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FONDAZIONE PER LE SCIENZE RELIGIOSE GIOVANNI XXIII, BOLOGNA
Historicizing Ecumenism
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The Christian desire for Unity
in the Churches, 19th - 20th Century
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An International Conference held at the
Monastery of Bose, Italy
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November 26-28, 2014
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna is launching a
international research program on the history of the Christian desire for unity in the
last two centuries. The project will bring together leading researchers, historians and
theologians whose research focuses on the search for Christian unity and its history.
This conference is open to scholars who may offer on the basis of actual research on
archives and printed sources suggestions and samples of the criteria that will guide
the program: papers on sources, leaders, ideas, theologies, dialogues and the life of
the faithful are welcome. A global history of the quest for unity needs a large scope
of papers regarding the relations between the events concerning the area of politics
and the development of the churches’ mentality. Also studies approaching the
biographies of the spiritual inspirers of the ecumenical movement as well as
authorities and the ecclesiastical institutions will be discussed.
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contact: ecumenism@fscire.it
Scholars are therefore warmly invited to join the Conference and/or to submit before September
15 papers for the following sections:
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Sources for a history of ecumenism: archives, printed sources and literature about
bodies, leaders and dialogues;
Centers of elaboration of theological and spiritual contents: groups, monasteries,
schools, theological dialogues, joint working groups, series, journals;
Spiritual experiences and conflict: prayer, intercommunion, persecution;
Biographical approach on pioneers, fathers, martyrs and engineers of unity;
Long term issues of the quest for Christian unity: exegesis, patristic, canon law,
synodality, missiology, ethics, historical research, reception, ressourcement.
Papers’ proposal of 400 words, in one of the languages of the conference, with an exact reference
to the sources used and no more than one page of academic CV, should be sent to
ecumenism@fscire.it by September 15. The final response is due before October 1. Presentations
shall lat 20 minutes; longer contributions may circulate in written form. Accepted papers may be
considered for publication in the proceedings.
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Speakers and chair persons of the conference are, among others: Enzo Bianchi (prior of the
community of Bose), J. Oscar Beozzo (São Paulo), André Birmelé (Strasbourg), Franz-Xaver
Bischof (München), Joseph Famerée (Louvain-la-Neuve), Sergey Firsov (Saint-Petersburg),
Gottfried Hamman (Neuchâtel), Mathijs Lamberigts (Leuven), Adalberto Mainardi (Bose), John
Samuel Mbiti (Bern), Alberto Melloni (Bologna), Raymond Mentzer (Iowa), Jürgen Miethke
(Heildelberg), Michael Quisinsky (Genève), Giuseppe Ruggieri (Catania), Risto Saarinen
(Helsinki), Silvia Scatena (Reggio Emilia-Louvain-la-Neuve), Karim Schelkens (Leuven),
Vladimir Shmaliy (Moscow), Wolfgang Thönissen (Paderborn), Maximos Vgenopoulos
(Constantinople), Matthias Wirz (Bose-Dombes).
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INFO
Location
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Duration
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Languages
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Fees
The Conference will be held in the Monastery of Bose, close to the airports of
Malpensa and Turin (www.monasterodibose.it – Click here for the map)
The Conference will start on Wednesday, November 26, at 15.00, for the opening
lecture, and the final discussion will take place on Friday, November 28.
Participants will depart after lunch.
The working languages of the conference will be English, French, Italian and
German.
Registration fee of 200 euros includes accommodation and meals. The fee is
reduced to 150 euros for doctoral students and young researcher with less than 30
years. A few grants may be available upon request.
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contact: ecumenism@fscire.it