Religion, Civil Religion, and the Common Good
16 Goulston Street
London
United Kingdom
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Wednesday 20th June 2012
09.00 Conference registration and tea & coffee
9.30 Welcoming Remarks:
Lord (Professor Raymond) Plant of Highfield
King's College London
9.45 PLENARY 1 Dr. Patrick Riordan Heythrop College, University of London Talk of the Common Good: Promises and Prospects
Discussant: Dr. Jeffery Nicholas, Providence College, Rhode Island
11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.30 Panel 1
Religion, Economics and Common Goods
Dr. William Dixon and Dr. David Wilson
Daniele Morici
Helly Chahal
Liberalism and the Common Good
Dr. Helen McCabe
Dr. Terri M. Murray
Dr. Jonathan Garthoff
13.15 Lunch
14.15 PLENARY 2 Prof. Ronald Beiner University of Toronto Chair: Lord (Professor Raymond) Plant of Highfield, King's College London Secularism as a Common Good
15.30 Panel 2
Catholic Social Teaching 1.
Dr. Marian Kuna
Tobias Schaffner
Civil Religion and the Public Sphere 1.
Prof. Andrius Bielskis
Dr. Sante Maletta
16.45 Tea and coffee
17.15 PLENARY 3 Lord Glasman of Stoke Newington and Stamford Hill London Metropolitan University
Chair: Dr. Anja Steinbauer, Philosophy Now Magazine Faith, Citizenship and the Politics of the Common Good
18.15 Drinks reception
19.30 Speakers' dinner
Thursday 21st June 2012
09.00 Day registration
09.30 PLENARY 4 Prof. Timothy Chappell Open University The goods and the persons they are goods for Discussant: Dr. Tom Angier, University of Kent
10.45 Panel 3
Civil Religion and the Public Sphere 2.
Prof. Jeff Haynes
Renée Wagenvoorde
Theology and the Common Good
Dr. Chris Ryan
Gavin Keeney
12.00 Tea and coffee
12.15 PLENARY 5 Prof. Brian Girvin University of Glasgow Chair: Dr. Hilary Kalmbach, University of Oxford Religion, Liberalism and the Search for a Common Good
13.15 Lunch
14.15 Panel 4
Between historical and religious utopias and communicative action: The ethics of common good 1.
Dr. Mohammad Nafissi
Dr. Tolis Malakos
Religion and Secularism
Dr. Emmanuel Nartey
Sebastián Rudas Neyra
15.30 Panel 5
Catholic Social Teaching 2.
Dr. Jeffery Nicholas
Dr. Joel Warden
Between historical and religious utopias and communicative action: The ethics of common good 2.
Dr. Willy Pfändtner
Dr. Lovisa Bergdahl
16.45 Tea and coffee
17.15 PLENARY 6 Prof. Jeremy Carrette University of Kent
Chair: Prof. Jeff Haynes, London Metropolitan University Global Power, Pluralism and the Common Good: Critical Perspectives from Religious NGO's and the UN
18.15 Closing remarks Prof. Jeff Haynes (CSRCC) & Dr. Kelvin Knight (CASEP) London Metropolitan University
The controversial topic of religion, secularism and the common good is the focus of an international conference to be held in the heart of London, bringing together moral philosophers, political theorists, policy-makers, theologians and others to debate the idea and pursuit of the common good. Whereas secularization was once presumed to progressively marginalize faith, religious actors now refuse political marginalisation. The conference will ask how, why and to what purpose religious traditions and organisations promote political ideals. Perhaps they do so because they believe that modern individualism is contrary to the true common good, or because they believe it important to promote the modern idea of a common good of rights-bearing citizens. Perhaps it is because they believe that the idea of the common good is crucial to the defence of social welfare or even of society itself, or because they believe that a common good can now only be pursued within particular communities. The controversial and topical nature of the subject should stimulate new academic and policy thinking, in the UK and elsewhere.
The two-day conference will explore the following issues:
- What is the common good?
- What have philosophers, such as Aquinas, Rousseau or Rawls, contributed to our understanding of the common good or of the public interest?
- What should be learned about the common good from Catholic, Protestant, Judaic or Islamic traditions?
- Does the very fact of religious pluralism entail that religion is now more an obstacle than an impetus to the common good?
- Does modern politics promote a civil substitute for traditional religion?
- How might particular communities or subsidiary institutions contribute to a wider common good?
- How are disputes about the common good best resolved?
- What are the prospects — in local communities, in the British state, and elsewhere — of actualizing the common good?
The conference is organized jointly by the Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation and by CASEP, the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics. It will be held in London Metropolitan University's Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations at 16 Goulston Street, London, E1 7TP.
Our online booking page is now open. Please visit www.londonmet.ac.uk/religionandthecommongood
Conference fee: £60 (£35 for one day)
Concessions available for postgraduate students and the unwaged at £20 for one day and £30 for two days
If you require any assistance with your booking or have any non - academic queries please contact Lucy Hall via: [email protected]
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