Faith and Globalisation Open Symposium

Wed 24 Feb 12-18:30, The University of Helsinki, Main Building, Auditorium XII

Guest Speaker: M.Div., Assistant Professor (acting) Abu Sayem (The Department of World Religions and Cultures, University of Dhaka)

The symposium is organized of the Faith and Globalization course, which is part of The Master’s Degree Programme Religion, Conflict and Violence at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.

The admission is free: welcome all! See the full program here.

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The 18th Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology (Helsinki, Jan 2016)

Among the keynotes of this conference was General Secretary of the World Council of Churches Olav Fykse Tveit and the Special Guests of the conference were Archbishop of the Church of Sweden Antje Jackelén and Bishop of Porvoo Björn Vikström.

There were about one hundred participants in the conference, speakers included, and it was notified e.g. in Geneva and Rome. See more: The 18th Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology: Ecumenical and Interreligious Challenges, will be held in Helsinki, 7-10 Jan 2016.

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Tolerating Human Fragility Open Symposium (22 April)

Do we need to reinvent the concept of toleration taking into account the condition that all human beings have to be tolerated in one way or another?

The speakers of this open symposium at the University of Helsinki (Main Building, AUD II, on Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 13:15-17:30) are doctoral students of systematic theology, mainly in social ethics. Our guest speaker (via Skype) from São Paulosta is Dr. Khalid Tailche, presenting on Tolerance beyond Superiority in the Formation of Non-Violent Identities.

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Religion and Development Cooperation Round Table, Open (17 April, in Finnish)

The Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, has invited, with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland and Kepa, organizations and specialists to discuss religion and development cooperation. The topics of the discussion include health and equality, but also other issues of development cooperation are welcome.

The event (in Finnish) is open to all, without registration, and takes Place on 17 April 2015 from 9:00 to 11:45 in Porthania III (first floor), University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 3.

Any questions can be addessed to me (ville.päivänsalo@helsinki.fi) as the coordinator of the event.

[Updated 29.3.2015]

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The 18th Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology in Helsinki, Jan 2016

The 18th Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology: Ecumenical and Interreligious Challenges, will be held in Helsinki, 7-10 Jan 2016.

Please check the home page of the conference.

New: Call for Papers open to doctoral students!

[Updated 14 Feb 2015]

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Religion, Conflict, and Ethics Open Symposium

This event at University of Helsinki, WED 25 Feb 12-18, includes presenations by our quest lecturer Abu Sayem from Dhaka/Göttingen as well as presentations by the teachers and students involved in the master’s degree program Religion, Conflict, and Dialogue (RCD) at the Faculty of Theology.

Please check the updated program (RCE Open Symposium 25 Feb 2015), and welcome to participate!

[Updated 14 Feb 2015]