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• 28-10-2008 - 31-10-2008: Paul Ricoeur: Poetics and Religion, the Research Unit of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, KU Leuven, Belgium
  

  The international conference Paul Ricoeur: Poetics and Religion wants to engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue on Ricoeur’s hermeneutical philosophy and its interaction with various theological disciplines, and this as regards five general themes: the fundamental relation between theology and philosophy; textual, biblical and theological hermeneutics; metaphysics; ethics and morality; and practical theology.
  More information (there is also a call for papers)

• 03-12-2008 - 06-12-2008: Theology for the 21st Century: The Enduring Relevance of Edward Schillebeeckx for Contemporary Theology
  

  http://theo.kuleuven.be//en/research/rgtpc/rgtpc_events/rgtpc_events_schillebeeckx

• 15-12-2008 - 16-12-2008: Episcopal Authority in Late Anitquity, Research Unit History of Church and Theology, Onderzoeksproject ESLA, Kleine Aula / Lounge Pauscollege
  
  A symposium with visiting lecturer Prof. Dr. Susanna Elm, University of California (Berkeley). This symposium on episcopal authority in late antiquity arises out of the Faculty of Theology’s ongoing research project devoted to episcopal elections and episcopal succession in late antiquity. Visiting lecturer Prof. Dr. Susanna Elm, Professor of History and Classics at the University of California (Berkeley), will offer both a keynote lecture as well as a seminar presentation addressing Gregory of Nazianzus’ clash with the emperor Julian concerning the character and exercise of episcopal authority in the later Roman empire.
   
  Keynote Lecture:
  Kleine Aula: 15 December 2008, 16.00–18.00 hrs
  Pagan Challenge – Christian Response: Gregory of Nazianzus, Emperor Julian, and the Emergence of a New Elite in Late Antiquity
   
  Seminar Presentation:
  Pope’s College Lounge: 16 December 2008, 11.00–13.00 hrs
  Gregory of Nazianzus’ Orations 4 & 5 (The First and Second Orations Against the Emperor Julian)
   
  All those interested are invited, and are encouraged to contact the symposium secretary.
  Registration and Info: shawn.keough@theo.kuleuven.be
• 14-09-2009 - 15-09-2009: New Perspectives on Paul and the Jews, the Research Project on Paul the Jews, Faculty of Theology, KU Leuven
  

  The interdisciplinary academic seminar New Perspectives on Paul and the Jews will allow for scholars from various disciplines to enter into dialogue with one another on different aspects of Paul and the relevance for Jewish-Christian Dialogue. The goal of the seminar is to provide the opportunity for high-level academic discussion.

  Further details.

Internationaal

• 05-11-2008 - 07-11-2008: Think again, interculturally, Master class on Intercultural Ethics, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
  

  From 5 till 7 November 2008, the Centre for Intercultural Ethics will organise its first master class, entitled Think again, interculturally, which will be led by professor Gavin D'Costa (Bristol University, UK) and professor Walter Lesch (Louvain la Neuve, Belgium). The aim of this master class is to rethink some current ethical issues from a specific intercultural perspective. Any ethicist at PhD or Postdoc level is welcome to participate.
  For more information, please visit the CIE website (there is also a call for papers)

• 09-11-2008 - 12-11-2008: The Second International Conference on Religion and Media, Tehran en Qom (Iran)
  
  We cordially invite all media researchers and scholars, representatives from diverse religious traditions, professionals and students involved with the subjects of the conference to attend and submit a paper. A few scholarships are available to partially subsidize the costs of participants with selected papers.
  Further information could be found at the conference website
• 08-01-2009 - 11-01-2009: The 50th annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago
  

  Further details

• 13-03-2009 - 14-03-2009: "More Than Just Being Together" - Sacred and Secular Symbols of Marriage, INTAMS Chair for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality, Heilig Geest College, Naamsestraat 40, 3000 Leuven
  
  “Marriage isn’t all that important anymore.” People often say this to convey the sense that marriage’s practical significance and its normative function within the individual biography, have declined over the past decades. Nonetheless, a vast majority of young adults still holds on both to the ideal and the practice of matrimony. For them, marriage is not perceived as “just a piece of paper” that does not add anything to an existing commitment. It means “more than just being together”. What is it that makes lasting marital commitment such a prestigious, although not necessarily attainable, goal in life?
   
  While family scholars suggest that couples may regard marriage as a powerful symbolic way of elevating their relationships above others, ministers in the Christian congregations have long attested to the longing for a ritual practice that adequately expresses the feelings and expectations of those ready to get married. The Christian tradition does indeed preserve a rich repertoire of symbolic meanings of marriage. These range from a ”holy estate”, and a manifestation of God’s covenant with humankind, to a sacramental sign of divine loving. But is the emerging symbolic significance that couples attach to marriage, in any way tributary to Christian marital symbolism or is it a secular derivation from it? Do couples simply long for a consolidation and social recognition of their union or do they have a sense of something more transcendent that might fulfill their deepest aspirations? Taking into consideration the polyvalent nature of symbols, the colloquium invites scholars and practitioners alike to explore the sacred and secular symbolism of contemporary marriage and to confront it with the religious traditions.
• 22-04-2009 - 25-04-2009: Saint Anselm of Canterbury and His Legacy: An International Conference to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109), University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
  

  Taking as its theme the legacy of Anselm, the conference will operate with a broad interdisciplinary remit. The conference will be an opportunity to elaborate, deepen and re-examine key questions about the name that Anselm has enjoyed in the fields of  philosophy and theology; to re-assess the impact that he and the intellectual methods he developed had upon his immediate, 12th century and later successors; to look again at the historical Anselm and the role he played in the political and ecclesiastical issues of his day, and to explore the rich and diverse ways in which his memory has been preserved and debated since his death. It is hoped that the breadth and depth of Anselm’s interests, from the centre of his monastic life to his activity in the world, will be reflected in the subject matter of the conference.
  The organisers welcome papers on all aspects of the legacy of Anselm’s thought and career. Please send proposed paper titles, with an abstract of 300 words (papers to be 20 minutes long) to Dr. Giles Gasper. Proposal are due by mid-October 2008.

• 20-08-2009 - 25-08-2009: Profetisch pastoraat, The European Council for Pastoral Care and Counseling (ECPCC) and the Academic Centre for Practical Theology (KU Leuven), Faculteit Godgeleerdheid, Leuven
  

  Alle grote religieuze tradities hebben profeten die de relatie tussen mensen en tussen mensen en God ten goede hebben gekeerd. Hoe kunnen wij vandaag in onze samenleving en werkomgeving profetisch handelen?

  Profetisch pastoraat richt zich op een betere toekomst, op de verwezenlijking van Gods wil voor liefde en gerechtigheid in het leven van alledag. Profetisch pastoraat is gericht op individuen, groepen, instellingen, organisaties, de maatschappij en kerken. Het heeft te maken met de manier waarop wij aanwezig zijn in ons werk, met onze houding tegenover de schepping, met de zorg voor mensen aan de rand, met onze stem in de kerk, met onze aanwezigheid in politiek, … Profetisch handelen heeft te maken met zien, oordelen, geroepen worden, spreken, handelen en weerstand opwekken. Denken over profetisch pastoraat betekent de spanning tussen de droom van het Rijk Gods en de realiteit van de samenleving in kaart brengen en nieuwe wegen voor pastoraat uittekenen.

  Het congres wil profetisch pastoraat verder verkennen en stimuleren door lezingen vanuit exegese, bevrijdings – en contextuele theologie, ethiek, pastoraaltheologie, door spiritualiteit, workshops, discussiegroepen, kunst, …

  http://www.ecpcc.info

  http://www.theopraxis.be