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The book by Enrico Piergiacomi studies the reception of the theological-ethical verses of Lucretius' "De rerum natura" in the philosopher Pierre Gassendi. He was the first to have cited and analyzed almost the entire Lucretian poem, with the aim of creating a neo-Epicurean philosophy compatible with modern science and with Christianity.

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.

Monica Consolandi, affiliated to the FBK-Ph.D. Program and collaborator at FBK-ISR, has reached an important milestone earning her Ph.D. in Philosophy with honors on July 2022 at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

The Post-Secular City, the book in which Paolo Costa systematically reconstructs the new debate on secularization, was released by Brill on September 12, 2022.

In questo volume alcuni intellettuali - credenti e non credenti - riflettono sul paradigma della fratellanza proposto da Papa Francesco e lo rielaborano in modo critico. La fecondità delle loro riflessioni deriva dalla pluralità delle visioni piuttosto che dalla condivisione di una tesi.

Marco Guglielmi is a research fellow at the University of Padua, where he collaborates on the Sociology of Religion course. He has been a researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler's Center for Religious Studies

The seventh edition of the «Davide Zordan Lecture» will take place on 24 October 2022.

On Monday 27 June, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in FBK’s Aula Piccola, Cord Friebe and Eugenia Lancellotta will hold a workshop on “Trust, Delusions, Dissent”, kicking off the seminar activities related to the “Resilient Beliefs” research project.

The German astrophysicist and philosopher Sybille Anderl and ISR researcher Paolo Costa will talk about the scientific and human significance of major astronomical discoveries on Tuesday, June 14, at 6.30 p.m. at the Science Museum of Trento and online.

ISR's Youtube channel offers an up to date wealth of videos. You can find seminars, webinars and events organized by the Centre, in the last years as well as brand-new.

We are pleased to announce an open research position (postdoc, two years) within the project “Resilient Beliefs: Religion and Beyond”. The project is funded by the Euregio Science Fund and coordinated by the Center for Religious Studies of Fondazione Bruno Kessler.