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RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY
conferences & seminars
Religion, Knowledge, Society (RKS) is an academic event held annually or biannually, including conferences and seminars, with both international and national editions. Its goal is to serve as a platform for academic debates on the interplay between theology, knowledge, religion, society, and philosophy.
This scientific conferences and seminars are organized by Faculty of Theology, Ovidius University of Constanța (Romania).
Each edition of RKS, conference and seminar, is addressed to professors, researchers, PhD students.
10 years of RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY (conference & seminar)
More than 600 scientific presentations given by scholars in the fields of theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, politics, medicine, comparative religion, culture, art, and history.
Participants from 36 countries: USA, France, Iraq, Slovenia, Philippines, Australia, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, Russia, UK, India, Tanzania, Thailand, Switzerland, Iran, Yemen, Kenya, Egypt, Pakistan, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, Bulgaria, Portugal, Malaysia, Mexico, Lebanon, Vietnam, Greece, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Canada, Ireland, Romania.
CONFERENCES
I. Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in a Pluralistic World. Philosophical and Theological Perspectives, 2016, June 1-2, Constanța
II. Knowledge, Reality, Transcendence. A Dialogue between East and West, 2016, October 6 - November 31, Constanța, Sinaia
III. Religion in a Secular Society. Challenges and Perspectives, 2017, June 19-20, Constanța
IV. Identity and Alterity. Religion in the Global Society, 2018, June 18-19, Constanța
V. conceptions of Freedom In a 'Post-Truth' World: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives, 2019, July 1-3, Constanța
VI. Religious Fundamentalism: Causes, Effects, Solutions, 2019, December 9, Constanța
VII. Configurations of Religious Diversity in Global Dynamics, 2022, May 30-31, Constanța
VIII. Human Being in the Horizon of Authenticity. Philosophical and Religious Perspectives, 2023, May 10-11, Constanta
IX. Integrity and Redefinition. The Human Being in the Multidimensional Context of Contemporary Society, 2023, November 24, Constanța
X. Homo Religiosus & Homo Technicus: Discontinuities or Congruencies? 2024, June 20-21, Constanța
XI. Global Tendencies, Local Realities: Redefining Peace in a Multipolar World, 2025, May 23, Constanța
XII. Power and Vulnerability. Narratives of Uncertainty in Global Dynamics, 2026, May 22, Constanța
SEMINARS
I. Knowledge and Spirituality. Religious Dimension of Man in the Horizon of Contemporary Challenges, 2016, June 4-6, Vatra-Dornei
II. Knowledge, Reality, Transcendence. A Dialogue between East and West, 2016, November 5-6, Vatra-Dornei
III. Human Person and the Challenges of Secularization, 2017, June 22-25, Vatra-Dornei
IV. Tradition and Modernity. Religion in Contemporary Dynamics, 2018, June 21-23, Vatra-Dornei
V. Spirituality as an Antidote to Violence, 2018, July 5-6, Vatra-Dornei
VI. Religious Discourse in Contemporary Society, 2018, November 23-25, Vatra-Dornei
VII. The Doctrine of Imago Dei and the New Challenges of Transhumanism, 2022, June 2-5, Vatra-Dornei
VIII. The Meaning of Life. A Phenomenological Approach in a Fusion of Horizons, 2023, May 17-18, Pojorâta, Suceava
IX. Reality and Virtual Space. Philosophical and Theological Approaches, 2024, June 23-26, Vatra-Dornei
X. Distance and Proximity: Dimensions and Opportunities of Inter-Religious Encounters, 2024, October 3, Frumosu, Suceava
XI. Pathways towards Reconciliation. Philosophical and Theological Approaches, 2025, May 25-28, Frumosu, Suceava
XII. Sacralization of Politics and Secularization of Religion. Old Narratives in New Paradigms, 2026, May 24-28, Frumosu, Suceava