10/07/2025 16:30
- 17:30
HALL: Seminar Room 04
Chair:
Fuccillo A.
Proponent:
Fuccillo A.
Speaker:
Abu Salem M.,
Azevedo R.,
Caporrino V.,
Decimo L.,
Gravino F.,
Saporito L.,
Sorvillo F.,
Tipaldi A.
Nowadays, religions play a significant role in the globalized society. From one side, faiths are called to face new issues, from another side, they are called to offer new solutions for well-known problems.
Economics is a sector in which religions undoubtedly play a central role.
In Europe, the issue of poverty and growing inequality is increasingly deflagrating and intertwined with that of the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few and the unsustainable use of the resources of creation. Consequently, according to some faiths, the real "mortal sin" still belongs to the economic sphere. And wealth, if misused, becomes the only real reason for eternal damnation.
With respect to these issues, however, religions have taken a more holistic approach and suggested an alternative way to the salvation of the soul that exalts the social function of wealth, as well as lifestyles inspired by "caritas" and civil economy on the one hand and care for creation on the other.
Religious precepts thus become an example for civil law systems and a laboratory of ideas for achieving more widespread economic well-being as a potential element of social cohesion.
The panel therefore intends to probe the role of religions and their precepts, as well as the ongoing "dialogue" between religious and civil law systems on issues of finance and economics.