International Congress

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

Romania, as Laboratory of the Dialogue between Science and Spirituality in the Contemporary World Bucharest , October 18-20, 2009 Romanian Academy We celebrate at the end of this year the closure of the Program "Science and Orthodoxy - Research and Education" under the aegis of John Templeton Foundation, the first ample national program within the Orthodox and post-communist world. We like to share our experience with personalities from different countries, religions and spiritualities. An exhibition of the great Romanian painter Sorin Dumitrescu, correspondent member of the Romanian Academy, will be launched during our congress. Participation at the congress will be only by invitation. The badge will be required.

Invited speakers Michel Cazenave, France Les mathématiques et Dieu Ioan Chirila, Romania Repentance, connaissance et esprit. Une réponse à l’idolâtrie de la logique Predrag Cicovacki , USA Reverence for Life and Spirituality

Ronald Cole-Turner, USA Transforming the Human: Orthodox Theology and the Emerging Technologies of Human Enhancement Doru Costache, Australia The Other Path in Science, Theology and Spirituality: Pondering a Fourteenth Century Byzantine Model Milan Dimitrijevic , Serbia Problems of Calendar Reform and Easter Determination and one Proposition of Serbian Orthodox Church, Elaborated by Djordje Stanojevic Sorin Dumitrescu, Romania Nidhal Guessoum, United Arab Emirates Scriptural Literalism and Science-related Issues in Contemporary Islam Chris Knight, UK Science and Theology: What does it Mean to Speak of a "Dialogue”? Solomon Marcus, Romania Transcendence, Divinity, Infinity, Nothingness Michael Murray, USA The Evolution of Religion: Adaptationist Explanations Alexei Nesteruk, UK Basarab Nicolescu, France and Romania Where We Go from Here? (Closing talk) Cristina Nunez, Mexico The Place of Spirituality in our Transdisciplinarity Re-Learning Experience Varadaraja V Raman, India, USA Reflections on Spirituality in Religion and Science Antonio Ritto, Brazil Socially Robust and Personally Relevant Knowledge Creation

Mihai Sora, Romania Jean Staune, France Evolution et Foi chrétienne Magda Stavinschi, Romania Romania as Laboratory for the Dialogue between Science and Religion (opening talk) Organizing committee Basarab Nicolescu (Chair) Magda Stavinschi Radu Constantinescu http://www.adstr.ro/page/Congress2009.htm