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Conference Announcement Theme: Identities and Boundaries Subtitle: Configurations of Religious Diversity in Global Dynamics Type: 7th International RKS Conference Institution: Faculty of Theology, Ovidius University of Constanța Location: Constanța (Romania) – Online Date: 30.–31.5.2022 __________________________________________________ Religion, Knowledge, Society (RKS) is an annual/biannual academic event, conference and seminar, with international and national editions, that intend to be a forum of academic debates regarding the relation between religion, knowledge, society, philosophy in a trans-disciplinary method. In an indisputable evidence, the societal morphology of the 21st century has become an ethnic and religious mosaic, whose diversity is much more visible and intensely experienced by contemporary man. Interaction between religions, generated by global interconnectivity and by migration caused by poor living standards and current armed conflicts, places the identity (religious, cultural, social, etc.) in relation to another. Religious identity involves a note of the established particularity, namely the tendency of representativeness of the defining criteria that enter into its composition: dogmatic belief, worship, behavioral expression, religious affiliation. Boundaries are references of individual, social, cultural validation and marks the profile and constitution of an identity, separating the content of “what is inside” from the sphere of “what is outside”. The current complexity of transnational dynamics and the multiplicity of human life demands a resizing of identities and boundaries (borders) in new valences, moving from the definition as static, fixed, linear and dichotomous structures to the examination of the continuous construction of them. In these circumstances, religious boundaries are rethought in terms of human everyday experience as interferences with otherness. The conference aims to answer the following questions: (a) Is religious identity an inflexible, immobile, static reality in representation of and in relation to other identities that represent different religious cultures? (b) Is religious identity decomposing in the context of the “liquid” rhythm of global society? (c) Are the boundaries of identity de-substantialized in the experience of religious diversity and in the dynamics of current societal transformations? Panels - Identity and boundary - religious, philosophical, political, psychological and social perspectives - Religious diversity in global society: current dates, challenges and opportunities - Metamorphoses of religious identities and boundaries in global interconnectivity - State and religious pluralism: regulations and contextualizations - Education, identity and dialogue: beyond the radical attitudes Venue Aleea Universittății, no. 1 Campus Corp A, Senate Hall 900470, Constanța The event will take place in hybrid form (physical and virtual presence). There is no registration fee for this event. For any questions, please address to Ioan Dura, chairman of conference: [email protected] Conference website: https://conferencerks.wixsite.com/academic __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
