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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN THE ORTHODOX WORLD Bucharest, Romania, 24 - 27 September 2008
Romanian AcademyAula “I. Heliade Radulescu“ Calea Victoriei 125, Bucharest
Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Bucharest University Sf. Ecaterina str., 2, Bucharest
Thursday September 25Romanian AcademyAula “I. Heliade Radulescu“ 10:00-11:00 Opening session: HB Daniel, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Ionel Haiduc, President of the Romanian Academy, Basarab Nicolescu, Member of the Romanian Academy, President of the Scientific Organizing Committee
11:30-13:00 Session I Romanian AcademyAula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
11:30-11:55 HE Iosif Theology and Science / Science and Theology. Some Thoughts 11:55-12:20 Christopher C. Knight Naturalism and Divine Action: a Western Dilemma and an Orthodox Response 12:20-12:45 Alexei Bodrov Problems and Perspectives of Science and Religion Dialogue in Russia 12:45-13:00 Discussions
14:30-16:30 Session II Romanian AcademyAula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
14:30-14:55 Fr. Ioan Chirilă Difficulties of Revelation and Boundaries of Rationality14:55-15:20 Jean Kovalevsky Models, Parables, Analogies, and other Signs 15:20-15:45 Alexei V. Nesteruk The Universe as Communion: Orthodox Theology, Scientific Cosmology and Philosophy at the Crossroads of the Human Spirit 15:45-16:10 Nikos Tsiopinis Logoi of Beings and Information: Contemplating on ‘All That Is’ in the 7th and 21st Century 16:10-16:30 Discussions
17:00-19:00 Session III Romanian AcademyAula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
17:00-17:25 Argyris Nicolaidis Modern Science and the Patristic Tradition 17:25-17:50 Magda Stavinschi, Fr. George Istodor Human Destiny between Science and Theology 17:50-18:15 Most Rev. Chrysostomos / Fr. Patapios Orthodox Contributions to Psychotherapy: Their Unique Theological, Scientific, and Clinical Significance 18:15-18:40 Rev. Gregory Telepneff An overview of Bioethical Issues in Modern Medicine From an Orthodox Patristic Perspective 18:40-19:00 Discussions
Friday September 26
9:00-11:00 Session IV Romanian Academy Aula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
9:00-9:20 Adrian Lemeni The rationality of the world and the human reason expressed in the Father Dumitru Staniloae’s theology as links in the dialogue between theology and science 9:20-9:40 Nicolae Dabija The Human Being as a Partner of God9:40-10:00 Stefan Trausan-Matu, Adrian Lemeni Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence vs. Knowledge in Orthodoxy 10:00-10:20 Alexander Omarchevski The Concept of Energy in Science and in Orthodoxy 10:20-10:40 Valetin Cioveie On the Ontological Reality of Logoi of Creation 10:40-11:00 Discussions
11:30-13:30 Session V Romanian Academy Aula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
11:30-11:45 Stefan Afloroaei Between Kant and Dionysius the Areopagite: the Condition of a Dialogue in Between Two Worlds 11:45-12:00 Mircea Bertea Immanuel Kant, "Religion Only Within the Limits of Human Reason" – A Recovery of Philosopher Work from the Contemporary Open Transdisciplinary Science-Religion Dialogue 12:00-12:15 Florin Caragiu, Fr. John Downie Passing to the Limit – Landmarks for a Christian Hermeneutical Dialogic Approach 12:15-12:30 Victor Eugen Gelan The Uncreated Energies and the Mystery of Creation 12:30-12:45 Sebastian Mateiescu Laws of Nature and Laws of Physics 12:45-13:00 Deac. Sorin Mihalache The Rationality of Creation - Open Approaches to Contemporary Science by Orthodox Theology 13:00-13:30 Discussions
15:00-17:00 Session VI Romanian Academy Aula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
15:00-15:15 Fr. Apollinary (A. G. Dubinin), D.A. Pahom Religious-Morality’s Comprehension of Natural-Scientific Paradigm 15:15-15:30 Daniel P. Buxhoeveden Orthodox Religious Experience in Science and Religion Dialogue 15:30-15:45 Evgenia Antonopoulou & Eleni Rovithis-Livaniou Cosmology and Genesis 15:45-16:00 Milan S. Dimitrijević Orthodox Church and Astronomy in Common Fight against Astrological Superstition 16:00-16:15 Ilya Petrov The Science-Religion Debate in Bulgaria between the Wars 16:15-16:30 Marina Sh. Gigolashvili, L. Sh. Shengelia The Orthodox Church of Georgia 16:30-17:00 Discussions
17:30-19:45 Romanian Academy Aula “I. Heliade Radulescu“
17:30-18:30 Dan Puric Art, Science and Orthodoxy18:30-19:15 Christian Mind and Holy Inner Feeling, and The Christian Artist, movies with Dan Puric, produced by Anca Filoteanu 18:30-19:15 19:15-19:45 Launch of the book Robert L. Herrmann, Sir John Templeton. Supporting Scientific Research for Spiritual Discoveries, of the issue No 2 of "Transdisciplinarity in Science and Religion" and of other books of the series “Science and Religion”, coordinated by Basarab Nicolescu and Magda Stavinschi
Saturday September 27
9:00-11:00 SessionVII Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Bucharest University
9:00-9:15 Milcho Tsvetkov The Cosmogony of John the Exarch from its Book “Shestodnev”9:15-9:30 Efstratios Theodossiou The Cosmology of the Gnostics and the Orthodox Church 9:30-9:45 Liviu Drugus Knowledge as the Result of Going beyond Science and Religion 9:45-10:00 Mircea Florin Caracaş: Synergy in Science-Theology Dialogue. The Connection between the Physical and General Preservation of the World as a Part Element of God. The Decisive Role of Non-created Energies over Created Energies. 10:00-10:15 Fr. Stefan Iloaie Transdisciplinary Aspects in Bioethics: the Technological Development Today – an Approach from an Orthodox Perspective 10:15-10:30 Fr. Razvan Andrei Ionescu About Materiality in Science and in Orthodoxy 10:30-11:00 Discussions
11:30-14:00 Session VIII 11:30-11:45 Petre Comşa, Costea Munteanu Economics and Religion. A Christian – Orthodox Perspective 11:45-12:00 Ioan G. Pop Transdisciplinary Top-Down and Bottom-Up Search Window and the Synergistic Integrative Knowledge in the Science-Religion Dialogue12:00-12:15 Dan Chiţoiu Interdisciplinary Research on Science and Orthodoxy: Specific Features and Opportunities 12:15-12:30 Ioana Costa Knowledge as Inner Word 12:30-12:45 Radu Moraru Religious Sculpture and Its Significance in the History of the Orthodox Romanian Church 13:00-13:30 Discussions 13:30 -14:00 Basarab Nicolescu - Conclusions and perspectives
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