INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ACADEMIC THEOLOGY IN A POST-SECULAR AGE
Lviv, Ukrainian Catholic University, vul. Khutorivka, 35-A
Programme
10 November, Thursday
08:30 Ecumenical Prayer (Chapel of the Ukrainian Catholic University, vul. Khutorivka, 35-A)
09:00-09:30 Opening of the conference Alexei Bodrov (St. Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute) Taras Dobko (Ukrainian Catholic University) Fr. Roman Fihas (Institute of Ecumenical Studies) Hans Spinder (ICCO – Kerk in Actie) Greetings from guests
09:30-10:00 Frank Bestebreurtje. Limits of Reason and Limits of Faith. Hermeneutical Considerations on Academic Theology
10:00-10:30 Grigory Gutner. What Does It Mean for Theology to be Academic?
10:30-11:00 Coffee-break
11:00-11:30 Jakub Gomułka. Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Religion: Looking for a Common Ground
11:30-12:00 Taras Kurylets. The Discussion on the Prospects of Teaching Theology in Ukraine
12:00-12:30 Iryna Khromets. Teaching Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology: the Ukrainian Case
15:00-15:30 Vitalii Khromets. The Situation and Perspectives of Theological Education in Ukraine
15:30-16:00 Nadezhda Ilyushenko. Transformation of Religious Consciousness in Post-Secular Society
16:00-16:30 Coffee-break
16:30-18:00 Round table discussion
11 November, Friday
09:00-10:00 Pantelis Kalaitsidis. Theology in a Post-Secular Age between the Public and the Private Sphere: Facing Challenges of Religious Fundamentalism and the “Fundamentalism” of Modernity
10:00-10:30 Pavlo Smytsnyuk. Academic Theology and Ecumenical Formation
10:30-11:00 Coffee-break
11:00-11:30 Andrei Desnitsky. Theology in Bible Translation Today
11:30-12:00 Mykhailo Cherenkov. The Theology of Post-Soviet Evangelical Churches in the Intellectual Context of Postmodernity: From Historical Reconstructions to Future Projects
14:00-15:15 Round table discussion
15:15-15:30 Conclusion of the conference