First International Conference

03 Jul 2023

Modern Science and the Orthodox Tradition. An uneasy relationship?
The First International Conference of SOW focuses on the nature of the relationship between modern Science and Orthodox Christianity with its centuries-old tradition. Orthodoxy today shares a variety of —sometimes ambiguous—attitudes towards modern Science shaped by the texts of the Church Fathers, medieval and modern theologians and scholars, as well as contemporary social realities. On the other hand, modern Science, which sprung from the seventeenth-century quest by Western-European philosophers for rationality, is faced with crucial and uneasy questions about the meaning of life and the position of Humankind within the natural world.

The main goal of the Conference is to define the patterns of the Science-religion relationship in the Orthodox world, especially in the light of the most recent trends in both Science and Theology. Is this a relationship of dialog or conflict? Of integration or independence? What is the impact of the revival of patristic studies and new theological currents on the relationship? But also what is the relevant impact of new scientific discoveries on the image of the Human and the Universe? Has the modern Science-religion dialog in the West influenced Eastern Christianity in its effort to create new perspectives and concepts in response to new challenges? These questions are crucial for understanding and mapping the current science-religion dialog in the Orthodox world, and apart from recording given views and opinions, Project SOW aims at inciting new thoughts and ideas in the effort to advance the dialog among all interested parties.

The Conference took place on Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th February 2017 at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Konstantinou Ave, Athens Greece.

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Rev. Prof. Georgios Anagnostopoulos
Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace
Prof. Alexey Bodrov
Founder & Rector, St Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute, Moscow
Prof. John Hedley Brooke
Fmr Idreos Professor of Science & Religion, University of Oxford
Rev. Prof. Ioan Chirilă
President of the Senate, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Prof. Kriton Chryssochoidis
Research Professor Emer., Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Professor
Rev. Doru Costache
Senior lecturer, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia
Prof. Kirill Diakonov
Russian Academy of Sciences and M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Prof. Nina Dimitrova
Institute of Research of the Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
H.Gr. Makarios Griniezakis
Bishop of Christopolis
Prof. Peter Harrison
Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland
Prof. Sergey Horujy
Director of the Institute of Synergetic Anthropology, Moscow
Prof. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
Honorary President of the Turkish Society for the History of Science
Prof. Pantelis Kalaitzidis
Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies
Dr. Tatiana Kharitonova
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Rev. Dmitry Kiryanov
Assoc. Professor, Tobolsk Orthodox Theological Seminary
Rev. Prof. Christopher Knight
Executive Secretary, International Society for Science & Religion Research Associate, Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge
Dr. Vasilios Konstantoudis
Senior Researcher, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, "Democritos" National Scientific Research Center, Athens
Rev. Prof. Kyrill Kopeikin
Director of the St.Petersburg State University Center of Interdisciplinary Scientific Theological Research Archpriest, Vice Rector of St.Petersburg Theological Academy
Prof. Alexandre Kostov
Professor, Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies with Centre of Thracology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Dr Dimitrios Kyriazis, MD
Psychiatrist, Child Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst HSPP/IFPS
Prof. Vasilios Makrides
Professor of Religious Studies (Orthodox Christianity), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Erfurt
Prof. Alexey Nesteruk
University of Portsmouth
Prof. Efthymios Nicolaidis
Research Professor, Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation - Director of Project SOW
Prof. Ronald Numbers
Professor Emer., University of Wisconsin
Dr Petros Panagiotopoulos
Participants Modern Science and the Orthodox Tradition. An uneasy relationship? Keynote address: H.Em. Nikolaos Chatzinikolaou Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki Rev. Prof. Georgios Anagnostopoulos Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Prof. Alexey Bodrov Founder & Rector, St Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute, Moscow Prof. John Hedley Brooke Fmr Idreos Professor of Science & Religion, University of Oxford Rev. Prof. Ioan Chirilă President of the Senate, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Prof. Kriton Chryssochoidis Research Professor Emer., Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Professor Rev. Doru Costache Senior lecturer, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia Prof. Kirill Diakonov Russian Academy of Sciences and M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Prof. Nina Dimitrova Institute of Research of the Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences H.Gr. Makarios Griniezakis Bishop of Christopolis Prof. Peter Harrison Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland Prof. Sergey Horujy Director of the Institute of Synergetic Anthropology, Moscow Prof. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Honorary President of the Turkish Society for the History of Science Prof. Pantelis Kalaitzidis Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies Dr. Tatiana Kharitonova M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Rev. Dmitry Kiryanov Assoc. Professor, Tobolsk Orthodox Theological Seminary Rev. Prof. Christopher Knight Executive Secretary, International Society for Science & Religion Research Associate, Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge Dr. Vasilios Konstantoudis Senior Researcher, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, "Democritos" National Scientific Research Center, Athens Rev. Prof. Kyrill Kopeikin Director of the St.Petersburg State University Center of Interdisciplinary Scientific Theological Research Archpriest, Vice Rector of St.Petersburg Theological Academy Prof. Alexandre Kostov Professor, Director of the Institute of Balkan Studies with Centre of Thracology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Dr Dimitrios Kyriazis, MD Psychiatrist, Child Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst HSPP/IFPS Prof. Vasilios Makrides Professor of Religious Studies (Orthodox Christianity), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Erfurt Prof. Alexey Nesteruk University of Portsmouth Prof. Efthymios Nicolaidis Research Professor, Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation - Director of Project SOW Prof. Ronald Numbers Professor Emer., University of Wisconsin Dr Petros Panagiotopoulos Theologian - Physicist, Content Director of Journal Pemptousia
Prof. Aristotle Papanikolaou
Archbishop Demetrios Professor in Orthodox Theology and Culture, Co-founding Director, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University
Dr Athanasios Papathanasiou
Theologian, Director of Journal “Synaxi”
Prof. Aleksandar Petrović
University of Belgrade
Prof. Alexey Postnikov
Russian Academy of Sciences, S. I. Vavilov Institute of the History of Science and Technology
Prof. Yakov Rabkin
University of Montreal
Prof. William Shea
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Prof. Magdalena Stavinschi
President of the Association for Dialogue between Science and Theology in Romania - ADSTR
Aleksandra Stevanović
Dept of PhD studies in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Belgrade
Dr Stoyan Tanev
Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark
Rev. Vassilios Thermos, MD
High Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr George Vlahakis
Associate Professor, Hellenic Open University
Prof. Gayle Woloschak
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
Prof. Donald Yerxa
Professor Emer., Eastern Nazarene College

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