2-3 October 2023
University of Public Service, 2 Ludovika square,
Main Building, Széchenyi Hall
Program
October 2, 2023
9:00 Opening
9:30 Plenary session
R. R. Reno (First Things): "Christian politics in a secular age"
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Panel I
Ferenc Hörcher (University of Public Service, Budapest): “Spaemann’s concept of the person and its political philosophical implications”
Steven Hayward (University of California, Berkeley): “Rethinking the liberal solution to sectarian politics”
Linda L. Denno (University of Arizona): “Christianity, equality, and constitutional government”
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Plenary session
William T. Cavanaugh (DePaul University, Chicago): “Idolatry and the future of Christianity in a secularized world”
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Panel II
Kálmán Tóth (University of Public Service, Budapest): “Christianity as a political utopia in Lajos Kossuth’s The Future of Nations”
Hans-Otto Seitschek (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München): “Is political transcendence possible? Jacob L. Talmon’s concept of ‘political messianism’”
Tamás Nyirkos (University of Public Service, Budapest): “Secular, quasi, remixed, lifestyle, etc.: a few notes on the terminology of ‘new’ religions”
October 3, 2023
9:00 Plenary session
Carolina Armenteros (Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra): “The Enlightenment Origins of Modern Christian Religiosity"
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Panel III
Ádám Smrcz (University of Public Service, Budapest): "Taming the reason of state – early anti-Machiavellian discourse, and the (lack of the) dividing line between confessions"
Róbert Papp (MCC, Budapest): “Defying the Prince – the American Declaration of Independence in light of the Fourth Commandment”
Ádám Darabos (University of Public Service, Budapest): “Niebuhr for Hungarian conservatives?”
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Panel IV
András Máté-Tóth (University of Szeged): “Socio-theological inspirations from Central and Eastern Europe"
Mihal Gierycz (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw): “About the liberal and conservative ‘temptations’ of the Catholic Church”
András Jancsó (University of Public Service, Budapest): “A kind of altar to political theology"
14:30 Closing remarks
Politika- és Államelméleti Kutatóintézet