The Romanian Institute
of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality, New York


Institutul Roman de Teologie si Spiritualitate Ortodoxa, New York

The Annual Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium


The Institute organizes annually, on the first weekend of December, an Ecumenical Symposium, where theologians, clergy, and lay people from various Christian denominations and experts in other fields in Humanities are invited to present papers on topics of contemporary interest. Selected presentations are published in Symposium. The first Symposium was held in 1993.

 

Institutul Roman de Teologie si Spiritualitate Ortodoxa din New York organizeaza in fiecare an, incepand din 1993, in primul week-end din Decembrie Simpozionul Ecumenic si Interdisciplinar unde teologi din diverse traditii crestine si experti din alte domenii umanistice prezinta lucrari pe teme de interes contemporan. O selectie din aceste prezentari este publicata in revista Symposium.

 


Symposium XXX, 2023

Symposium XXIX, 2022
Symposium XXVIII, 2021

Symposium XXVII, 2020

Symposium XXVI, 2019

The XXVth Theological, Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium


December 2, 2017 Metropolitan College of New York

 

The Academy of Romanian Scientists

THE ROMANIAN INSTITUTE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY

METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

 

 

Nation and Identity: Reconciling the Traditional Sense of Belonging with the Globalist Tendencies of Current Post-Culturalism

 

 


 

 

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Proceedings

 

The proceedings of the symposia are being published in Symposium  (click here).


Please find contents and abstracts of papers presented and published in Symposium here.



Reportaje in limba romana aici



 

 

Past Symposia



Nation and Identity: Reconciling the Traditional Sense of Belonging with the Globalist Tendencies of Current Post-Culturalism

The 25th Theological, Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2017

Program

Symposium, Vol. XXV/1, 2018 (click here)


 

Knowledge and Enchantment: A World without Mystery?

The 24th Ecumenical Theological and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2016

Program

Symposium, Vol. XXIV/1, 2017  (click here)

 

Cultural Transparency and the Loss of Privacy in the Era of Digital Technology:

How Is This Shaping Our Becoming and the Ethical Dilemmas Related to It

The 23rd Ecumenical Theological and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2015

Program

Symposium, Vol. XXIII/1, 2016  (click here)

 

Remembering Peace: Justice, and Forgiveness in a Time of War

The 22nd Ecumenical Theological and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2014

Program

Symposium, Vol. XXII/1, 2015  (click here)

 

Vivat Academia! How Post-Modern Rhetoric Shapes our Understanding of Modern and Pre-Modern Values

The 21st Annual Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2013

Program

Symposium, Vol. XXI/1, 2014  (click here)

 

Time, Place and Self in Interdisciplinary Narratives

The 20th Annual Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2012

Program

Symposium, Vol. XX/1, 2013  (click here)

 

Alienation and Authenticity in Environments of the 21st Century: Technology, Person and Transcendence

The 19th Annual Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2011

Program

Symposium, Vol. XIX/1, 2012  (click here)

 

Meaning and Mystery: From the Philosophy of Knowledge to the Theology of Person

The 18th Annual Ecumenical and Interdisciplinary Symposium, December 2010    

Program

Symposium, Vol. XVIII/1, 2011  (click here)

 

Religion and Politics: The Human Society between the Power of God and the Power of Man

The 17th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2009    

Program  

Symposium, Vol. XVII/1, 2010  (click here)

 

Cult and Culture: The Transcendental Roots of Human Civilization

The 16th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2008    

Program              

Symposium, Vol. XVI/1, 2009  (click here)

 

Theology and Literature: The Deification of Imagination and Its Cathartic Function in Spiritual Growth

The 15th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2007    

Program

Symposium, Vol. XV/1, 2008  (click here)

 

The Glory of Knowledge: Construction and Deconstruction. When Human Quest Ends in Apophasis

The 14th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2006    

Program

Symposium, Vol. XIV/1, 2007  (click here)

 

Unity in Diversity: Can We Live Together in an Apocalyptic World?

The 13th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2005    

Program              

Symposium, Vol. XIII/1, 2006  (click here)

 

Globalization from A (Archeology) to S (Spirituality): What Is It and Who Needs It?

The 12th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2004    

Program              

Symposium, Vol. XII/1, 2005  (click here)

 

Science and Theology: New Challenges and Perspectives           

The 11th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2003    

Program              

Symposium, Vol. XI/1, 2004  (click here)

 

Contemporary Culture in the Light of Christian Spirituality at the Beginning of the Third Millennium. The Secular Realities and Spiritual Perspectives

10th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2002             

Program              

Symposium, Vol. X/1, 2003  (click here)

 

Prayer as Theology of the Mind and of the Heart for the Humanity in the New Millennium

The 9th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2001      

Program              

Symposium, Vol. IX/1, 2002  (click here)

 

Humanity in the Third Millennium and the Mystery of the Divine

The 8th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 2000 

Program  

Symposium, Vol. VIII/1, 2001  (click here)

 

Jesus Christ as the Theandric Paradigm of Man's Restoration at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

The 7th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1999      

Program              

Symposium, Vol. VII/1, 2000  (click here)

 

The Theological Legacy of Fr. Dumitru Staniloae and its Ecumenical Actuality

The 6th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1998      

Program              

Symposium, Vol. VI/1, 1999  (click here)

 

Rediscovering God: The Relation between God and Man and its Significance for our Life Today

The 5th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1997      

Program              

Symposium, Vol. V/1, 1998  (click here)

 

Freedom and Responsibility in Contemporary Society

The 4th Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1996      

Program              

Symposium, Vol. IV/1, 1997  (click here)

 

Divine Creation and Human Responsibility in the Context of Contemporary Ecological Preoccupations

The 3rd Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1995      

Program              

Symposium, Vol. III/1, 1996  (click here)

 

Quo Vadis Homo? Salvation and the Modern World

The 2nd Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1994     

Program              

Symposium, Vol. II/1, 1995  (click here)

 

Worship and Identity in our Contemporary Society

The First Annual Theological Ecumenical Symposium, December 1993    

Program              

Symposium, Vol. I/1, 1994  (click here)