"God is a shout in the street." This remarkable image of God is discussed by Simon Critchley and Richard Kearney in the latter’s book Re-Imagining the Sacred (2015), a series of philosophical conversations with influential thinkers on the meaning of religion in the secular age. Through these conversations, Kearney and his interlocutors explore the possibility of a "faith of the faithless." Are we "returning to God after God," as Kearney suggests in his earlier book, Anatheism (2012)? And if so, what does that imply for our imaginations of the human, of ourselves? How could a re-imagining of the sacred connect with a re-imagining of the human?
In the context of the conference "Re-Imagining the Human: A Conference with Richard Kearney,” this prominent philosopher shared with us his reflections on these questions. During the day, six interlocutors presented interventions on themes like anatheism, imagination, carnal hermeneutics, all central to Kearney’s work. Three SIMAGINE members, Merel Visse, Hans Alma, and Bram van Boxtel, where among the interlocutors.
In the evening public lecture, “Re-Imagining the Human,” Kearney analyzed the the COVID-19 pandemic as a crisis that urges us to rethink our touch (physical and mental) with each other and with the earth.
The conference was chaired by SIMAGINE coordinator Laurens ten Kate.
Centre for Media, Religion and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
This day-long conference featured philosopher and theologian Richard Kearney as keynote speaker. The event was held at SIMAGINE’s host insti...
Centre for Media, Religion and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Centre for Media, Religion and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Our fifth conference was held in Boulder (CO), USA. It was a large scale event, welcoming more than a hundred scholars in parallel panels an...
Centre for Media, Religion and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South-Africa
In January 2019 we traveled to Bloemfontein, South Africa, for our fourth conference, consisting of a two day plenary seminar with members a...
Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South-Africa
Department of Philosophy and Ethics, Free University of Brussels
Later that month we came together in Brussels for our fourth conference, a seminar on ‘Social Imaginaries in a Globalizing World’.
Department of Philosophy and Ethics, Free University of Brussels
Research Centre Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, University of Vienna
In May 2018, a second conference was held in Vienna, Austria, with again a one day workshop, ‘Religion, Community, Borders’ (II). The worksh...
Research Centre Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, University of Vienna
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