10/07/2025 14:00
- 15:00
HALL: Seminar Room 06
Proponent:
Giannopoulou A.,
Steinmair-Pösel P.
Chair:
Callebaut B.
Speaker:
Giannopoulou A.,
Steinmair-Pösel P.
This panel is dedicated to how a contemporary dialogue between Christians and Marxists can be designed to address the challenges of European societies in the 21st century. Based on an analysis of current social crises, an interdisciplinary approach will be presented that highlights the affinities between Christian and Marxist traditions. This panel aims to present a productive dialogical methodology and highlight the importance of transversal socio-ethical perspectives that transcend ideological boundaries.
1. Contemporary diagnosis of European societies:
-A brief overview of central socio-political challenges from both a Christian and a Marxist perspective.
-Topics such as social inequality, environmental crisis, war, and social fragmentation are named to identify common problem areas and divergent interpretations.
2. Affinities and differences between Marxism and Christianity:
- The common philosophical and anthropological background as revealed through the history of ideas.
-Reflection on the potential for mutual enrichment in the theoretical and practical discussion of social issues.
3. The need for a methodology for dialogue:
-The conditions and principles of a dialogue that respects both traditions without blurring their distinctiveness.
- Focus on differentiated consensus and qualified dissent.
4. The importance of transversal social ethics:
-Arguing for an ethics that is not limited to single ideological systems, but mediates between disciplines and traditions.
-How transversal social ethics can contribute to solving global challenges.
Expected results:
-A deeper understanding of the potential of a dialogue between Marxism and Christianity.
-Development of a methodology for dialogical cooperation.
-Impulses for a socio-ethical practice that addresses current crises in a transdisciplinary way and identifies transformative possibilities for action.