Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion
FBK Aula Piccola
Fondazione Bruno Kessler - Polo delle Scienze Umane e sociali
Aula Piccola
FBK Aula Piccola
Fondazione Bruno Kessler - Polo delle Scienze Umane e sociali
Aula Piccola
In the 20th and 21st centuries, where violence has scarred countless lives, the interplay between religion, politics and conflict remains a complex web. Exiting Violence seeks to unravel some of these knots, showing not only how faith can ignite bloodshed, but also how it can inspire peace and build bridges. Co-edited by Debora Tonelli and Gerard Mannion, the volume is the result of a multi-year research project involving FBK-ISR, Reset DOC and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University. Its 15 chapters are written by international scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who deal with the dynamics between religion and violence in different religious traditions. The Preface is by José Casanova.
The chapters consider theoretical issues, such as – just to name a few – the distinction between “theology,” “religion,” and “faith,” and the role each plays in the dynamics of conflicts; the relationship between the validity of ethical and theological principles and individual responsibility, where these principles risk being counterproductive in extreme contingent situations; the role of the hermeneutics of sacred texts, in legitimizing or not legitimizing religious violence; and the role of religious revival in nationalism. At the same time, Indian contextual theology, the Japanese experience of Aum Shinrikyo, the conflict between Tamils, Christians and Muslims in Sri Lanka, and the different approaches to the use of violence in achieving peace are analyzed. Last but not least, experiences in which the practices and values of religious traditions have made essential contributions to the restoration of peace are analyzed. The diversity of purposes and outcomes shows, in fact, that behind abstract concepts-such as “theology,” “religion,” “faith”-are concrete people, who make choices and achieve goals through the way they decide to embody their values.
Massimo Leone, Sarah Hejazi, and Riccardo Cristiano will discuss the volume with very different perspectives and approaches, taking advantage of the many levels of reading to which the volume lends itself and the variety of issues covered. Valeria Fabretti will moderate the discussion. Debora Tonelli, editor of the volume, will formulate some concluding reflections.
Valeria Fabretti coordinates the event.
The speaker Riccardo Cristiano will join remotely.
The talk will be held in italian.
The presentation will be in-person in the FBK Aula Piccola while seats last and online.
Registration by January 17, 2025 at 12:00 a.m. is required in order to arrange the connection.
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L’iniziativa è stata realizzata anche grazie al contributo della Direzione generale Educazione, ricerca e istituti culturali del Ministero della Cultura. |
Speakers
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Massimo Leone is Director of the Center for Religious Studies, FBK, Full Professor of Philosophy of Communication at the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Visiting Full Professor of Semiotics in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Shanghai, China, Associate Member of Cambridge Digital Humanities, Cambridge University. He is a 2018 ERC Consolidator Grant recipient. He holds a DEA in History and Semiotics of Texts and Documents from Paris VII, an MPhil in Word and Image Studies from Trinity College Dublin, a PhD in Religious Studies from the Sorbonne, and a PhD in Art History from the University of Fribourg (CH). His work on the semiotic study of cultures, with particular emphasis on religion and images. He is Editor-In-Chief of _Semiotica_ (De Gruyter) the Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, and _Lexia_, the Semiotic Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Communication, University of Turin, Italy, and editor of the book series “I Saggi di Lexia” (Rome: Aracne), “Semiotics of Religion” (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter), and “FACETS Advances in Face Studies” (London and New York: Routledge).
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Riccardo Cristiano - Speakergiornalista free lance e collaboratore di numerose testateAfter working as a Rai correspondent from the Middle East, he was a vaticanist and religious information coordinator for Giornale Radio Rai. He founded the association “Journalists Friends of Father Dall'Oglio.” He is the author of several volumes on interreligious dialogue, the contemporary Middle East and the papacy of Francis. He contributes to numerous periodicals and news websites. A volume of his on “Beirut and the Recomposition of the Arab Mosaic” is forthcoming.
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Sara Hejazi - SpeakerFBK e Università di TorinoSara Hejazi holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity from the Research and Study Center on Complexity at the University of Bergamo. She currently collaborates with the University of Turin and the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (DISI) at the University of Trento. She is a researcher at the Sensors & Devices center of the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento. For about a decade, she focused on the relationship between religion and politics from a gender perspective. Currently, her research interests include the interplay between value systems and technological innovation, the cultural aspects of human-machine interaction, and the social impact of quantum-based technologies.
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FBK- ISRValeria Fabretti earned her PhD in ‘Social Systems, Organizations, and Public Policy Analysis’ at the University of Rome ‘Sapienza’. She teaches Sociology at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and at LUISS Guido Carli. She is a full time researcher at the Center for Religious Studies of the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK-ISR), which she joined in 2017. She promotes and coordinates studies and research projects on topics related to coexistence and pluralism. She is particularly interested in spatial studies, also applied to religion. She currently coordinates the FBK-ISR program Spaces of Religions and Spiritualities: Places, Devices, and Practices of Encounter and Recognition in Plural Societies.
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Debora Tonelli is Permanent Researcher at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Centro per le Scienze Religiose and Invited Lecturer in Political Philosophy , Politic and Religion and Theology at Pontifical Athenaeum S. Anselmo and at Gregoriana University (Roma). She worked as Visiting Scholar at Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life – Columbia University (NY, fall semester 2015), at Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs – Georgetown University (Washington D. C. Spring 2017) and as Affiliated at Georgetown University (Washington D. C. Spring 2019). Since September 2019 she is the Georgetown University Representative in Rome. She is a Research Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs and Affiliated at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC Dornsife. Her researches focus on religion and violence, interreligious dialogue, the biblical legacy on the modern political thought.
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Registration closed on 17/01/2025.
Deadline: January 17, 2025 at 12:00