of New Testament at the Department of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Pantelis Kalaitzidis is Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Research Fellow at KU Leuven and Münster University, and Member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Religion. He is one of the authors of the Declaration on the “Russian World” (Russkii mir)
Ionuț Biliuță is researcher at the Gheorghe Șincai Institute for Socio-Human Research in Târgu Mureș. His research interests include the relationship between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Legionary Movement in the interwar period.
