XII Latin American Congress on Science and Religion – The Languages of Creation

The Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (APRA) is pleased to host the XII Latin American Congress on Science and Religion, entitled: “The Languages of Creation. The scientific, philosophical, and theological hermeneutics of the ‘Book of Nature’ as a path of hope.”

Organized in collaboration with the Fundación Diálogo entre Ciencia y Religión (DeCyR), the Laudato Si’ Movement – Argentina Chapter, and the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), the Congress aims to be a space for interdisciplinary reflection among natural sciences, philosophy, and theology on the rich symbolism of the “Book of Nature” and its relevance in the search for meaning and hope.

Speakers and Conferences:

  • Dr. John Haught (Georgetown University, USA): Rethinking Resurrection in the Age of Science

  • Dr. Lluc Torcal (Facultat Antoni Gaudí / Cistercian Order): God does not play dice. But does He play? An analysis of God’s action in the world through Quantum Mechanics

  • Dr. Rafael Martínez (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome): Cosmology, Evolution, and Creation. Science and the Question of the Origin of Nature

  • Fr. Pedro Barrajón, L.C. (European University of Rome): The “Hope” of Creation in St. Paul (Rom 8:19–30)

  • Dr. Ricard Casadesús (University of Barcelona): At what point in the evolutionary process could the homo religiosus emerge: a being with a soul open to salvation?

  • Dr. Zlatica Plašienková & Prof. Silvia Vertranová (Comenius University, Slovakia): The Place of Man in the Universe and the Metaphysics of Hope in Times of Transition to the “Cosmo-anthropocene”

  • Fr. Giuseppe Marco Salvati (Angelicum / Pontifical Academy of Theology): The Trinitarian-Christological Horizon of Contemporary Theology of Creation

  • Prof. Fr. Alex Yeung, L.C. (Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum): Intelligent Design, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Intelligence. The use/abuse of the language of probability

  • Fr. David Brown, S.J. (Vatican Observatory): Scientific Language and the Tapestry of God’s Book of Nature

  • Dr. Gabriel Ferrero (National University of La Plata): Resonances between the Scientific Reading of the World and the Mystical Thought and Experience of Chiara Lubich

  • Fr. Alberto Carrara, L.C., PhD (Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum / International Institute of Neurobioethics): Algorethics: Ethics of Algorithms and Algorithms of Ethics

  • Prof. Sergio Rondinara (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome): Nature, Mystery of Love – Chiara Lubich’s Contribution to the Understanding of Natural Reality

  • Dr. Rosario Moscato (Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum): Artificial Intelligence as a New Language of Creation

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