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Theology of the Other under Pressure of the Empire
18-23.07
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The theology of the Other goes hand in hand with the themes of hospitality, dialogue, and acceptance of the Other. This theology argues that true human existence is characterized by "infinite responsibility" with respect to the Other. The Other that our Self is concerned about becomes an opportunity to transform such Self by freeing up space for the Other's otherness. The desire to dominate or appropriate the other becomes instead a recognition of this otherness. Such a transformation becomes a part of our share in building the Kingdom of God, in which a person becomes a witness to God's hospitality.
But is the Other always a guest to be received, or is the other also a threat to be overcome? This issue becomes painfully acute in the context of present-day Ukraine, which is facing the threat of conquest by Russia and currently is suffering the tragic aftermath of the full-scale war started by Russia. The pressure of the empire leads to the ethical reassessment of the Other, and, in fact, this new assessment may lead to putting pressure on the Other. No wonder one culture defends the dignity of the Other, and another, where an individual is ignored or suppressed, leads to violence and aggression against the Other.
Featured Speakers 2022
The Summer School of Theology will host theologians, philosophers, religious scholars of various Christian traditions, as well as representatives of various religious movements, public personas, and cultural influencers.
John D. Caputo
Philosopher, Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University, and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. He is the founder of the theological movement known as weak theology.
Catherine Keller
Professor of Constructive Theology at Drew University; she teaches courses in process, political, and ecological theology. She has mobilized the transdisciplinary potential of feminist, philosophical, and pluralist intersections with religion.
Miroslav Volf
Protestant theologian and public intellectual; Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University.
Marietta van der Tol
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Her research interests include the relationship between religion, politics and society.
David P. Gushee
Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, Chair in Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Senior Research Fellow at International Baptist Theological Study Centre.
Jelle Creemers
Chair of the Department of Religious Studies & Missiology at ETF Leuven, director of ISFORB, author of Theological Dialogue with Pentecostals: Challenges and Opportunities (2015).
Joshua Searle
Director of Postgraduate Studies and Lecturer in Theology and Public Thought at Spurgeon's College in London. A graduate of Oxford University and the University of Dublin. Author of several books and articles, including a book on Christianity in the former USSR, entitled, A Future and a Hope .
Myron B. Penner
Rector of the Anglican Parish of St Paul, in Edmonton, AB, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Theology from Edinburgh University, in Scotland, UK. Author of The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context.
John R. Franke
Affiliate Professor of Theology at Christian Theological Seminary; general coordinator for the Gospel and Our Culture Network in North America. He has spoken on the relationships between the gospel, theology, mission, and culture around the world and is the author of numerous books including The Character of Theology, Barth for Armchair Theologians and Manifold Witness.
Daria Ziborova
Ph.D., a scholar specializing in culturology, Associate professor at the School of Philosophy at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. She is an expert in Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture. Main academic interests: Temporal Anthropology, Philosophy of time, Philosophy of Other.
Andrey Shishkov
Ph. D. student at the School of Theology and Religious Studies at University of Tartu. He is a specialist in contemporary ecclesiology and political theology. His research interests include the issue of supreme power in the Orthodox church, Orthodox conciliarity, inter-Orthodox relations, etc.
Denys Kondyuk
Theologian and film reviewer, a graduate student at the Theological Faculty at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), Head of the Department of Missiology at the Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Anatoliy Denysenko
Ph.D. in Theology who specializes in philosophical theology. He is working on a research project “The relationship between theological and philosophical discourses in the early 21st century”. Author of Liberation Theology: Ideas, Criticisms, Perspectives.
Cyril Hovorun
Professor of Ecclesiology, International Relations and Ecumenism at Sankt Ignatios College, Stockholm School of Theology. He was a research fellow at Yale and Columbia Universities in the United States, a visiting professor at the University of Münster and at the University of Alberta in Canada.
Roman Soloviy
Ukrainian theologian, Dr. Hab in Theology, Ph.D. in Historical Sciences. Research interests include modern Protestant theology, continental philosophy of religion, and postmodern Christianity.
School Videos 2022
The Self and the Other: Conflict, Dialogue, Mystery
Speaker: Daria Ziborova
Language: Russian
Theology of the Embrace in Wartime
Speaker: Miroslav Volf
Language: English
A Theological Case for Ukraine's European Integration: Deconstructing the Myth of "Holy Russia" vs. "Decadent Europe"
Speaker: Joshua T. Searle
Language: English
Equating the Other with Evil: What Russkii Mir and Right-Wing Populism have in Common
Speaker: Marietta van der Tol
Language: English
Ukrainian Public Theology in Wartime
Speaker: Cyril Hovorun
Language: Ukrainian
Reaffirming the Sacredness of Human Life in Wartime
Speaker: David P. Gushee
Language: English
The Weapons of Our Warfare: Christian Witness in the Midst of Empire
Speaker: John R. Franke
Language: English
Theoaesthetics and Theology of the "Other": Ukrainian Perspective
Speaker: Denys Kondyuk
Language: Ukrainian
Getting to Know the Strange Other: Lessons from the International Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue
Speaker: Jelle Creemers
Language: English
Christian Witness in a World Full of Fascists
Speaker: Myron B. Penner
Language: English
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Theology of the Other
Speaker: Anatoliy Denysenko
Language: Ukrainian
"Russkii mir", Orthodoxy and War: Imperial Thinking and Its Alternatives
Speaker: Andrey Shishkov
Language: Russian
The Other as Subject: Political Theologies of Autocracy and Democracy
Speaker: Catherine Keller
Language: English
Unconditional Hospitality – and When the Other is not Welcome
Speaker: John D. Caputo
Language: English
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