The workshop "Theology of the work: new perspectives" is part of the project of research Strategic Line - PIUNA "The meaning of work in recent theology", which is held at the School of Theology of the University of Navarra.
The meeting will be held in Pamplona at the end of the first phase of project of research, and will be attended by the members of group researcher together with other qualified professors from various international universities. It will serve to share and discuss the results of the research developed in the framework of project in the Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox fields.
In the framework of an updated understanding of the work, the seminar will address the biblical, dogmatic, moral and spiritual perspectives involved in the work. It aims to establish links between work and creation, Christology, eschatology, liturgy, spirituality, virtues, development and ecology, among other aspects.
This seminar concludes the first phase of project which will be continued in a second interdisciplinary research phase on work.
Prof. D. Stephen Long
Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University (USA)
Prof. Martin Schlag
Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair for Catholic Social Thought
John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought
University of St. Thomas (USA)
Prof. Mary Hirschfeld
Associate professor of Moral Theology
Department of Theology
University of Notre Dame (USA)
Prof. Santiago Sanz
Professore straordinario di Teologia Dogmatica
Faculty of Theology
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce (Italy)
TUESDAY 30th MAY 2023
09:00 |
Welcome: Prof. Gregorio Guitián |
09:10 |
Profª. Ana Marta González: Work, hope and secularity |
09:30 |
PANEL 1: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY 09:40 Prof. Francisco Varo: Rethinking work from the Book of Leviticus 10:00 Prof. Diego Pérez Gondar: The value of human action in the book of Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth). A rereading from Gn 1-3 according to its interpretative tradition (Bonaventure and Luther). 10:20 Prof. Juan Luis Caballero: work, οίκοδομή and πνεῦμα. A vision from the pauline and johannine categories 10:40 Discussion |
11:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
12:00 |
PANEL 2: DOGMATIC THEOLOGY 12:00 Prof. Santiago Sanz: Does God work? Shall we work in heaven? In search of a theological foundation of human work 12:20 Profª. Isabel León: Creative art and theology of work. Contributions from S. Bonaventure. 12:40 Prof. Félix María Arocena: From homo faber to homo liturgicus. Towards a theology of work in liturgical perspective. 13:00 Discussion |
14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
16.00 |
PANEL 3: MORAL THEOLOGY 16:00 Prof. Hélio Luciano: The personal good of work: a comprehensive reading of the subjective dimension of work. 16:20 Prof. Martin Schlag: Contemplation at work: Social contemplation and mysticism for an integral ecology of work 16:40 Profª. Mary Hirschfeld: Labour of love: The Meaning of work in the household 17:00 Discussion. End of day |
WEDNESDAY 31st MAY 2023
09:30 |
PANEL 4: GLOBAL CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON WORK 9:30 Prof. Andrzej Persidok: Human-divine synergy. Human work and the divinization of the cosmos in Russian thinkers of early twentieth century. 9:50 Prof. Pablo Blanco: Work in Martin Luther and Jean Calvin. A theological foundation with contemporary implications 10:10 Prof. Stephen Long: Work in Protestant perspective: A not so unintended reformation |
10:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
11:00 |
DISCUSSION |
12:15 |
Closing remarks and farewell. Prof. Gregorio Guitián |
Organizing Committee
CHAIRMAN
Prof. Gregorio Guitián
BOARD MEMBER
Prof. Diego Pérez Gondar
BOARD MEMBER
Prof. Hélio Luciano
SECRETARY
Prof. Eduardo Flandes
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