Dear Sirs,
The Center for American and the Center for European Stu dies invite you to participate in the 2nd National Scientific Conference en titled "State, Law, Culture and Society in Christian Thought".
WHEN?< br />The conference will be held on Friday, July 18, 2025 between 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. online on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The length of the conference depends on the number of speakers. In the event of a high nu mber of applications, we reserve the right to extend the conference to Satu rday, July 19, 2025.
WHAT IS THE CONFERENCE ABOUT?
The main assu
mption of the conference is to discuss the broadly understood Christian app
roach to the state, law, culture and society.
We will analyze issues such as: lawmaking in accordance with the Bible, religious and secular stat e, separation or unification of Church and State, tradition versus progress , the attitude of the church to the cultural revolution or the influence of religion on society.
Presentations may concern problems of both hist
orical and contemporary nature.
Speakers can also present critical pos
itions.
SUGGESTED (EXAMPLE) TOPIC AREAS
• Christian roots of con
temporary law and legal systems
• The influence of Christian ethics on
the development of legal systems
• The relationship between religion
and state in Christian thought: separation of church and state, theocracy a
nd other models
• Christian ethics and political ethics: moral princip
les and political decisions
• Human rights in a Christian perspective:
foundations and limitations in theological thought
• Christianity and
intercultural dialogue: the role of religion in building bridges between d
ifferent communities and cultures
• Catholic social teaching and its i
nfluence on the development of social and economic policy
• Spirituali
ty and religiosity in public life: how Christian values influence culture
and society
• Political theology: interpretations of the relationship
between God and politics in history
• Challenges of contemporary soci
ety to traditional Christian values
• Interreligious dialogue and cont
emporary global challenges: the role of Christian communities in dialogue w
ith other religions in the context of crises and conflicts
• And many
more!
The above-mentioned thematic areas are only examples – we stron gly encourage you to go beyond them. Presentations may be interdisciplinary , combining various experiences and fields of science.
We believe in the freedom of academic discussion and do not censor presentations for ideo logical or political reasons.
Original and unconventional presentatio ns will always be appreciated by the Scientific Committee.
FOR WHOM?<
br />• We cordially invite students and PhD students, experienced researche
rs, as well as all other people interested in the conference topics to acti
vely participate in the conference.
• We invite all interested parties
to passive participation.