Events

World religions are no longer the same as in the more or less recent past. They seem to have changed internally, but also to be participating in the processes of globalization. Both, quantitatively (attendance at rituals, participation in activities, and contributions to institutional expenses) and qualitatively (intensity of belief, commitment to militancy, adherence to fundamental principles), there have been significant changes, which cannot be adequately understood with the traditional tools of scientific knowledge, but which require new approaches, for a more in-depth analysis.

The goal of the webinar is to invesitgate the relationship between sexual life and personal identity in light of the posthumous fourth volume of Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality and, in particular, of his reading of Augustine.

A new edition of the seminars in memory of scholar Massimo Rosati dedicated to the theme, particularly dear to him, of sacred spaces.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, a deep interest in "the invisible" rose. This fascination is common to both emerging spiritual currents and avant-garde artistic movements. In this area of overlap, we witness attempts to represent a dematerialized reality.

The proposed analysis aims at presenting the continuous processes of embodiment and dis-embodiment used by queer and feminist theologians among predominant Jewish Kabbalistic interpretations in order to create safe “theological” narrations for women and non-normative sexualities and genders.

Charles Taylor, one of the most important philosophers of the last century, will give a talk on the future of democracy in Trento on January 12, 2023. Many in the West have a sense that democracy is in trouble today: but what are the real causes of this malaise?

Meeting with the Project ERC - FACETS

ISR, il Centro per le Scienze Religiose della Fondazione Bruno Kessler, organizza un incontro internazionale di studiosi, artisti, scrittori e altri esperti del “senso impervio” tra il 30 novembre e il 3 dicembre 2022.

Is it possible to measure the rights of religious minorities? Where does Italy rank in terms of measuring these rights?

There are two pitfalls in digital health ethics: an approach to the digital as an environment to which to adapt and an approach that reduces the digital to a mere instrument. It is possible anyway to approach the digital as a "milieu" as well.

The seventh edition of the «Davide Zordan Lecture» will be held by Robert Orsi (Northwestern University) at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Aula Grande) on 24 October 2022, at 5.00 p.m. The title of his talk is: «The Study of Religion and Theology in a World on Fire».

Online Meeting