Programme
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
14.00 - 14.30 Welcome and Introduction
Giancarlo Bosetti, Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
Marco Ventura, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
SESSION 1 | Hermeneutics of Violence in the Sacred Texts
Chair: Debora Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
14.30 - 15.10 Divine Violence in an Anthropological Perspective
André Wénin, Université Catholique de Louvain
15.15 - 15.55 Jihad as liberation in the Qur’an
Massimo Campanini, IUSS Pavia-Ambrosian Academy Milan
15.55 - 16.15 Break
16.15 - 16.55 Bhagavad Gita and Violence in Indian Struggle for Independence
Donatella Dolcini, University Statale of Milano
17.00 - 17.40 Law of war, capital punishment and Flogging: restriction of sovereign power in early rabbinic literature
Naftali Rothenberg, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
17.45 - 18.30 Discussion
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
SESSION 2 | Politics of Religion and Violence
Chair: Pasquale Annicchino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
09.00 - 09.40 Organization versus Holy Texts: Violence and Political Essence of Religions
Manlio Graziano, University La Sorbonne
09.45 - 10.25 “Figure Out What the Hell is Going On”: The Conceptualization and Operationalization of Religion in Trump’s Foreign Policy
Judd Birdsall, Cambridge Instiute for Religion & International Studies
10.25 - 10.45 Break
Jude Lal Fernando, Trinity College Dublin
11.30 - 12.10 Religious revivalism and the limits of interpretation
Assaf Sharon, Tel Aviv University
12.15 - 12.55 The Bible, Identity, and Violence: Violence and Biblical Interpretations in North America
Leo Lefebure, Georgetown University
12.55 - 13.30 Discussion
13.30 - 14.45 Lunch
SESSION 3 | The Role of Theories of Religion in Countering Violence
Chair: Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
14.45 - 15.25 Legitimating Violence: Text, Belief, Punishment and Reward in Religious Contexts
Ian Reader, University of Manchester
15.30 - 16.10 In the Time of the Nations: Faith Contra Violence
Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame
16.10 - 16.30 Break
16.30 - 17.10 The Contribution of Islam to Peace and in the Middle East and Beyond
Irene Jillson, Georgetown University
17.15 - 17.55 Visions of Great Peace: Thinking through Chinese Religions on Personal and Socio-political Harmony
Louis Komjathy, University of San Diego
17.55 - 18.30 Discussion
Thursday, 12 October 2017
SESSION 4 | Mobilising the Interdisciplinary Approach: Ressources Theology,
Sociology and the Law
Chair: Marco Ventura, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
09.00 - 09.40 Theologizing Contextually – Sketches of an Indian Experience
Vincent Sekhar, IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai
09.45 - 10.25 Extreme Buddhism: Leaving Monasteries, Fighting the Enemy
Vincenzo Pace, University of Padua
10.25 - 10.45 Break
10.45 - 11.25 The Challenge of Dual and Plural Legal Systems: Religious and Secular Jurisdictions
Gloria Moran, ICMES - Washington DC
11.30 - 12.10 Religion, Transvaluation and the Suspension of the Ethical
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
12.10 - 13.00 Discussion
13.00 - 13.30 Final Remarks
Giancarlo Bosetti, Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
Marco Ventura, Fondazione Bruno Kessler