RKS5c | Event

5th International Conference RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY (RKS)

Conceptions of Freedom in a 'Post-Truth' World:

Religious and Philosophical Perspectives

1-3 July, 2019

Constanța (Romania)

Living in a milieu where 'truth' is relegated to a commodity and the public approaches the official information media sources as a 'reality show,' conceptions of freedom tend to get blurry, inflated or distorted. When it comes to religious freedom, affective reasoning seems to be all the more preferred to a more objective, dialogical, or discursive reasoning. What are the presuppositions of our conceptualizations of freedom, including freedom in religions? How does the contemporary propensity of people towards affective reasoning, as opposed to fact-based critical reflection, mean for our current discourse on the roots, content, context, and implications of freedom? Religious and secular scholars will strive to find ways to speak meaningfully about freedom on the individual and social levels and in the context of both, the secular as well as religious communities.

Subthemes:

freedom: theological and philosophical approaches
freedom in religion (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism etc)
freedom and morality in secular society
religious freedom, law and human rights: political and theological analysis
freedom and identity in pluralistic society
freedom and human dignity in a digitalized world
challenges to human freedom in contemporary world

Scientific committee

Teodosie PETRESCU - “Ovidius” University of Constanta (Romania)
John FARINA - “George Mason” University (USA)
Michal VALCO - University of Prešov (Slovakia)
Nicolae ACHIMESCU - University of Bucharest (Romania)
Edward ALAM - Notre Dame University (Lebanon)
Katarina VALCOVA - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia)
Nicu GAVRILUTA - “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania)
Jove Jim S. AGUAS - University of Santo Tomas (Philippines)
Olga CHISTYAKOVA- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russia)
Suleiman MOHAMED - Beni Suef University (Egypt)

George BONDOR - “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania)
Enache TUSA - “Ovidius” University of Constanta (Romania)
Abdul RASHID - University of Karachi (Pakistan)
Ioan DURA - “Ovidius” University of Constanta (Romania)

Organizing Institution

Faculty of Theology - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Partner institutions

University of Prešov - Faculty of Greek-Catholic Theology (Slovakia)
University of Karachi - Department of Quran-o-Sunnah (Pakistan)
“Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi - Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences (Romania)
Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Studies and Dialogue (Romania)
Archiepiscopate of Tomis - Department for Culture and Education (Romania)

Organizing Committee

Teodosie PETRESCU - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Moise BOGDAN - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Dănuț POPOVICI - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Gheorghe ISTODOR - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Claudiu COTAN - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Dragoș BĂLAN - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Florin SPANACHE - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Adrian VASILE - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

David TELEAGA - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Marian TANASE - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Carmen MANOLE - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)