CHP26: CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY: BETWEEN CHRISTIAN AND POST-CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEWS
PROGRAM

Days: Tuesday, September 22nd Wednesday, September 23rd

Tuesday, September 22nd

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09:00-10:15 Session 1: Keynote speech
Location: Room 101
09:00
Piotr Gutowski (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)
The Philosophy of Liberal Christianity (abstract)
10:15-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-12:45 Session 2A: Metaphysical Foundations and Relational Anthropology
Location: Room 101
10:45
Bence Marosan (Budapest University of Economics and Business, Hungary)
The plurality and unity of embodied life. Michel Henry’s Philosophy of Religion and its Paradoxes (abstract)
11:10
Marius Dumitrescu (”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania)
Christian metaphysics in the context of science reformation in early modernity (abstract)
11:35
Maciej Jemioł (Ignatianum University in Cracow, Poland)
Christian Yearning in Post-Christian Times. Nostalgia as a Theme in Modern Christian Philosophy (abstract)
12:00
David García-Ramos (Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr, Spain)
Bosco Corrales (Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr, Spain)
Cordial Mimesis: A Post-Christian Moral Anthropology in Dialogue with René Girard and Adela Cortina (abstract)
10:45-12:45 Session 2B: Christian Philosophy in Dialogue with Modernity
Location: Room 103
10:45
Justin Sean Luis Canaria (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)
The Attitude of Opposition as Participation in God in Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophy (abstract)
11:10
Nikita Lubińska-Spica (Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, Poland)
Pietro Prini's Semantic Ontology - a Response to the Submerged Schism in the Catholic Church (abstract)
11:35
Andrzej Karpinski (University of Oxford, UK)
Philosophy of God and Approaches to the Post-Christian Era (abstract)
12:00
Piotr Mazur (University Ignatianum in Cracow, Poland)
Christian Philosophy in the Face of Anti-Christian Ideologies According to Józef Pastuszka (abstract)
10:45-12:45 Session 2C: Post-Christian Ideologies and the Crisis of the Person
Location: Room 105
10:45
Francisco Pantaleon (University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines)
Post-Christianity and the Scientistic Occultation of the Person (abstract)
11:10
Ivica Kelam (Faculty of Education/Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health - Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)
From Eschatology to Existential Risk - Genealogy and Critique of Longtermism as a Post-Christian Secular Religion (abstract)
11:35
Antoni Torzewski (Department of Philosophy, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland)
Anachristinity – post-christian hermeneutics of religion (abstract)
12:00
Morgan Conliffe (Yale University, Princeton Theological Seminary, United States)
A Christian Worldview? - The Constant Evolving and Devolving Nature of Christianity and Its Consequences for Embodiment (abstract)
13:00-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-15:15 Session 3: Keynote speech
Location: Room 101
14:00
John Caputo (Syracuse University, United States)
Postmodern, Post-Human, Post-Christian: In Search of a Magnifica Transhumanitas (abstract)
15:15-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-17:30 Session 4A: Secularism, Ontotheology, and Critical Engagement
Location: Room 101
15:30
Dominika Jacyk-Manikowska (Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Poland)
Secularism as the dominant worldview: William Connolly in dialogue with Charles Taylor and Talal Asad on the pluralism of worldviews (abstract)
15:55
Robert Van Alstyne (Boston College, United States)
Ferdinand Ulrich's Response to a Critique of Ontotheology (abstract)
16:20
Michael Heyns (Vice-rector Academic Affairs (professor of Philosophy), South Africa)
Beyond disengagement (abstract)
16:45
Marcin Bartkowski (Independent Researcher, Poland)
Christian modernism’s critical philosophy (abstract)
15:30-17:30 Session 4B: Time, Eternity, and the Metaphysics of Transcendence
Location: Room 103
15:30
Daniel Saudek (lecturer, University of Frankfurt and Newmaninstitutet Uppsala, Germany)
Resolving the puzzle of time’s arrow (abstract)
15:55
Lubos Rojka (Gregorian University, Italy)
Divine Eternity, Cosmic Time, and the Post-Christian Metaphysics of Time (abstract)
16:20
Stanisław Ruczaj (University of the National Education Commission, Poland)
Is God a moral agent? Cognitive roots of the problem of evil and a challenge to classical theists (abstract)
16:45
Eléonore de Noüel (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, France)
Dignity, Rank and Transcendence (abstract)
15:30-17:30 Session 4C: Technology, Personhood, and the Boundaries of Love
Location: Room 105
15:30
Evelina Deyneka (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Italy)
Speaking to God in the Post-Christian Era: The Greatness and Misery of AI Chatbots (abstract)
15:55
Lukasz Duda (Akademia Katolicka w Warszawie, Poland)
Filial Anthropology as a Superior Anthropology: Reconstructing Jean Lafitte’s Proposal Against Technocratic Reason (abstract)
16:20
Sandra Alexander (American University in Dubai, UAE)
Beauty, Value, and the Person: A Personalist Response to Post-Christian Technological Culture (abstract)
16:45
Krzysztof Saja (Instytut Filozofii i Kognitywistyki Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Poland)
Can We Love AI and Can AI Love Us? Christian Perspectives on Agape and Relational Boundaries in the Age of AI (abstract)
17:30-18:00Coffee Break
18:00-20:00 Session 5: Keynote panel discussion

Keynote panel discussion In attendance: Jeffrey Bloechl, Chantal Delsol, Piotr Gutowski.

Location: Room 101
Wednesday, September 23rd

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09:00-10:15 Session 6: Keynote speech
Location: Room 101
09:00
Chantal Delsol (University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France)
The Post-Christian Age: A Sacralized Humanism (abstract)
10:15-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-12:45 Session 7A: Phenomenology, Mysticism, and Existential Attitude
Location: Room 101
10:45
Tymoteusz Mietelski (The Catholic Academy in Warsaw, Poland)
Italian phenomenology in relation to the phenomenon of secularization/desacralization (abstract)
11:10
Anna Varga-Jani (Makovecz Campus Foundation, Collegium Professorum Hungarorum, Hungary)
Transition or overlapping: Christian Mystical Insights in Edith Stein and Simone Weil (abstract)
11:35
Andrzej Słowikowski (Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Poland)
On the Difference Between the Christian Ideal and the Christian and Post-Christian Worldviews on the Basis of Kierkegaard’s Existential Anthropology (abstract)
12:00
Carl Humphries (Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Poland)
Diachronic individualism as a bridge between secular and religious axiological paradigms: the contemporary relevance of Herman Schmalenbach (abstract)
10:45-12:45 Session 7B: Evangelization, Ecology, and the Renewal of Christian Thought
Location: Room 103
10:45
William Woody Sj (Boston College, United States)
Translating the Kergyma: Ever Ancient, Ever New (abstract)
11:10
Jakub Trendowicz (Academia Artium Humaniorum UMK (PhD School), Poland)
Environmentalism and theological reflection on creation. The influence of environmental movements on the understanding of Christian identity in the created world. (abstract)
11:35
Daniel Spencer (University of St Andrews, UK)
Beyond the Fall: Rethinking Original Sin in a Post-Christian Context (abstract)
12:00
Bartosz Wesół (University of Warsaw, Poland)
The Scandal of the Cross and the Reasons of the Heart (abstract)
10:45-12:45 Session 7C: Christian Identity, Politics, and Social Engagement
Location: Room 105
10:45
Samson Rajan (Kannur University, India)
Dr. Sindhu Thamban (Kannur University, India)
Christian Ecology and Malabar Migration : a critical analysis of Malabar Migration based on Christian Ecological concepts (abstract)
11:10
Giorgi Pareshishvili (Professor, Caucasus International University, Tbilisi, Georgia, Georgia)
Christianity, Post-Christianity, and the Politics of Identity: Ideological Transitions in Contemporary Georgian Society (abstract)
11:35
Andrzej Skupień (Uniwersytet Ignatianum, Poland)
The Crisis of Witness: When Christian Political Engagement Adopts Post‑Christian Means (abstract)
12:00
Miłosz Żak (Doctoral School of Humanities, University of Warsaw, Poland)
The way we speak, the way we act — May ’68 and mysticism in a post-Christian world (abstract)
13:00-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-15:15 Session 8: Keynote speech
Location: Room 101
14:00
Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College, United States)
The Precarity of Faith and the Possibility of its Demise. Existential Considerations (abstract)
15:15-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-17:30 Session 9A: Ethics, Morality, and the Quest for Just Peace
Location: Room 101
15:30
Piotr Duchliński (Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie, Poland)
Christian Ethics in the Context of the Scientific Image of the World (abstract)
15:55
Zyra Lentija (University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines)
Consolation and Moral Intelligibility: Boethius, MacIntyre, and the Retrieval of Christian Moral Logic (abstract)
16:20
Jarosław Mikuczewski (The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership. Loyola Chicago University/ Ignatianum Kraków, United States)
Bioethics After Christianity? Engelhardt’s Moral Strangers and the Crisis of Moral Unity in a Post-Christian World (abstract)
16:45
Mariia Almes (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine)
Just Peace as a Divine Gift and a Moral Task for Humanity (abstract)
15:30-17:30 Session 9B: Eschatology, Spirituality, and the Post-Christian Horizon
Location: Room 103
15:30
Mateusz Sabatowski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Poland)
Between Nihilism and Hope: The Rationality of Naturalistic Eschatology in a Post-Christian World (abstract)
15:55
Bogdan Radu (Faculty of Orthodox Theology Bucharest, Romania)
Mindfulness meditation as a paradigmatic form of postmodern and post-Christian religiosity (abstract)
16:20
Aneta Rumak (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Poland)
The Pluralization of Eschatology in the Post-Christian Condition. A Philosophical Reassessment of the Christian Perspective (abstract)
16:45
Jacek Surzyn (Jesuit University in Krakóe, Poland)
“Fides quaerens intellectum” in the Light of Neurotheology (abstract)
15:30-17:30 Session 9C: Patristic Wisdom and Contemporary Spiritual Identity
Location: Room 105
15:30
Andrei Iordache (PhD Student - Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Bucharest, Romania)
The Identity of Contemporary Man in the Thought of Father Seraphim Rose (abstract)
15:55
Justyna Kroczak (University of Zielona Góra, Poland)
The faces of Christian philosophy in Late Antiquity: the example of Synesius of Cyrene (abstract)
16:20
Filip Nitescu (Orthodox, Romania)
Elder Dionisie Ignat from Colciu (Athos) – perspective over the post-Christian world (abstract)
16:45
Marcin Podbielski (Ignatianum University in Kraków, Poland)
Semantic Normativity, Oppression, Authority of the Teacher: Porphyry, Foucault, Augustine and the Origin of Truth (abstract)
17:30-18:00Coffee Break
18:00-19:15 Session 10: Keynote speech
Location: Room 101
18:00
Linda Zagzebski (University of Oklahoma, United States)
Does the post-theistic view of human rights make sense? (abstract)