TH 527 - Special Topics: Beyond Secular Faith - Politics as Theology

ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:

The title of our fifth annual Summer School and International Conference, Beyond Secular Faith, stems from our conviction that only a faith liberated from the conceptual restraints and ideological presuppositions imposed by secular culture - a faith centered radically on Christ - can offer a word of hope and reason to human life. This year our summer school will be dedicated to explore the question of the political, and specifically the ways in which every theology is political and every politics, theological. The question thus becomes, for Christian life, what is the adequate theological form of political narratives? Or better, what form of political practice and belonging does theology entail.

For four years our summer school has facilitated a rich and friendly theological, philosophical and cultural dialogue in freedom, in the unique setting of Granada, a breathtakingly beautiful city that lies at the historic crossroads of modernity and the Christian tradition.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: 1st May 2017

We invite graduate and PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers to take part in the International Summer School and Conference.

Please send a short CV and a letter of intent to:   secretaria@institutoifes.es  
 

If you would like to present a paper for the Conference (besides participating in the summer school), please also send an abstract (400 words) on a topic related to the theme, preferably on:

The Political Theory of Liberalism
Economic and Civil Economy
Constitutional Theory – The Crisis of Democracy and the Issue of Mixed Government
Liberal Culture and Formative Education
International Relations in Theory and Today in Practice
Church and State — The Question of the Body Politic
The Relation of Temporal and Eternal Justice
Biopolitics and Sovereignty
Democracy and Christianity

Successful candidates will be informed by 8th May 2017.

ORGANIZATION AND FEES:

Seminars will meet Monday through Thursday, for a total of 4 hours of class time a day. The initial paper proposals will be enriched and revised by the students through participation in their classes, and will then be presented in a conference format on Friday and Saturday.

Accommodation in two lovely Hotels located in the heart of Granada, near the Albaycin, the old Moorish quarter of the city.

See registration form for costs.

To register for the conference: http://www.institutoifes.es/index.php/es/noticias-es/ultimas-noticias/1464-5th-annual-international-summer-school-and-conference-2017

Granada, Spain travel experience: June 25-July 1

Course runs: June 25-July 30

 

Credits: 3 Offered: Summer