{"id":544,"date":"2017-09-08T11:43:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T09:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/events\/davide-zordan-lecture\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:03:47","slug":"davide-zordan-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/davide-zordan-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Davide Zordan Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-324 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/s200_davide.zordan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/s200_davide.zordan.jpg 200w, https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/s200_davide.zordan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/s200_davide.zordan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/s200_davide.zordan-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/s200_davide.zordan-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Davide Zordan Lecture<\/em><\/strong> is an annual event organized by the Centre for Religious Studies of FBK to honor the memory of Davide Zordan, a researcher of the Center who prematurely died on October 25th, 2015.<br \/>\nThe invited speakers are scholars committed to renovating theology so that it can live up to the challenges of the present.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 November 2025 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/30491\/a-twisted-life-ideas-for-getting-out-of-a-dark-room-paolo-costa-gives-the-davide-zordan-lecture-2025-2025\">Paolo Costa, A twisted life: ideas for getting out of a dark room<\/a><\/li>\n<li>26 November 2024 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/29578\/borderline-places-thoughts-about-religion-in-contemporary-culture-daria-pezzoli-olgiati-delivers-the-davide-zordan-lecture-2024-2024\"><em>Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati<\/em>, Borderline places: Reflections on Religion in Contemporary Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>28 November 2023 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/28565\/irony-and-revelation-theology-in-interesting-times-is-the-davide-zordan-lecture-2023-2023?preview=true\"><em>Isabella Guanzini<\/em>, Irony and Revelation: Theology in Interesting Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li>24 October 2022 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/19882\/the-study-of-religion-and-theology-in-a-world-on-fire-r-a-orsi-delivers-the-zordan-lecture-2022-2022?preview=true\"><em>Robert A. Orsi<\/em>, The Study of Religion and Theology in a World on Fire<\/a><\/li>\n<li>14 December 2021 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/19572\/passion-passivity-and-hope-ingolf-dalferth-delivers-the-davide-zordan-lecture-2021-2021\"><em>Ingolf U. Dalferth<\/em>, Passion, Passivity, and Hope<\/a><\/li>\n<li>14 December 2020 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/19208\/are-we-civilized-enough-to-sustain-a-civilization-shawn-copeland-delivers-the-zordan-lecture-2020-2020\"><em>Shawn Copeland<\/em>, Are We Civilized Enough to Sustain a Civilization?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>17 December 2019\u00a0 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/18109\/can-beauty-really-save-the-world-theological-aesthetics-in-a-time-of-chaos-davide-zordan-lecture-2019\"><em>Susan Ross<\/em>, Can Beauty really save the world? Theological Aesthetics in a time of Chaos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>17 December 2018\u00a0 | <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/15308\/theology-and-human-flourishing-explorations-in-contemporary-understandings-of-salvation-davide-zordan-lecture-2018\"><em>Clive Marsh<\/em>, Theology and Human Flourishing: Explorations in Contemporary Understandings of Salvation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>6 December 2017\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/581\/the-dialogue-with-sceptics-as-a-means-to-renewal-in-theology-with-anthony-carroll-davide-zordan-lecture-2017-2017\"><em>Anthony Carroll<\/em>,\u00a0Dialogue between Religious Believers and Sceptical<\/a><\/li>\n<li>18\u00a0October 2016\u00a0 \u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/events\/detail\/12901\/the-market-as-god-with-harvey-cox-davide-zordan-lecture-2016-2016\"><em>Harvey Cox<\/em>, The Market as God<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>27 August 2020 |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dehoniane.it\/autore-clive-marsh\"> Clive Marsh, Si salva chi non pu\u00f2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4 March 2019\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dehoniane.it\/9788810559390-il-giardiniere-invisibile\">Il Giardiniere invisibile. Credere, non credere, cercare<\/a><\/li>\n<li>17 December 2018\u00a0 | \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Davide-Zordan-Lecture_2018.pdf\">La teologia tra devozione, dedizione e distrazione: Davide Zordan e il cinema<\/a><\/li>\n<li>13 November 2017\u00a0 | \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dehoniane.it\/9788810567685-il-mercato-divino\">Il Mercato divino. Come l\u2019economia \u00e8 diventata una religione<\/a><\/li>\n<li>6\u00a0December 2017\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Riflessioni-in-ricordo-di-Davide-Zordan.pdf\">Riflessioni in ricordo di Davide Zordan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Davide Zordan (Brescia 1968 \u2013 Trento 2015) \u00e8 stato uno dei teologi cattolici pi\u00f9 brillanti della sua generazione.<\/p>\n<p>Dopo aver conseguito il baccalaureato in teologia presso lo Studio Teologico dei Padri Carmelitani Scalzi di Brescia ha proseguito gli studi all\u2019Institut d\u2019\u00c9tudes Th\u00e9ologiques di Bruxelles, dove ha completato la licenza e infine il dottorato di ricerca in teologia con una tesi su Louis Bouyer (pubblicata integralmente in francese e in versione riveduta in italiano). Al 2002 risale l\u2019inizio della sua collaborazione con il Centro per le Scienze Religiose della Fondazione Bruno Kessler (denominata allora Istituto Trentino di Cultura), di cui \u00e8 diventato ricercatore a tempo pieno nel 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Dal 2005 era anche docente del locale Corso Superiore di Scienze Religiose. Tra i suoi incarichi vanno ricordati la direzione degli\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/isr.fbk.eu\/en\/publications\/categories\/annali-studi-religiosi-en\/\">Annali di Studi Religiosi<\/a>\u00a0(la rivista online del Centro per le Scienze Religiose) e la partecipazione al comitato di redazione di\u00a0Studia Patavina, rivista della Facolt\u00e0 Teologica del Triveneto.<\/p>\n<p>Al centro della sua riflessione vi era la complessit\u00e0 conoscitiva ed esistenziale dell\u2019esperienza di fede e in particolare il ruolo essenziale che in essa svolge l\u2019immaginazione. In questo snodo teorico la scrupolosit\u00e0 accademica dello studioso intersecava la passione del cinefilo. Zordan era infatti anche un grande esperto di cinema e in questa veste \u00e8 stato caporedattore della rivista\u00a0Cabiria, critico cinematografico di\u00a0Vita Trentina, prima collaboratore e poi Presidente del festival internazionale di cinema religioso\u00a0Religion Today\u00a0e membro di Signis (World Catholic Association for Communication) e della sua giuria in vari festival internazionali (Amiens, Toulouse, Alba, Fribourg, Festroia).<\/p>\n<p>Tra i suoi numerosi scritti spiccano, oltre al breve ma avvincente\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dehoniane.it\/9788810555200-la-bibbia-a-hollywood\">La Bibbia a Hollywood. Retorica religiosa e cinema di consumo<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(EDB, 2013), i due volumi collettanei\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dehoniane.it\/9788810415078-riflessi-di-bellezza\">Riflessi di bellezza. Arte e religioni, estetica e teologie<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(EDB, 2007) e\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dehoniane.it\/9788810415252-la-promessa-immaginata\">La promessa immaginata. Proposte per una teologia estetica fondamentale<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(con S. Knauss, EDB, 2011). Il suo ultimo libro \u00e8\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.fbk.eu\/pubblicazioni\/titoli\/in-una-stanza-buia-filosofia-e-teologia-in-dialogo\/\">In una stanza buia. Filosofia e teologia in dialogo<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(con P. Costa, FBK Press, 2014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Davide Zordan Lecture is an annual event organized by the Centre for Religious Studies of FBK to honor the memory of Davide Zordan, a researcher of the Center who prematurely died on October 25th, 2015. 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