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Ihe CECSUR (Cultural Center for Humanities and Religious Studies) was founded within the Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church with the intention of creating an ever-growing space that makes possible and promotes thoughtful and responsible reflection in dialogue with contemporary culture. At the crossroads of the environmental, social, cultural, scientific, artistic and religious phenomena that are rapidly transforming the profile of families, communities, interpersonal relationships and society itself, this dialogue appears not only desirable, but imposes itself as necessary and imperative.

The underlying motivation nurturing this initiative is meant to avoid the seemingly safe but counterproductive and sometimes self-defeating path of a religious apologetics afraid of losing its center. It wishes, with the same sobriety, to avoid the equally easy path of naive adaptation to the given reality or simple uncritical alignment with the fashions and moods of our historical period. Aware, then, of the ambivalence and one-sidedness, but also of the uniqueness and opportunity, that the present events offer to faith we want, as a religious tradition on the way, to reflect critically on ourselves, our choices, and our mission in the open forum of cultural and social movements and among the sentiments of the people and peoples we wish to serve.

CECSUR was established as a socio-cultural initiative serving the city of Florence, promoted by the Adventist Faculty of Theology, the generosity of the Adventist community of this city and the financial contribution of the Union of Seventh-day Adventist Christian Churches.

Structures and perspectives

CECSUR will structure its activities along four guidelines.

  1. The establishment of two Commissions of Research and Permanent Reflection” on the topic of “ethics-theology-society” and the topic of “psychology-sociology-religion.”
  2. The planning of four Formation Weeks around four areas of reflection: science-religion, theology-culture, society-religion, Bible-society.
  3. The Friendly Book initiative, which consists of a monthly presentation of a topical book in dialogue with the author.
  4. The scheduling of Conferences, Meetings, Debates, “Study Days,” etc.

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Prof. Hanz Gutierrez
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CeCSUR events

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FEBRUARY

Wednesday 2, 11 a.m.
Book-friend

Crisis of Christianity. Essay on religion and modernity (CNx, 2021)
Enrico Cerasi (San Raffaele University – Milan)

Wednesday, 23, 11:00 a.m.
Book-friend

“Kairos. Apology of Due Time” (Bollati Boringhieri 2020)
Giacomo Marramao (University of Rome 3)

Monday 28, 11:00a.m. Book-friend
“Post-society. The world after the end of modernity” (LUISS University Press, 2021)
Carlo Bordoni (University of Pisa)

MARCH

Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
“The post-secular city. The new debate on secularization” (Queriniana 2019)
Paolo Costa (Philosopher-Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento)

Wednesday, 23, 11 a.m. Book-friend
“Desires make noise” (Giunti 2021)
Paolo di Paolo (Writer – La Repubblica Roma)

APRIL

Wednesday, 6, 11a.m. Book-friend
“Introduction to the Sociology of Religion” (Carocci, 2021)
Enzo Pace (University of Padua)

Wednesday, 20, 11a.m. Book-friend
“The Death of Time” (Il Mulino, 2021)
Umberto Curi (University of Pavia)

MAY

Wednesday, 4, 11a.m. Book-friend
“The Baroque” (Einaudi 2012)
Tomaso Montanari (University of Naples)

Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend.
Pap’s paradoxto Francis. Secularization between religious boom and crisis of Christianity (Rubbettino, 2019)Luca Diotallevi (Sociologist – Roma Tre University)

JANUARY

  • Wednesday 29, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The paradox of Pope Francis. Secularization between religious boom and crisis of Christianity”
    • (Rubbettino, 2019)
    • Luca Diotallevi (Sociologist – Roma Tre University)
    • Presenter: Hanz Gutierrez
  • Friday 31, 11:00 a.m. “Remembrance Day 2019”
    • “Judaism in Italy: between past and future.”
    • Sandro Ventura (Psychiatrist/Shir Hadash Florence)
    • Presenter: Hanz Gutierrez

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 5, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Toxic words. Chronicles of Ordinary Sexism” (Settenove, 2014)
    • Graziella Priulla (Sociologist and essayist – University of Catania)
    • Presenter: Deborah Giombarresi
  • Wednesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The boundary between personal life and professional role:
    • perceptions and representations in teachers who took part in the MExTE Training Course”
    • (Master’s thesis in psychology, 2019, University of Florence)
    • Marisabel Iacopino (Psychologist – Florence)
    • Presenter: Hanz Gutierrez
  • Wednesday, 19, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Isaac. The Imperfect Son” (Claudiana, 2018)
    • Gianni Marmorini (Priest – Pratovecchio)
    • Presenter: Alessandro Butera
  • Wednesday, 26, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Encounters. Memories and Perspectives of Feminist Theology” (St. Paul’s, 2019)
    • Cristina Simonelli (CTI/Theological Faculty of Northern Italy-Milan)
    • Presenter: Hanz Gutierrez

MARCH

  • Wednesday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The therapeutic power of forgiveness. To feel good about yourself and others” (SugarCo, 2016)
    • Alberto D’Auria (Psychologist Psychotherapist – Verona)
    • Presenter: Giombattista Giombarresi
  • Wednesday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Empathies. The empathic experience in the society of conflict” (Cortina Editore, 2018)
    • Laura Boella (Philosopher – University of Milan)
    • Presenter: Cesare Zausa
  • Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Proverbs. An invitation to embrace God’s wisdom” (Sophos, 2016)
    • Pietro Ciavarella (Reformed Theologian – Florence)
    • Presenter: Isaac Afram
  • Wednesday 25, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Living Meatless. The guide to a new diet written by a vegetarian doctor.”
    • (New Techniques, 2016)
    • Biagio Tinghino (Physician – ASL Milan 3)
    • Presenter: Alessandro Butera

APRIL

  • Wednesday 1, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Post-Secular City. The new debate on secularization” (Queriniana, 2019)
    • Paolo Costa (Philosopher-Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento)
    • Presenter: Hanz Gutierrez
  • Tuesday, 21, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Perfect History of Error” (Rizzoli, 2018).
    • Roberto Mercadini (Theatrical narrator and writer – Cesena)
    • Presenter: André Legni
  • Wednesday, 22, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Blessed are the Poor. From Mosaic Legislation to the Preaching of Jesus in the Gospel According to Luke.”
    • (St. Paul’s, 2019)
    • Eric Noffke (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)
    • Presenter: Filippo Alma
  • Tuesday, 29, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “”God you don’t exist, please!” Dino Buzzati, the fatigue of believing” (Ancora, 2006)
    • Luisa Bellaspiga (Writer and journalist – Milan)
    • Presenter: Cosmin Dinca

MAY

  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Religious Symbols in Public Space. Comparative Legal Profiles” (Scientific Publishing, 2018)
    • Stefano Testa Bappenheim, (University of Camerino)
    • Presenter: Tiziano Rimoldi

JANUARY

  • Wednesday, 23, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Kerygma. The gospel of the last days” (Regnani Jubilees 2018)
    • Cristiano Ceresani (Chief of Cabinet of the Minister for Family and Disabilities-Rome)
  • Wednesday, 30, 11 a.m. Book-friend “Remembrance Day 2019”
    • “Renato Coèn. The private man, the public man” (MF editions, 2017)
    • Luciana Coèn (Writer – Florence)

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Man, Beast, The Heavens. Critiques of Anthropocentrism in the Eighteenth Century” (History& Literature 2018)
    • Vilma Baricalla (Italian Philosophical Society)
  • Friday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Bruno Latour: Plotting the course. How to get your bearings in politics” (Raffaello Cortina 2018)
    • Marco Bontempi (University of Florence)
    • Hanz Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday, 13, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Risk of Educating. Stories of adolescents and adults in relationship” (Laurana, 2018)
    • Lamberto Bertolé (City of Milan)
  • Friday 15, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Critique of Political Theology. From Augustine to Peterson: the end of the Constantinian era” (Marietti, 2018)
    • Massimo Borghesi (University of Perugia)
  • Wednesday, 20, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Contingency and Necessity in Modern Political Reason” (Laterza, 2009).
    • Carlo Galli (University of Bologna)

MARCH

  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Almost telling the truth. For a Philosophy of Religious Language” (Cnx, 2014)
    • Enrico Cerasi (San Raffaele University – Milan)
  • Wednesday, 13, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Experience. Philosophy and history of an idea” (Cortina Raffaello 2017)
    • Andrea Tagliapietra (San Raffale University – Milan)
  • Wednesday, 20, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Hartmut Rosa. Acceleration and Alienation. For a Critical Theory of Time in Late Modernity.”
    • (Little Einaudi Library 2015)
    • Ennio Battista (sociologist-journalist), Hanz Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday, 27, 8:30 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Frans De Waal. The Age of Empathy. Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society” (Three Rivers Press 2009).
    • Noemi Duran (Biologist-Geoscience Research Institute-GRI/Loma Linda, USA),
    • Hanz Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday, 27, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Handbook of Anabaptist Spirituality. Getting to the Root” (GBU, 2019)
    • Raffaele Volpe (Baptist Theologian- Florence)

APRIL

  • Wednesday 3, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “In The Anthropocene. Ethics and politics at the end of a world” (Habitus 2018)
    • Gianfranco Pellegrino (LUISS University – Rome)
  • Wednesday 10, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Humans and animals: a question of ethics” (Carocci, 2016).
    • Simone Pollo (University of Rome)

MAY

  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Religions in the Metropolis. Between Fundamentalism and Consumption” (Manifesto Books, 2018)
    • Fabio Tarzia (University of Rome)
  • Friday 10, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Is it a church for young people? Let’s try to listen to them” (Ancora 2018)
    • Alberto Galimberti (University of Verona)
  • Wednesday 15, 5:30 p.m. Book-friend
    • “One is not worth one. Direct Democracy and Other Myths of Today” (Marsilio Ancora 2018)
    • Massimiliano Panarari (LUISS-Rome/Bocconi University-Milan)
  • Friday 31, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Geopolitics. Orienteering the Great International Disorder” (Il Mulino 2018)
    • Manlio Graziano (HEC and University Sorbonne-Paris)

JANUARY

  • Monday 31, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “More than Music. Worship” (Berrien Springs, 2017)
    • Adriana Perera (Andrews University, USA)

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “An unexpected hug. Reflections for the mind, tales for the heart” (ADV, 2017)
    • Vittorio Fantoni (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Tuesday, 20, 10 a.m. Symposium XVI
    • “Respect extended to animals. Remembering Tom Regan one year after his passing“
    • V. Baricalla (SFI, Italian society of philosophy, Florence)
    • L. Lombardi Vallauri (Catholic University of Milan/University of Florence)
    • L. Battaglia (University of Genoa)
    • M. Galletti (University of Florence)
    • F. Allegri (University of Siena)
    • D. Pollo (University of Rome)
    • F. Zuolo (University of Genoa)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday, 21, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “In the court of Nebuchadnezzar. History and current events in Daniel’s book” (ADV, 2017)
    • Saverio Scuccimarri (Florence Adventist Faculty of Theology)
  • Wednesday 28, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The light of the pearl. Maria Zambrano’s writing between philosophy and theo-logy” (Effata’, 2008)
    • Lucia Vantini (ISSR of Verona/CTI)

MARCH

  • Wednesday 7, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Beyond Babel. Codes for an Intercultural Democracy” (Daedalus, 2008)
    • Mario Ricca (University of Parma)
  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “What Is Michelangelo GoodFor?” (Einaudi, 2011).
    • Tomaso Montanari (University of Naples)
  • Wednesday, 21, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Back for a Day” (Porto Seguro, 2017).
    • Luciana Coèn (Writer – Florence)

APRIL

  • Wednesday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Against the sacred. Why faiths make us stupid” (Rizzoli, 2016)
    • Edoardo Boncinelli (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele)
  • Thursday 12, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Motionless Church. Francis and the missed revolution” (Laterza, 2018)
    • Marco Marzano (University of Bergamo)
  • Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Luther. The years of faith and freedom” (Mondadori, 2017)
    • Adriano Prosperi (University of Pisa)
  • Friday 27, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “All for nothing. William Shakespeare’s philosophy” (Bompiani, 2016)
    • Massimo Donà (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)

MAY

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Storytelling. Autobiography as self-care.” (Cortina Raffaello, 1996)
    • Duccio Demetrio (University of Milan)
  • Thursday 3, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “On This Side of Good and Evil” (Einaudi, 2016)
    • Roberta De Monticelli (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele)
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Words of care. Medicine and philosophy” (Cortina Raffaello, 2017)
    • Umberto Curi (University of Padua)
    • “Young people’s word. Dialogue with the generation of active nihilism” (Feltrinelli, 2018)
    • Umberto Galimberti (University of Venice)
  • Wednesday 16, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Free Church in Free State. The biblical foundations of Alexandre Vinet’s separatist conception.” (La Sapienza University, 2018)
    • Giuseppe Cupertino (UICCA – Rome)
  • Thursday, 17, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Full-scale. Soccer from a sociological perspective” (Guide, 2013)
    • Luca Bifulco and Francesco Pirrone (University of Salerno)

SEPTEMBER

  • Wednesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Icarus paradox. That is, the necessity of disobedience” (The Assayer, 2018)
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Pisa)
  • Wednesday, 19, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Luther” (Salerno Publishing, 2017).
    • Silvana Nitti (University of Naples)
  • Wednesday, 26, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The exposed self. Theology and neuroscience from a phenomenological perspective” (Citadel, 2017)
    • Lucia Vantini (ISSR of Verona)

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday 3, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “You are not god. Phenomenology of contemporary spirituality” (Tlon, 2016)
    • Andrea Colamedici, Maura Gancitano (Philosophers, Milan)
  • Wednesday 10, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Hope in the apocalypse. The present time in the light of prophecy” (ADV, 2015)
    • Saverio Scuccimarri (Adventist Faculty of Theology – Florence)
  • Wednesday, 17, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Hands on my body. Diary of a cancer patient” (The Meeting Point 2008)
    • Luciana Coèn (Writer – Florence)
    • “John Calvin. The refugee reformer who renewed the faith and culture of the West” (Salerno Publishing, 2017)
    • Emanuele Fiume (Waldensian historian)
  • Wednesday, 24, 11 a.m. IX B.B. Beach Lectures 2018
    • “Banned cultures. Modernity, migration, intercultural law” (Raffaello Cortina, 2013)
    • Mario Ricca (University of Parma)
  • Wednesday, 31, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Passage to the West. Philosophy and globalization” (Bollati Boringhieri, 2009)
    • Giacomo Marramao (University of Roma Tre)

NOVEMBER

  • Thursday 7, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Listening that heals. The word that heals” (Claudiana, 2017)
    • Sergio Manna (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)
  • Wednesday 28, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Jacob Taubes” (Morcelliana, 2004).
    • Elettra Stimilli (University of Rome “La Sapienza”)

DECEMBER

  • Thursday 6, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Big mystery. Philosophy of Giacomo Leopardi” (Bompiani, 2013)
    • Massimo Donà (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
  • Wednesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Sick out of place. Cross-cultural medicine” (Raffaello Cortina, 2012)
    • Ivo Quaranta (University of Bologna)
  • Wednesday, 19, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “John Calvin. The refugee reformer who renewed the faith and culture of the West” (Salerno Publishing, 2017)
    • Emanuele Fiume (Waldensian historian)
    • “The struggle of becoming an adult. The disappearance of rites of passage” (Einaudi, 2014)
    • Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet (University of Verona)

JANUARY

  • Monday 23, 7:30 p.m. Cineforum
    • “A Man for All Seasons” (directed by Fred Zinnerman, 1966).
    • A. Panerini, H. Gutierrez (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Imbecility is a Serious Matter” (Il Mulino, 2016).
    • Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin)
  • Wednesday 15, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Man, nature, animals. For a bioethics of complexity” (Altravista, 2016)
    • Luisella Battaglia (University of Genoa)
  • Sunday 19, 6:00 p.m. Conference
    • “Sola Scriptura? The relevance of the Protestant Reformation“
    • A. Panerini, S. Scuccimarri (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)

MARCH

  • Wednesday 1, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Society of Deviants” (Eleuthera, 2016).
    • Piero Cipriano (Rome)
  • Wednesday 15, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Little atheists grow up. Really a godless generation?” (The Mill 2016)
    • Franco Garelli (University of Turin)
  • Wednesday, 22, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Time Without Choices” (Einaudi 2016).
    • Paolo di Paolo (Writer-Rome)
  • Monday 20 at 7:30 p.m. Cineforum
    • “Winter Lights” (directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1963).
    • A. Panerini, H. Gutierrez (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)

APRIL

  • Thursday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “In Rome we trust. The rise of Catholics in the political life of the United States.” (Mill 2016)
    • Graziano Manlio (Sorbonne University. Paris-France)
  • Saturday 8 at 18:00 Cineforum
    • “Bonhoeffer” (directed by Eric Till, 2000).
    • A. Panerini, H. Gutierrez (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)
  • Wednesday, 26, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Shared Silence” (DeCompose editions, 2016)
    • Sara Furnari (Psychologist, Gaeta)

MAY

  • Wednesday, 3, 11 a.m. Guitar concert
    • “Music: between introspection and transformation.”
    • Eric Reimers (Agentina)
  • Wednesday 10, 11:00 a.m. Symposium XV
    • “500 Years of the Protestant Reformation” (Adventus magazine 2017).
    • M. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • G. Marrazzo (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • P. Ciavarella (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • R. Baptist (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • T. Rimoldi (Florence Adventist Faculty of Theology)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday, 17, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Psychiatry, Existence and Resilience.”
    • Valdo Ricca (University of Florence)
  • Monday 22, 7:30 p.m. Cineforum
    • “Cromwell” (directed by Ken Hughes, 1970).
    • A. Panerini, H. Gutierrez (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)

JUNE

  • Sunday 25, 6:00 p.m. Conference
    • “Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Confessing Church.”
    • A. Panerini, S. Scuccimarri (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)

JULY

  • Monday 17, 7:30 p.m. Cineforum
    • “The Law of the Lord” (directed by William Wyler, 1956).
    • A. Panerini, S. Scuccimarri (Metropolitan Community Church – Florence)

SEPTEMBER

  • Wednesday, 20, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The narrow door. How to come of age” (Bollati Boringhieri, 2015)

    • Umberto Curi (University of Pavia)

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The end of the liquid world. Overcoming modernity and living in the interregnum” (The Wise Man, 2017)
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Pisa)
  • Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Democracies Without Memory” (Einaudi, 2017).
    • Luciano Violante
  • Wednesday, 18, 12:00 p.m. “VIII – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “The Exercise of Democracy in Multicultural Societies.”
    • Luciano Violante, Davide Romano, Tiziano Rimoldi, Hanz Gutierrez
  • Wednesday, 19, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “End run. The crisis of Christianity as a confessional religion” (EDB, 2017)
    • Luca Diotallevi (University of Rome III)

NOVEMBER

  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The horizontal society. Free without fathers” (Feltrinelli, 2017)
    • Marco Marzano (University of Bergamo)

DECEMBER

  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • Multicultural Societies” (Carocci, 2016)
    • Enzo Colombo (State University of Milan)
    • “On this side of good and evil. For a theory of values” (Einaudi, 2016)
    • Roberta De Monticelli (Vita e Salute/San-Raffaele University-Milan)

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 3, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Endiades. Figures of duplicity“
    • Umberto Curi (University of Padua)
  • Friday 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Study day
    • “Bioethics on the way. Study day in memory of John Berlinguer“
    • M. T. France, G. Maciocco, M. Geddes da Filicaia, G. Zuffa
    • Palagio degli Uffici di Parte Guelfa – Brunelleschi Hall
  • Wednesday, 17, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “A religiosity without religions. Spirit, mind and body in contemporary holistic culture” (Publishers Guide 2015)
    • Enzo Pace (University of Padua)

MARCH

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “For the sake of the world. The theology of the cross and unjustifiable violence.”
    • Letizia Tomassone (Waldensian Faculty of Theology – Rome)
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Psychotherapy, existence and meaning of life.”
    • Gioia Gorla (psychologist-psychotherapist Florence)
  • Wednesday 16, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The companion of the soul. The Greeks and the dream” (Cortina Raffaello 2013)
    • Giulio Guidorizzi (University of Turin)
  • Wednesday 30 at 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The frailty within us” (Einaudi 2014).
    • Eugenio Borgna (University of Novara)

APRIL

  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Beyond Multiculturalism” (Laterza 2010).
    • Pierpaolo Donati (University of Bologna)
  • Wednesday 6, 3 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Italian-style religion. The soul of the country laid bare” (The Mill 2011)
    • Franco Garelli (University of Turin)
  • Tuesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Our Father? God, gender, parenting. Some questions” (Claudiana 2015)
    • Elizabeth Green (Baptist theologian – Cagliari)
  • Tuesday, 19, 11:00 a.m. Symposium XIV
    • “Exporting religious freedom?“
    • P. Annicchino ( European University of Florence)
    • D. Romano (AIDLR, Rome)
    • P. Naxos (University of Rome)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • Wednesday, 27, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The fatigue of growing up. The disappearance of rites of passage” (Einaudi 2014)
    • Marco Aime (University of Genoa)

MAY

  • Friday 13, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The thread and the trail. True, false, fake” (Feltrinelli 2015)
    • Carlo Ginzburg (University of Chicago)
  • Tuesday, 17, 6:00 p.m. Round table.
    • “Evangelicals and homosexuality: an impossible relationship.”
    • A. Panerini, S. Scuccimarri, H. Gutierrez, (Metropolitan Community Church)
  • Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Against the dictation of the present. Why a discourse on ends is necessary” (Laterza 2014)
    • Gustavo Zagrebelsky (University of Turin)

SEPTEMBER

  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The transition is (almost) over. How to solve in 2016 the problems opened 70 years earlier” (Giappichelli 2016)
    • Stefano Ceccanti (La Sapienza University, Rome)
  • Wednesday 5, 12:00 p.m. Panel discussion
    • “Toward the Constitutional Referendum“
    • S. Ceccanti, D. Romano, T. Rimoldi, H. Gutierrez, D. Gutierrez

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday 5, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Daughters of Hagar. At the origins of monotheism two mothers” (Effata 2014)
    • L. Tomassone (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)
  • Wednesday, 12 a.m. 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Animals and Ethics” (Mimesis 2015).
    • Francesco Allegri (University of Siena)
  • Saturday 15, 4:30 p.m. Book-friend
    • “The Nothingness and the Enchantment” (The Old Bridge, 2015).
    • R. Rizzo (Adventist pastor – writer, Forli)
  • Saturday 15, 5:30 p.m. Round Table
    • “Poetry and multiculturalism“
    • R. Rizzo, T. Pascu, H. Gutierrez
  • Wednesday, 19, 11 a.m. “VII – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “Religious Pluralism, Fundamentalism and Secularism.”
    • M. Bontempi (University of Florence)
  • Wednesday, 19, 12:00 p.m. Round table.
    • “Religious pluralism and multiculturalism.”
    • M. Bontempi, H. Gutierrez, T. Pispisa
  • Monday 24, 8:30 p.m. Conference
    • “Thousands not Billions of Years: The Bible and Science Confirm it.”
    • Paolo Tallone, Philip Bell (Creation Ministries International, Australia/USA/England)
  • Monday 31, 7 p.m. Round table
    • “Forerunners of the Protestant Reformation: from Valdo of Lyons to Jan Hus.”
    • Andrea Panerini, Marta Torcini, Pietro Ciavarella, Giampaolo Pancetti

NOVEMBER

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “A living faith. Mystagogy in action.” (EDB, 2016)
    • Serena Noceti (Theological Faculty of Central Italy, Florence)
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The hypocrisy of the West. The caliph, terror and history” (The Third, 2015)
    • Franco Cardini (University of Florence)
  • Monday 28, 9:00 p.m. Movie
    • “Luther” (2013)
    • Andrea Panerini, H. Gutierrez

DECEMBER

  • Saturday 3, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Prayer: medicine for the soul and body” (St. Paul’s 2016).
    • Giorgio Lambertenghi (Physician-writer, University of Milan)
  • Wednesday 7, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Fragile asset. Reflections on ethics” (Mondadori 2011)
    • A. Potente (University of Verona)
  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Man, nature, animals. For a bioethics of complexity” (Altravista 2016)
    • Luisella Battaglia (University of Genoa)

JANUARY

  • Monday 19, 10:30 a.m. Conference
    • “Feminist Thought and Liberation Theology.”
    • Mercedes Garcia Bachmann (ISEDET- Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Wednesday 28, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The girl with the bonnet leaning against a lodge” (Arstudio 2015)
    • Valerio Biscalkin (Painter/writer, Florence)

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “In Praise of Polytheism. What we can learn from ancient religions“
    • Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena)
  • Wednesday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Couples and families. It is not a question of nature“
    • Chiara Saraceno (University of Turin)
  • Friday 20, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Transgressive adolescents. Deviant actions and adult responses” (Franco Angeli, 2003)
    • Alfio Maggiolini (University of Milan-Bicocca)
  • Wednesday 25, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Intentio Dei. The momentum toward infinity” (Armando publisher, 2014)
    • Aldo Stella (University of Perugia)
  • Friday 27, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Between earth and sky. Believers and nonbelievers in global society” (Joints, 2014)
    • Vannino Chiti (Senate of the Republic – Rome)

MARCH

  • Wednesday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Europe and Islam. Story of a misunderstanding” (Rome, Laterza 2007)
    • Franco Cardini (University of Florence)
  • Wednesday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Anthropop. The global tribe” (Bollati Boringhieri, 2014)
    • Duccio Canestrini (University of Pisa/Lucca)
  • Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Culture. From complexity to impoverishment” (Laterza, 2011)
    • Francesco Remotti (University of Turin)
  • Tue-Wed 24, 25 4-7 p.m. Intensive seminar
    • “The biblical flood. Between the Bible, philosophy and geology” (Laterza, 2011)
    • R. Nalin (Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda, U.S.A.).

APRIL

  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “An eschatological analysis of reality” (Il Mulino, 2014).
    • Irvy Cendron (Vita-salute, San Raffaele, Milan)
  • Wednesday 15, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Corporate morality. An ethics-based model for success in business” (New Techniques, 2014)
    • Sergio Casella (University of Padua)
    • Tue-Thu 14-16 4-7 p.m. Intensive seminar.
    • “History and Theology of Fundamentalism“
    • J. L. Rolland (Adventist University du Saleve, France)
  • Wednesday, 22, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Meaning and History of Gospel Music.”
    • Nehemiah H. Brown (Florence Gospel Choir School, Florence)

MAY

  • Mon-Thurs 4-7, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Intensive seminar.
    • “Cycles of the Apocalypse“
    • Jon Paulien (Loma Linda University, California U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 6, 9 a.m. Symposium XIII
    • “Apocalypse and eschatology: between fears and hopes.”
    • J. Paulien (Loma Linda University, USA)
    • E. Green (Baptist theologian, Florence)
    • F. Ferrario (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)
    • P. Gajewski (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)

SEPTEMBER

    • Wednesday, 23, 5:30 p.m. Book-friend
    • “In Praise of Polytheism. What we can learn from ancient religions” (The Mill, 2014)
    • Maurizio Bettini (University of Siena)
    • “Love without end, love without end” (Il Mulino, 2015).
    • Alberto Meloni (Modena-Reggio Emilia University)
    • “Contamination needed. Soul care between religions, psychotherapy, philosophical counseling” (Moretti&Vitali 2008)
    • Massimo Diana (SIPR, Novara)
  • Wednesday 30, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “State of crisis. Zygmunt Bauman” (Einaudi 2015)
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Florence)

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday 7, 5 p.m. Book-friend
    • “It is not the same as before. In praise of forgiveness in love life” (Raffaello Cortina 2014)
    • Massimo Recalcati (Lacanian Psychoanalyst/Director JONAS Institute)
  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Inclinations. Critique of righteousness” (Raffaello Cortina, 2013)
    • Adriana Cavarero (University of Verona)
    • “Between Heresy and Truth” (Chiarelettere 2014).
    • Luigi Zoja (Psychoanalyst, Milan)
  • Mon-Wed 19-21, 4-5 p.m. Intensive seminar
    • “Law, Religion and Peace.”
    • Ron Osborn (University of Southern California U.S.A./Adventist Peace Fellowship)
  • Wednesday, 21, 9:30 a.m. Seminar
    • “Anarchy and Apocalypse. Essays on Faith, Violence, and Theodicy“
    • Ron Osborn (University of Southern California U.S.A./Adventist Peace Fellowship)
    • Wednesday, 21, 10:30 a.m. Round-Table
    • “Peace, Animal Rights and a New Living.”
    • R. Osborn, H. Gutierrez, T. Rimoldi
  • Wednesday 28 at 10:30 a.m. “VI – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “The post-secular unknown. Religious pluralism, fundamentalism, secularism” (Guide, 2015)
    • Paolo Naso (University of Rome)
  • Wednesday 28 11:30 a.m. Round-Table
    • “Religious Pluralism, Fundamentalism and Secularism.”
    • P. Naso, H. Gutierrez, T. Rimoldi, D. Romano

NOVEMBER

  • Wednesday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Environmental crisis and ethics. A new climate of justice” (Claudiana, 2014)
    • Letizia Tomassone (Waldensian Faculty – Rome)
  • Wednesday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The hypocrisy of the West. The caliph, terror and history” (The Third, 2015)
    • Franco Cardini (University of Florence)
  • Mon-Thurs 9-12, 4-7 p.m. Intensive seminar
    • “Religion, faith and secularization in Ch. Taylor“
    • Zane Yi (Loma LindaUniversity, California, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday, 11/18, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Economy of the Common Good“
    • S. Zamagni (University of Bologna)

DECEMBER

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Ethics of Character” (Feltrinelli 2010).
    • Remo Bodei (Normale, Pisa)
  • Saturday 5, 4 p.m. Book-friend
      • “The Good War” (Ferment 2015).
      • Paolo Agnello (Physician-writer, Bassano del Grappa)
  • Mon-Wed 7-9 4:00 p.m. Intensive seminar
      • “Suffering and the Search for Meaning. Contemporary Responses to the Problem of Pain“
      • Richard Rice (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Good War” (Ferment 2015).
    • Paolo Agnello (Physician-writer, Bassano del Grappa)
    • “Beyond the Society of Individuals” (Bollati Boringhieri 2012).F. Brezzi, M.T. Russo (ed.) (University of Rome III)
    • “Beyond the Society of Individuals” (Bollati Boringhieri 2012).
    • F. Brezzi, M.T. Russo (ed.) (University of Rome III)

JANUARY

  • Friday 31, 8:30 p.m. Meditation
    • “What is a Center of Hope.”
    • Franco Evangelisti (UICCA-Rome President)

FEBRUARY

  • Saturday 1, 11:00 a.m. Meditation
    • “Bringing the gospel.”
    • Karl Johnson (Theologian Adventist University of France)
  • Saturday 1, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Meditation
    • “Bringing the Gospel: Florence 2014.”
    • Karl Johnson (Theologian Adventist University of France)
  • Wednesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Seminar
    • “100 ways to eat breakfast. Good nutrition with a view to a healthy lifestyle“
    • Raniero Facchini
  • Wednesday, 19, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Freedom of Conscience and Religion before the Italian Constitution” (GBU 2013).
    • Stefano Gagliano (Guiciardini Institute, Florence)
  • Friday 21, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “After Leviathan. Individual and community” (Bollati Boringhieri 2013)
    • G. Marramao (University of Rome III)
  • Friday 21, 12:00 p.m. Round table
    • “Individual, Religious Communities and Civil Society” (GBU 2013).
    • G. Marramao, H. Gutierrez, D. Spini, C. Napolitano, E. Green, D. Romano, F. Ferrario

MARCH

  • Wednesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The End of Christianity” (Uno 2013)
    • Alessandro and Alessio De Angelis (Rome)
  • Mon-Mar 24-25, 4-6:30 p.m. Seminar
    • “Religious Freedom in the American Constitution.”
    • Alan Reinach (President of the “Church-State Council,” San Francisco, U.S.A.)
  • Thursday, 27, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Philosophy of Music” (Bompiani 2006).
    • Massimo Donà (San Raffaele University Milan)

APRIL

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Philosophy of Music” (Feltrinelli 2007))
    • Silvia Vizzardelli (University of Calabria)
  • Friday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Nature of Power” (Laterza 2010).
    • Luciano Canfora (University of Bari)
  • Wednesday 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Study day
    • “Religion and Society: getting to know Adventism today.”
    • P. Naso (La Sapienza University of Rome), M. I. Macioti (Italian Association of Sociology)
    • D. Romano, H. Gutierrez, G. Marrazzo, T. Rimoldi
  • Wednesday, 23, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Ancient East. History, society, economy” (Laterza 2011)
    • Mario Liverani (La Sapienza University Rome)

MAY

  • Mon-Wed 5-7, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “New Migrants and Human Rights.”
    • Carlos Parra (Southern Adventist University, Tennessee U.S.A.)
  • Tuesday 6, 9:00 a.m. Symposium XII
    • “Linguistic, Ethnic and Religious Minorities Today.”
    • C. Parra (Southern Adventist University, USA)
    • D. Spini (Syracuse University, Florence)
    • T. Rimoldi (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday 7, 10 a.m. to 1 p. m. Symposium
    • “Linguistic, Ethnic, Religious Minorities Today: Rights and Responsibilities.”
    • C. Parra, T. Rimoldi, H. Gutierrez

JUNE

  • Tuesday 3, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Discreet Hero” (Mondadori 2013).
    • Mario Vargas-Llosa (2010 Nobel Prize in Literature)
  • Saturday 21, 11:00 a.m. Meditation
    • “The Gospel and Distributive Justice.”
    • John Witte (Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, Atlanta. U.S.A.)
  • Monday 23, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “The Covenant Marriage; Between Religion, Law and Society.”
    • John Witte (Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, Atlanta. U.S.A.)

SEPTEMBER

  • Wednesday, 17, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Literature and Music” (Carocci 2005).
    • Roberto Russi (University of Siena)
  • Wednesday 24, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Society and Technique” (Feltrinelli 2008).
    • U. Gallimberti

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday, 8, 5 p.m. Book-friend
    • “It is not the same as before. In praise of forgiveness in love life” (Raffaello Cortina 2014)
    • Massimo Recalcati (Lacanian psychoanalyst/director JONAS institute)
  • Mon-Mar 13-14, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “The Three Monotheisms“
    • P. Gisel (University of Lausanne-Switzerland)
  • Thursday 15, 10 a.m. to 1 p .m. Symposium
    • “Creation“
    • P. Gisel, F. Ferrario, H. Gutierrez
  • Monday 27-29, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Law religion and human rights“
    • Lelio Lellis (Dean Faculty of Law UNASP Brazil)
  • Thursday, 30, 9:30 a.m. “V – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “Religious Freedom in South America.”
    • Lelio Lellis (Dean Faculty of Law UNASP Brazil)
  • Thursday 30, 10:30 a.m. Round table
    • “Religious Freedom Today: North-South.”
    • L. Lellis, H. Gutierrez, T. Rimoldi, M. Ventura, J. Gonzalez

NOVEMBER

  • Mon-Wed 3-5, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Youth, Religion and Today Society.”
    • Bailey Gillespie (La Sierra University, California, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 12, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Care of the World” (Bollati Boringhieri 2011).
    • Elena Pulcini (University of Florence)
  • Wed-Fri 26-28, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Mission, enculturation and contextualization.”
    • T. Ferreira (Washington, U.S.A.)

DECEMBER

  • Wednesday 3, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Ethics of Character” (Feltrinelli 2010).
    • Remo Bodei (Normale, Pisa)
  • Wednesday 10, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Beyond the Society of Individuals” (Bollati Boringhieri 2012).
    • F. Brezzi, M.T. Russo (ed.) (University of Rome III)
  • Mon-Wed 15-17, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “The Creation narrative: between science and faith.”
    • Rony Nalin (Geoscience Institute Loma Linda, U.S.A.)

JANUARY

  • Friday 25, 8:00 p.m. Conference
    • “Spirituality: a challenge for contemporary society.”
    • Dr. Giovanni Melchionda (Ancona Juvenile Court)
  • Saturday 26, 4:00 p.m. Conference
    • “Pastoral Care and Adolescence.”
    • Dr. Giovanni Melchionda (Ancona Juvenile Court)
  • Monday 28, 11:00 a.m. Conference “Remembrance Day”
    • “The Jewish people. A personal testimony“
    • Dr. Giovanni Melchionda (Ancona Juvenile Court)

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Theology and Scripture: ten theses.”
    • Bruno Forte (Archbishop Chieti-Vasto)
  • Wednesday, 13, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Body, health, care. Lines of biomedical anthropology” (Rubbettino 2004)
    • Maria Teresa Russo (University of Rome)
  • Wednesday, 20, 11:00 a.m. Book-Friend.
    • “Metaphysics of the plague. Guilt and fate” (Einaudi 2012)
    • Sergio Givone (University of Florence/Municipality of Florence Councillor for Culture)
  • Mon-Wed 25-27, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Interpersonal motivational systems.”
    • Mirela Pascu (Cognitive-behavioral Psychologist Lecco)

MARCH

  • Mon-Wed 4-6, 4-6:30 p.m. Seminar
    • “Thinking Philosophy Today“
    • Christian Wannenmacher (University of Munich-Germany)
  • Wednesday 6, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Shame. Metamorphosis of an emotion” (Feltrinelli 2012).
    • Gabriella Turnaturi (University of Bologna)
  • Fri-Sun 8-10, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Seminar
    • “Intercultural Training and Welcoming Workshop” (LINFA project).
    • Paolo Naso (University of Rome/Valdensian Faculty of Theology)
  • Wednesday, 13, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “The Italian Catholic Church Today“
    • Mauro Castagnaro (journalist and socio-political analyst)
  • Mon-Wed 18-20, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “New Horizons for Thinking the Christian Family Today.”
    • Willie & Elaine Oliver (Family Ministry, SDA-CG, Washington, U.S.A.)
    • Wednesday, 20, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Wounded Emotions” (Feltrinelli 2011).
    • Eugenio Borgna (Psychiatrist University of Novara)

APRIL

  • Mon-Wed 8-10, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Emotions: between biology, psychology and religion.”
    • Mirela Pascu (Cognitive-behavioral Psychologist Lecco)
  • Wednesday 10, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Peter Berger and Contemporary Religion.”
    • Andrea Spini (University of Florence)
  • Mon-Mar 22-23, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Health, Religion and Society.”
    • Dr. Maria Somolinos (Salud UAE, Madrid-Spain)

MAY

  • Thursday 2, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Round table
    • “The New Italians“
    • Aminata Fofana, Nicolai Lilin, Elvira Dones, Hamid Ziarati
  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The God of Women” (The Margin 2012).
    • Luisa Muraro (University of Verona)

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 23-26, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Faith communities: a post-modern look.”
    • Reinder Bruinsma (TED, Amsterdam/London)
  • Thursday 26, 9:00 a.m. Symposium XI
    • “The Role of Women in Pastoral Ministry.”
    • L. Locorotondo (CTI Italian women theologians coordination)
    • L. Verona (Adventist theologian, Bologna)
    • E. Green (Baptist theologian, Florence)
    • V. Hanni (Theologian, Geneva)
    • R. Bruisma /Newbold College, England)
    • S. Segoloni CTI Italian women theologians coordination)
    • L. Vantini (University of Verona)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Communitas. Equal and different in liquid society” (Alberti 2013)
    • C. Bordoni (University of Pisa)
  • Thursday, 10 a.m. SYMPOSIUM
    • “Creation“
    • P. Gisel, F. Ferrario, H. Gutierrez, D. Romano
  • Monday 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “IV – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “Religion and Rights“
    • C.Cardia, M. Ventura, T. Rimoldi, H. Gutierrez

NOVEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 4-7, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Reading the Apocalypse Today.”
    • Sigve Tonstad (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Apocalyptic, eschatology and society.”
    • S. Tonstad, F. Alma, M. Gutierrez, H. Gutierrez
  • Mon-Thurs 11-14, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Mission, enculturation and contextualization.”
    • J. Trim (Washington, U.S.A.)

DECEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 9-12, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Bioethics: between past and future“
    • Mark Carr (Loma Linda University- U.S.A.)

JANUARY

  • Saturday 28, 8:00 p.m. Conference
    • “Memorial Day.”

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “In Praise of Depression” (Einaudi 2011).
    • A. Bonomi/E. Borgna (University of Novara)
  • Wednesday 15, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Pride” (The 7 Deadly Vices / Il Mulino 2010).
    • L. Bazzicalupo (University of Salerno)
  • Wednesday, 22, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Interstitials. Between art and philosophy” (Garzanti 2010)
    • F. Rella (University of Venice)
  • Friday 24, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Against Power” (Bompiani 2011).
    • G. Marramao (University of Rome)

MARCH

  • Saturday 3, 4 p.m. 1 Book-friend
    • “Sloth” (The 7 Deadly Vices / Il Mulino 2008).
    • S. Benvenuto (CNR Rome)
  • Wednesday 7, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “How to have peace with God. M. Luther on justification by faith” (Be editions 2011)
    • P. Ciavarella (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Thursday 15, 6 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Mother Earth. How not to be eaten by food” (Joints 2012)
    • Carlo Petrini, Slow Food International / University of Gastronomic Sciences- Pollenzo
  • Wednesday, 21, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Religions and politics in the global world. The reasons for a dialogue” (Jun 2011)
    • Vannino Chiti, Senate of the Italian Republic, Rome
  • Wednesday 28, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Avarice” (The 7 Deadly Vices / Il Mulino 2010).
    • S. Zamagni (University of Bologna)

APRIL

  • Wednesday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Creation without God” (Einaudi 2006).
    • Telmo Pievani (University of Milan)
  • Wed-Fri 11am-1pm, 11am-7pm Seminar
    • “Creation and evolution: theological considerations.”
    • F. Channel (Andrews University, Michigan, U.S.A.)
  • Friday 13, 8:30 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Twilight of the Barbarians” (Bevivino 2011).
    • Alberto Abruzzese (University of Rome)
  • Monday 16, 9:00 a.m. Symposium VIII
    • “Pastoral Care and Religious Belonging.”
    • R. Rice (Loma Linda University, USA)
    • F. Channel (Andrews University, USA)
    • E. Green (Baptist theologian, Florence)
    • L. Altin (Florence Adventist Faculty of Theology)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Nature of Power” (Laterza 2010).
    • Luciano Canfora (University of Bari)
  • Mon-Thurs, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Faith, Community and Belonging.”
    • Rick Rice (Loma Linda University, California, U.S.A.)
  • Mon-Wed 23-25, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Faith, theology and cultural context.”
    • R. Bruisma, (Newbold College, Bracknell, England)
  • Tuesday, 24, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “In Praise of Moralism” (Laterza 2011).
    • S. Rodotà (Univertsity of Rome)
  • Saturday 28, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Envy” (The 7 Deadly Vices / Il Mulino 2011).
    • Elena Pulcini (University of Florence)

MAY

  • Saturday 5, 3:00 p.m. Symposium IX
    • “The Seven Deadly Sins”
    • E. Pulcini (University of Florence)
    • F. Rigotti (University of Lugano)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • L. Altin (Florence Adventist Faculty of Theology)
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The challenge of the century. Energy. 200 questions about the future of our children” (Mondadori 2008)
    • Lorenzo Pinna, (journalist, Rome)

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 17-20, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Mission, enculturation and contextualization.”
    • J. Trim (Washington, U.S.A.)

OCTOBER

  • Wednesday, 17, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Betrayed thread. Twenty years of feminist theology” (Claudiana 2011)
    • E. Green (Pastor Baptist Church, Grosseto)
  • Fri-Sat, 26-27, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Freedom of conscience“
    • J. Graz (Washington U.S.A.)
  • Monday 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “III – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “Religion, Society and Multiculturalism.”
    • J. Graz / G. Amato

NOVEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 5-8, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “For an African Theology.”
    • Kabema Donkor (Biblical Research Institute, Washington, U.S.A.).
  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Lust” (Mulino 2011).
    • Giulio Giorello (University of Milan)

DECEMBER

  • Wednesday 5, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Wrath” (Mill 2011)
    • Remo Bodei (Normale, Pisa)
  • Mon-Thurs 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “A Reading of the Apocalypse.”
    • Sigve Tonstad (Loma Linda University)

JANUARY

  • Wednesday, 26, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The commandments. Sanctifying holidays.” (The Mill 2010)
    • Massimo Donà (San Raffaele University, Milan)
  • Thursday 27, 8:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Nature and perspective of sapiential literature in the TA.”
    • Barna Magyrosi, (EUD- Bern-Switzerland)
  • Saturday, 29, 8:30 p.m. Conference-Day of Remembrance
    • “One Language for One People“
    • Ida Zatelli (University of Florence)
    • Multipurpose center

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday 2, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Infinity and Music“
    • Eleonora Negri, (University of Florence)
  • Friday 4, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Postcolonial Criticism” (Meltemi 2005).
    • Miguel Mellino (University of Naples/London)
  • Wednesday, 23, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Introduction to the Philosophy of Science” (Laterza 1999).
    • Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara (University of Florence)

MARCH

  • Wed-Thurs 2-3, 8-11 a.m. Seminar
    • “The Anthropology of the Psalms.”
    • Bernd Janowski (University of Tübingen, Germany)
  • Saturday 5, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Bioethics Without Dogma” (Rubbettino 2010).
    • Luisella Battaglia (University of Genoa)
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Telling God. Religion as communication” (The Mill 2010)
    • Vincenzo Pace (University of Padua)
  • Wednesday 16, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The European Union and Religions” (Claudiana 2010).
    • E. Genre (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)
  • Monday 21, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “The Royal Psalms“
    • David Howard, (Bethel University, Minessota, U.S.A.)
  • Thursday 24, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Hearing the other. Knowing and practicing empathy” (Raffello Cortina 2008)
    • Laura Boella (University of Milan)
  • Friday 25, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Philosophy of Medicine” (Carocci 2010).
    • Alessandro Pagnini (University of Florence)
  • Wednesday 30, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Philosophy for medicine. Greece and China compared” (New Techniques 2010)
    • Francesco Bottaccioli (SIPNEI, Rome)
  • Wednesday, 30, 8 p.m. Book-friend
    • “Get Out of the Matrix” (Christian Style 2010).
    • Fabian & Andreas Mazza (Christian Style, Rome)

APRIL

  • Tuesday 5, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “A look at the current economic crisis“
    • Eilert Herms (University of Tübingen, Germany)
  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “What the Soul Has to Do with Atoms” (Laterza 2009).
    • Mauro Dorato (University of Rome III)
  • Friday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Individual without Passions” (Bollati boringhieri, 2001).
    • Elena Pulcini (University of Florence)
  • Wednesday, 13, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Body of Women” (La Feltrinelli 2010).
    • L. Zanardo (Writer, Consultant Win Oslo/Milan)
  • Tue-Wed 12-13, 3:00-7:00 p.m. Seminar
    • “New Eyes for TV“
    • C. Cantu, M. Chindemi, L. Zanardo (CDD Milan)
  • Thursday 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “After Leviathan. Individual and community” (Bollati Boringhieri 2000)
    • “Passage to the West. Philosophy and globalization“
    • (Bollati Boringhieri 2009)
    • Giacomo Marramao (University of Rome)
  • Saturday 16, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “The One” (Ferment 2010).
    • Paolo Agnello (Padua, physician-writer)

MAY

  • Monday 2, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Beyond the Bible. Ancient history of Israel” (Laterza 2007)
    • Mario Liverani (University of Rome)
  • Wednesday 4, 9:00 a.m. Symposium VI
    • “Work, flexibility, rights and the problem of personal identity.”
    • S. Pezzotta (CISL general secretary, Rome)
    • C. Bordoni (University of Pisa)
    • P. Gajewski (Waldensian Faculty of Theology, Rome)
    • E. Brini (University of Bologna)
    • F.M. Alacevich (University of Florence)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Friday 6, 9:00 a.m. Symposium VII
    • “We and others: for a multicultural Italy.”
    • U. Curi (University of Padua)
    • F. Remotti (University of Turin)
    • J.L. Touadi (Philosopher/PD Parliamentarian, Rome)
    • C. Fantoni (Housing Councillor, City of Florence)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • Wednesday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Good of Living” (Einaudi 2011).
    • Sergio Givone (University of Florence)

JUNE

  • Fri-Sun 5-7 p.m. Convention
    • “Creation: epistemology,hermeneutics, science.”
    • R. Nalin (Geoscience Institute, Loma Linda, U.S.A.).
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon-Wed 19-21, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “She who is. The mystery of God in feminist theological discourse” (Queriniana, 2009)
    • E. Johnson (Fordham University, NewYork, U.S.A.)

OCTOBER

  • Mon-Mar 3-4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar
    • “Childhood, pedagogy and religion.”
    • Linda Koh (GC Washington, U.S.A.)
    • Wednesday 5, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
  • “Music in the Churches of the Reformation” (Claudiana 2010).
    • Nicolas Sfredda (Conservatory of Mantua)
  • Tue-Fri, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Living wills: current debate“
    • A. Bondolfi (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Wednesday 12, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “From silence to speech. History of women in the Bible” (Claudiana 2005)
    • Elizabeth Green (Grosseto Baptist Church)
  • Mon-Mar 10,11, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Exegesis.”
    • R.S. Sugirtharajah (University of Birmingham, Great Britain)
  • Wed-Fri 12-14, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “The U.S. Constitution and the church-state relationship.”
    • Nicholas Miller (Andrews University, U.S.A.)
  • Tue-Fri 6-21 p.m., 4-7 p.m. “II – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “Apocalyptic, Society and Religion.”
    • R. Branson (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Mon-Thurs 24-27, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Inspiration and Interpretation“
    • Alden Thompson (Walla Walla University, Washington, U.S.A.)

NOVEMBER

  • Tue-Thu 1-3, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Nature, perspective andhermeneuticsof a modern prophet: E.G. White.”
    • Jean Luc Rolland (Faculty of Theology de Collonges, France)
  • Wed. 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Study day
    • “History, Interpretation and Sociology of E.G. White.”
    • J.L.Rolland, H.Gutierrez, A. Thompson, R. Poehler
  • Wednesday 9, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Lost identity. Multitudes, consumerism and the labor crisis” (Liguori, 2010)
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Florence)
  • Wednesday 16, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Celt’s Dream” (Einaudi 2011).
    • Mario Vargas Llosa (2010 Nobel Laureate in Literature)

DECEMBER

  • Mon-Mar 5-6 Seminar
    • “The maternal side of God“
    • Leonardo Boff (Petrepolis, Brasilia, Brazil)
  • Mon-Thurs 12-15, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Horizon and meaning of the Sabbath today.”
    • Sigve Tonstad (Loma Linda University, California, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday, 14, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day.”
    • (Andrews University Press 2010)
    • Sigve Tonstad (Loma Linda University, California, U.S.A.)

JANUARY

  • Thursday 28, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • Memorial Day
    • Amos Oz (writer)

FEBRUARY

  • Thursday, 18, 11 a.m. Book-friend,
    • “The Soul and its Destiny,” (Cortina Raffaello, 2008)
    • Vito Mancuso (San Raffaele University-Milan)
  • Thursday 25, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Introduction to Ecumenism” (Claudiana, 2009)
    • Fulvio Ferrario (Valdese Faculty – Rome)
  • Saturday 27, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “God and the child. Psychology and religious education” (Elledici. 2007)
    • Massimo Diana (Italian Society for the Psychology of Religion)

MARCH

  • Friday 5, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The passion of the present. Brief Lexicon of Modernity-World”,
    • (Bollati Boringhieri 2008).
    • Giacomo Marramao (University of Rome III)
  • Thursday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Caring for the world. Fear and responsibility in the global age” (Bollati Boringhieri, 2009)
    • Elena Pulcini (University of Florence)
  • Wednesday, 17, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “God-Trinity. Between philosophers and theologians” (Bompiani, 2007)
    • Massimo Donà (San Raffaele University-Milan)
  • Mon-Fri, 3-7 p.m., 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Theology of the Family”
    • Roberto Badenas (Biblical Research Comittee, Bern, Switzerland)
  • Mon-Thurs, 22-25, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “The gospel in apocalypse: a postmodern reading.”
    • Jon Paulien (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Thursday 25, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Economics and ethics. The crisis and the challenge of the civil economy” (The School, 2009)
    • Stefano Zamagni (University of Bologna)

APRIL

  • Wednesday, April 14, 9:00 a.m. Symposium IV
    • “E.G. White and the European SDA Church in the 21st Century.”
    • A. Thompson (Walla Walla University, USA)
    • J.L. Rolland (Adventist University of France, Collonges)
    • R. Pöhler (Friedensau University, Germany)
    • R. Rizzo (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • G. Marrazzo (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Thursday 22, 9:00 a.m. Symposium V
    • “Gender, Religion, Society and the Problem of Personal Identity.”
    • F. Alberoni (Sociologist, Corriere della sera, Milan)
    • J. Baldaro Verde (CIRS, Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Sexuality, Genoa, Italy)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • L. Altin (Florence Adventist Faculty of Theology)
    • R. Ianno (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
  • Wednesday 28, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Because scientists are not dangerous. Science, ethics and politics” (Long. 2008)
    • Gilberto Corbellini (University of Rome)

MAY

  • Mon-Wed, 3-5, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “The three monotheisms and their books.”
    • Pierre Gisel (University of Lausanne-Switzerland)
  • Wednesday 5, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Theology: ecclesial identity and public relevance” (EDB, 2009)
    • Pierre Gisel (University of Lausanne-Switzerland)

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 20-23, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Biology, faith and research“
    • Tim Standish (Geoscience Institute/Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)

OCTOBER

  • Mon-Thurs 11-14, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Bioethics: comparing cases, orientations and trends.”
    • Alberto Bondolfi (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Mon-Thurs, 6-9 p.m., 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Human Rights and Religions.”
    • Zack Plantak (Adventist University of Washington. U.S.A.)
  • Thursday, the 20th 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “I – B.B. Beach Lectures”
    • “Human Rights, Faith, Society and Multiculturalism.”
    • Plantak, Ventura, Consorti, Rimoldi, Gutierrez
  • Thursday 21, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Silent Church: Human Rights and Adventist Social Ethics” (St Martin Press, 2008).
    • Zack Plantak (Adventist University of Washington. U.S.A.)

NOVEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs, 1-3, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Prophecy, Prophet and Interpretation.”
    • Jean Luc Rolland (Adventist Faculty Saleve-France)
  • Thursday, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Lost identity. Multitudes, consumerism and the labor crisis ” (Liguori, 2010)
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Florence)

DECEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs 6-9, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Ecology, nutrition and ethical responsibility.”
    • Samuel Soret (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Thursday 16, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Against self-esteem” (Bonanno, 2009).
    • Fatos Dingo-Maria Tucci (Anthropologist/psychologist, Florence-La Spezia)

JANUARY

  • Friday 30, 11 a.m. Book-friend,
    • “God in the Word,” (Claudiana 2008).
    • Fulvio Ferrario (Valdese Faculty – Rome)

FEBRUARY

  • Thursday 5, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Democracy. History of an ideology” (Laterza 2008)
    • Luciano Canfora (University of Bari)
  • Thursday 12, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Postnational Civil Society” (Meltemi 2006).
    • Debora Spini (Syracuse University, Florence)

MARCH

  • Thursday 12, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Modernity out of Place” (Aragno 2007).
    • Manuela Fornari (University of Rome III)
  • Thursday, 19, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Critique and alternatives to the neoliberal globalization model.”
    • Marco Hromis (University of Perugia)
  • Mon-Fri, 23-27, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Youth and Religion.”
    • Bailey Gillespie (La Sierra University, California-U.S.).
  • Mon-Mar, 23-24, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar
    • “Religion, Society and Hope.”
    • “Friendship, Faith and Feminism.”
    • Juergen Moltmann, Elizabeth Moltmann-Wendel (University of Tuebingen-Germany)

APRIL

Tue-Wed, 2/15, 5-7 p.m. Seminar

    • “The Anthropology of the Psalms.”
    • Bernd Janowski (University of Tuebingen-Germany)
  • Thursday, 23, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Digital societies. Cultural change and new media“
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Florence)
  • Thurs. Apr. 30, Fri. May 1, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “The shrine: symbol and theology.”
    • Roy Gane (Andrews University, U.S.A.)

MAY

  • Mon-Thurs, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Religion, Health and Existence.”
    • Richard Rice (Loma Linda University, California, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 6, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Life and rules. Between right and wrong” (Feltrinelli, 2007)
    • Stefano Rodotà (University of Rome)
  • Friday 8, Symposium III
    • “Body, food, health, technology and the problem of personal identity.”
    • E. Baptist (Sociologist, “Life and Health,” Florence)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • R. Rice (Loma Linda University, USA)
    • G. Fraser (Loma Linda University, USA)
    • J. Sabaté (Loma Linda University, USA)
    • C. Bordoni (University of Pisa)
    • G. Pecchinenda (University of Naples)
    • A. Jacopozzi (Catholic Faculty of Central Italy, Florence)
    • M. Toraldo di Francia (University of Florence)
    • E. Pulcini (University of Florence)
    • P. Guarnieri (University of Florence)
    • C. Counihan (Millersville University, USA)
    • M. Diana (Secretary SIPR Italian Society for the Psychology of Religion)
  • Saturday 9, 4-7 p.m./Sunday 10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar
    • “Diet, Life Expectancy and Chronic Disease.”
    • Gary E. Fraser (Loma Linda University, California, U.S.A.)
    • “Nutrition, Society and Health.”
    • Joan Sabaté (Public Health Department, (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.).
  • Friday 22, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The passion of the present. Brief lexicon of modernity-world“,
    • (Bollati Boringhieri 2008).
    • Giacomo Marramao (University of Rome III)

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon Aug 31 Fri Sept 4, 9am-12pm Seminar
    • “Systemic Approach to the Study of the Family.”
    • Mary Moline (Loma Linda University, California, U.S.A.)
  • Mon-Thurs 21-24, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “For an Ecological Ethics.”
    • Alberto Bondolfi (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Mon-Wed 28-30, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Religion and Childhood“
    • Bonità Shields (Bible Studies Department, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.).

OCTOBER

  • Mon-Wed, 5-8, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Postcolonial studies. A look from the global south“
    • Miguel Mellino (University of Rome III)
  • Thursday 8, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Homunculus. Sociology of identity and autonarration” (Liquors 2008)
    • Gianfranco Pecchinenda (University of Naples)
  • Mon-Fri, 12-15, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Ethics, Society and Faith.”
    • Eilert Herms (University of Tuebingen, Germany)

NOVEMBER

  • Mon-Thurs, 2-5, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Spirituality, conviction and ethical responsibility.”
    • Miroslav Kis (Andrews University, U.S.A.).
  • Thursday, 12, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Free multitudo.Demassification in a classless society” (Franco Angeli 2008).
    • Carlo Bordoni (University of Florence)

DECEMBER

  • Mon-Fri, 7-10, 4-7 p.m. Seminar
    • “Hermeneutics, Text and Reading.”
    • Ekkehardt Mueller (Biblical Research Institute, Washington, U.S.A.)

JANUARY

  • Wednesday 16, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Fleeting Moment and the Stability of Good,” (Edup, 2007)
    • Salvatore Natoli (Milan-Bicocca University)
    • Introducer: Raffaele Volpe

FEBRUARY

  • Tue 11,12, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Seminar
    • “The Theology of Hope/Passion for God.”
    • J. Moltmann/Elisabeth Wendel-Moltmann (University of Tübingen-Germany)
  • Tuesday 12, 8:00 p.m. Panel
    • “Theological paths, life paths,” dialogue with J. Moltmann/E. Wendel-Moltmann
    • Panel: R. Volpe, P. Gajewski, R. Badenas, H. Gutierrez, P. Ciavarella
  • Thursday 21, 11 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Contemporary Protestantism. History and actuality,” (Carocci, 2007)
    • Fulvio Ferrario, Pawel Gajewski (Valdese Faculty, Rome)
    • Introducer: Peter Ciavarella

MARCH

  • Tuesday 4, 8 p.m. Book-friend
    • “A response to inquiry about Jesus” (GBU 2007).
    • Peter Ciavarella/Valerio Bernardi (Adventist Faculty of Theology Florence/GBU)
  • Wednesday, 19, Book-friend
    • “The Church in Italy,” (Il mulino, 2007)
    • Franco Garelli (University of Turin)

APRIL

  • Thursday 10, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Clinical Method and Medical Decision Making.”
    • John Federspil (University of Padua)
  • Thursday, 17, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “From Hippocratic medicine to genomic medicine. Models and Practices.”
    • Gilberto Corbellini (University of Rome)
  • Mon-Thurs 2-6 p.m., 2:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “The relationship between science and theology.”
    • Nancey Murphy (Fuller Theological Seminary, California, U.S.A.)

MAY

  • Mon-Fri, 5-9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “The Challenges of Bioethics Today.”
    • Mark Carr, (Director “Center For Christian bioethics,” Loma Linda, U.S.A.)
    • Jim Walters (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
    • Dave Larson (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 7, 9:00 a.m. Symposium II
    • “For a Bioethics of Responsibility.”
    • J. Walters (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • M. Carr (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • D. Larson (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • A. Lampkin (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • G. Winslow (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • V. Fantoni (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • M. Toraldo di Francia (University of Florence)
    • L. Battaglia (University of Genoa)
    • M. Ventura (University of Siena)
  • Friday 9, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Ethics and Revelation.”
    • Larry Lichtenwalter (Andrews University, Michigan, U.S.A.)
  • Saturday, 17, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “The Mill on the Colognati. A Calabrian History.”
    • Rolando Rizzo, Adventist pastor-writer
    • Introducer: Anna Del Fante/ Claudio Fantoni

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon-Fri, 10-26 p.m., Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Evolutionism and Creationism.”
    • Rony Nalin, (Loma Linda University/Geoscience Institute, California, U.S.A.)

OCTOBER

  • Mon-Fri, 1-5 p.m., Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Protestant Ethics and the Crisis of Modernity.”
    • Denis Muller (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Mon-Fri, 8-24 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Bible, story, narrative.”
    • Daniel Marguerat (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

NOVEMBER

  • Tuesday, 4 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Life and Rules. Between law and non-law.” (Feltrinelli, 2007)
    • Stefano Rodotà (University of Rome)
  • Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Christian Spirituality. Birth and Development of Adventist Spirituality.”
    • Zoltan Szalos Farkas, (Faculty of Theology, Cernica, Romania)
  • Tuesday, 11 11:00 Book-friend
    • “Death. Four variations on the theme.” (Hypermedium, 2007)
    • Antonio Cavicchia Scalamonti (University of Rome)

DECEMBER

  • Thursday. 4, 11:00 Book-friend
    • “Daniel. The Seer of Babylon,” 2007. (Daniel. The Seer of Babylon)
    • Gerhard Pfandl (Biblical Research Institute, Washington, U.S.A.)
  • Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Hermeneutics. Text and Existence.”
    • Rolf Poehler (University of Friedensau, Berlin-Germany)

JANUARY

  • Wednesday 16, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “The Fleeting Moment and the Stability of Good,” (Edup, 2007)
    • Salvatore Natoli (Milan-Bicocca University)
    • Introducer: Raffaele Volpe

FEBRUARY

  • Tue 11,12, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Seminar
    • “The Theology of Hope/Passion for God.”
    • J. Moltmann/Elisabeth Wendel-Moltmann (University of Tübingen-Germany)
  • Tuesday 12, 8:00 p.m. Panel
    • “Theological paths, life paths,” dialogue with J. Moltmann/E. Wendel-Moltmann
    • Panel: R. Volpe, P. Gajewski, R. Badenas, H. Gutierrez, P. Ciavarella
  • Thursday 21, 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Contemporary Protestantism. History and actuality,” (Carocci, 2007)
    • Fulvio Ferrario, Pawel Gajewski (Valdese Faculty, Rome)
    • Introducer: Peter Ciavarella

MARCH

  • Tuesday 4, 8 p.m. Book-friend
    • “A response to inquiry about Jesus” (GBU 2007).
    • Peter Ciavarella/Valerio Bernardi (Adventist Faculty of Theology Florence/GBU)
  • Wednesday, 19, Book-friend
    • “The Church in Italy,” (Il mulino, 2007)
    • Franco Garelli (University of Turin)

APRIL

  • Thursday 10, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Clinical Method and Medical Decision Making.”
    • John Federspil (University of Padua)
  • Thursday, 17, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “From Hippocratic medicine to genomic medicine. Models and Practices.”
    • Gilberto Corbellini (University of Rome)
  • Mon-Thurs 2-6 p.m., 2:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “The relationship between science and theology.”
    • Nancey Murphy (Fuller Theological Seminary, California, U.S.A.)

MAY

  • Mon-Fri, 5-9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “The Challenges of Bioethics Today.”
    • Mark Carr, (Director “Center For Christian bioethics,” Loma Linda, U.S.A.)
    • Jim Walters (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
    • Dave Larson (Loma Linda University, U.S.A.)
  • Wednesday 7, 9:00 a.m. Symposium II
    • “For a Bioethics of Responsibility.”
    • J. Walters (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • M. Carr (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • D. Larson (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • A. Lampkin (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • G. Winslow (Bioethics Center, Loma Linda University, USA)
    • H. Gutierrez (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • V. Fantoni (Adventist Faculty of Theology, Florence)
    • M. Toraldo di Francia (University of Florence)
    • L. Battaglia (University of Genoa)
    • M. Ventura (University of Siena)
  • Friday 9, 11:00 a.m. Conference
    • “Ethics and Revelation.”
    • Larry Lichtenwalter (Andrews University, Michigan, U.S.A.)
  • Saturday, 17, 4 p.m. Book-friend
    • “The Mill on the Colognati. A Calabrian History.”
    • Rolando Rizzo, Adventist pastor-writer
    • Introducer: Anna Del Fante/ Claudio Fantoni

SEPTEMBER

  • Mon-Fri, 10-26 p.m., Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Evolutionism and Creationism.”
    • Rony Nalin, (Loma Linda University/Geoscience Institute, California, U.S.A.)

OCTOBER

  • Mon-Fri, 1-5 p.m., Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Protestant Ethics and the Crisis of Modernity.”
    • Denis Muller (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
    • Mon-Fri, 8-24 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
  • “Bible, story, narrative.”
    • Daniel Marguerat (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

NOVEMBER

  • Tuesday, 4 11:00 a.m. Book-friend
    • “Life and Rules. Between law and non-law.” (Feltrinelli, 2007)
    • Stefano Rodotà (University of Rome)
  • Mon-Fri, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Christian Spirituality. Birth and Development of Adventist Spirituality.”
    • Zoltan Szalos Farkas, (Faculty of Theology, Cernica, Romania)
  • Tuesday, 11 11:00 Book-friend
    • “Death. Four variations on the theme.” (Hypermedium, 2007)
    • Antonio Cavicchia Scalamonti (University of Rome)

DECEMBER

  • Thursday. 4, 11:00 Book-friend
    • “Daniel. The Seer of Babylon,” 2007. (Daniel. The Seer of Babylon)
    • Gerhard Pfandl (Biblical Research Institute, Washington, U.S.A.)
  • Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar (15 hours)
    • “Hermeneutics. Text and Existence.”
    • Rolf Poehler (University of Friedensau, Berlin-Germany)

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