PThU Events
- Expert Meeting Ritual Techniques: New Openings in Ritual and Liturgical StudiesThe Institute for Ritual and Liturgical Studies (IRiLiS) is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary with an expert meeting on ritual techniques. The meeting aims to sketch new directions in the study of contemporary and historical liturgy and ritual. It asks how rituals can be fruitfully explored as techniques: operational processes involving work with things and symbols which entail both 'know-how' and 'know-that'. The program can be found here.
- Moral Compass Conference 'The search for moral common ground'In the current political, cultural, and moral climate, constructive debates about morality are rare. On the one hand, positions are highly polarized. On the other hand, there seems to be a significant relativistic tendency. Can we still have meaningful conversations about matters of morality? Is there a shared moral language between representatives of opposing positions? And what are the prospects of finding shared values? Join our conference to discuss the notion of a shared ‘moral compass’ and moral common ground.
- The Anselm Moment: responding theologically to the current times. 39th International Barth ConferenceIt was about 1930 and Karl Barth felt that his theological thoughts began to reach a deadlock. To get out of it, he consulted Anselm of Canterbury. It is a pressing venture to study the impasse Barth was in, and the solutions he found in his book on Anselm. How do we in 2022 relate to Anselm’s and Barth’s methodological instructions, and what do they imply for our own era? That is the focus of this 39th Barth Conference.
- PThU International Conference 'Negotiating Good Life in Times of Crisis: Voices of Theology and Religious Studies'Theologians and scholars in religious studies are called to reflect on good life. This international conference seeks to create a platform for reflecting together on good life in the face of the interrelated crises of today’s world. The conference aims to explore what constitutes a ‘good life’ and in what way ‘good life’ is envisioned and promoted in religion. We will inquire religious sources as well as beliefs and practices, in both historical and contemporary perspective. How do Christians and others negotiate ‘good’ life in times of crisis?
