When: Thursday, April 15, 2021 00:00 - Thursday, April 22, 2021 00:00
Where:
As we have seen in the last year in the whole western world, there is need to reflect on Christian politics. For this reason Sallux presents a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge on the foundations of Christian politics in two closed webinars for (representatives of) ECPM, Sallux and ECPYouth members. Christian politics cannot be separated from the different traditions of Christianity as have arisen in Europe. We will therefore include Catholic Social Teaching, Reformational thinking, Evangelical reflection and considerations from Eastern Orthodox perspective. We are grateful that four experts from these four traditions will present their perspectives on these issues. Details on the speakers are listed below in the program. As you will notice in the program there will be two complementary sessions in which in each two of the four traditions will be highlighted with an accompanying short comment from the other two traditions (who have been/will be highlighted in the other session). The aim is to avoid a very lengthy webinar and instead have two focused webinars. The webinars are closed sessions so to allow for a real discussion. We hope that those subscribing will be able to attend both sessions and we will make sure that the presentations will be available afterwards so that it will not be necessary to write down information presented to you. Each session is 1 hour and 15 minutes in order to make it easier to fit in your agenda. Finally we can inform you that the content (in general terms) coming from these sessions will be included in the ongoing Sallux project on the biblical and methodological foundations of relational thinking which will include a comparative reflection of these four traditions of Christian political thinking. As you can read in the introduction of ‘Christian Politics’ at the Sallux website we understand relational thinking as a bridge between these traditions. We hope that many (representatives of) ECPM, Sallux and ECPYouth members will join us given the critical importance of this reflection for all those involved in Christian politics.
Nikolaos Asproulis
Nikolaos Asproulis is deputy director of the Volos Academy for Theological studies in
Greece and lecturer at the Hellenic Open University. He studied theology at the University of Athens and holds a PhD from the Hellenic Open University (Patras, Greece) dealing with a critical comparison of the theological methodology of Georges Florovsky and John Zizioulas. He has authored extensively on political theology, secularization while he has also translated into Greek the recently published “Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church” document.
Paul Dembinski
Born in Cracow in 1955, Paul H. Dembinski studied political science in Geneva and received his doctorate in economics in 1982. In 1979 he was appointed lecturer and assistant professor at the University of Geneva, and in 1991 he was appointed visiting professor at Switzerland’s University of Fribourg, where he now occupies the chair of International Strategy and Competition on a half-time basis. An expert on behalf of international organizations such as OECD and UNCTAD, he also conducts studies of Switzerland’s economic fabric (at both cantonal and federal level). Since 1999 he has been co-editor of the journal Finance & the Common Good/Bien Commun. Paul Dembinski is the director of the Observatoire de la Finance.
Christel Lamère Ngnambi
Christel Lamère Ngnambi studied Political science and international relations at the Catholic university of Louvain, Belgium. He was the Brussels based representative of the European Evangelical Alliance. He now works as an Independent Consultant and Teacher, Political Communications & Public Engagement.
Sander Luitwieler
Sander Luitwieler (Ph.D.) studied Political Science at Leiden University, the Netherlands. During his studies, and as a Ph.D. student, he specialised in European Union politics. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. from Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2012, he completed an M.A. in Christian Studies of Science and Society at VU University Amsterdam. His research interests include Christian philosophy, relational thinking and the European Union. In addition to several academic publications, he has written a number of reports for the Research Institute of the Dutch political party ChristianUnion and for Sallux. He is currently Director of the Foundation for Christian Philosophy and of the Lindeboom Institute (for medical ethics), both based in the Netherlands.
Mathias Nebel
Mathias Nebel studied theology in Fribourg, Madrid and Cambridge (UK) and holds a PhD in theology from the University of Fribourg (CH). He is since 2017, Profesor of Christian social ethics and Director of the Instituto Promotor del Bien Común at the UPAEP University in Puebla, Mexico. He was previously a full time professor of theology and ethics in Mexico City (UIA/ITAM) between 2003 and 2008. He came back to Europe in 2008, was Research Associate at the VHI, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, and then coordinator of the doctoral school in theology of the Universities of Lausanne, Genève and Fribourg. In 2011 he became maître de conférence at the Institut Catholique of Paris, holder of the Jean Rodhain Chair.
Chaired by David Fieldsend (Chairman Sallux | ECPM Foundation)
Session 1 – April 15th 2021 15:00 – 16:15 (CET)
15:00 – 15:10 Introduction
15:10 – 15:25 Catholic Social Teaching (CST) – Mathias Nebel
15:25 – 15:40 Reformational (political) tradition – Sander Luitwieler
15:40 – 15:55 response expert speakers: Nikolaos Asproulis, Christel Lamère Ngnambi
15:55 – 16:10 Q&A
16:10 – 16:15 closing
Session 2 – April 22nd 2021 15:00 – 16:15 (CET)
15:00 – 15:10 Introduction
15:10 – 15:25 Orthodox tradition – Nikolaos Asproulis
15:25 – 15:40 Evangelical engagement – Christel Lamère Ngnambi
15:40 – 15:55 response expert speakers: Paul Dembinski (CST), Sander Luitwieler (written)
15:55 – 16:10 Q&A
16:10 – 16:15 closing
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