SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

 

THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN THE ORTHODOX WORLD

Bucharest, Romania, 24 - 27 September 2008

 

Romanian Academy

Aula “I. Heliade Radulescu“

Calea Victoriei 125, Bucharest

 

Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Bucharest University

Sf. Ecaterina str., 2, Bucharest

 

 

Thursday September 25

Romanian Academy

Aula “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 Academy

Aula “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 Academy

Aula “I. Heliade Radulescu“

 

 

14:30-14:55

Fr. Ioan Chirilă

Difficulties of Revelation and Boundaries of Rationality

14:55-15:20

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 Academy

Aula “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 God

9:40-10:00

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 Orthodoxy

18:30-19:15

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 Dialogue

12:00-12:15

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