CeCSUR

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)