This document summarizes the schedule and program for an international scientific conference on religion, politics, and secularism held in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 2-3, 2020. The two-day conference included presentations from scholars on topics such as the re-islamization of Bosniaks, questioning religion without knowledge, community in a secular context, religion and political parties, and the relationship between mind/culture and religion. Presenters came from universities across Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region to discuss the intersections of religion, ideology, politics, and secularization.
This document summarizes the schedule and program for an international scientific conference on religion, politics, and secularism held in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 2-3, 2020. The two-day conference included presentations from scholars on topics such as the re-islamization of Bosniaks, questioning religion without knowledge, community in a secular context, religion and political parties, and the relationship between mind/culture and religion. Presenters came from universities across Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region to discuss the intersections of religion, ideology, politics, and secularization.
This document summarizes the schedule and program for an international scientific conference on religion, politics, and secularism held in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 2-3, 2020. The two-day conference included presentations from scholars on topics such as the re-islamization of Bosniaks, questioning religion without knowledge, community in a secular context, religion and political parties, and the relationship between mind/culture and religion. Presenters came from universities across Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region to discuss the intersections of religion, ideology, politics, and secularization.
(International Scientific Conference, Tuzla 02-03. october, 2020.)
Friday, 02.10.2020.
14:00 h Welcoming, Introduction
Rusmir Šadić President of The Center for Culture and Education – Logos Šefko Sulejmanović Director of the Institute for Social and Religious Research Nihada Delibegović Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla Sven Petke Director of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung B&H
14:30 Contradictions of the re-islamization of Bosniaks
Šaćir Filandra (Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet u Sarajevu) Politics and morality Amir Karić (Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli) Theological and political beliefs Drago Đurić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu) Implications of the Mediation of Religion: Transformation, Hybridization, and Spectacularization Zarfa Hrnjić Kuduzović (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli)
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Predstavništvo u Bosni i Hercegovini
Sagrdžije 41 a ▪ 71.000 Sarajevo Tel. +387 33 215 240 ▪ Fax +387 33 215 239 sarajevo@kas.de ▪ www.kas.de/sarajevo 1 15:30 Questioning the religious without sufficient knowledge Fahira Fejzić Čengić (Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet u Sarajevu ) Aporias of democracy – can we live democracy or we can only believe in it? Bernard Harbaš (Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Zenici) Literary Resonances of the Completion of the Process of “Nationalization of Islam” in the Reconfigurations of Bosniak Cultural Identity in the Late 20th and Early 21st Century Vedad Spahić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli) The „common good“ as the meeting place of religion and politics in the Qur'an Samedin Kadić (Fakultet islamskih nauka, Univerzitet u Sarajevu) Discussion
16:30 Coffee Break
17:00 Community in a secular context
Senadin Lavić (Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet u Sarajevu) Is philosophy destined to atheism? Spahija Kozlić (Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Zenici) From counter-religions to religious pluralism Rusmir Šadić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli) Secularization in the era of political religions Tomislav Tadić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu) Political abuse of religion and phenomenon of genocide Adib Đozić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli)
18:15 Religion and Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Elma Huruz Memović (Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet u Sarajevu) The notion of dignity in the debate on genetic engineering: religious, bioethical and legal discourse
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Predstavništvo u Bosni i Hercegovini
Sagrdžije 41 a ▪ 71.000 Sarajevo Tel. +387 33 215 240 ▪ Fax +387 33 215 239 sarajevo@kas.de ▪ www.kas.de/sarajevo 2 Dželaludin Hodžić (Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu) Some aspects of islamic religiosity in the oral tradition of Bosniaks Mirsad Kunić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli) Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina between Religion and Secularization Mensur Husić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli) Freedom of Specch and Hate Speech – Where is the Line? Anes Makul (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli) Discussion
19:30 End of the first work day
20:00 Dinner ____________________________
Saturday 03.10.2020.
9:00 h Mind and Religion by Habermas and Ratzinger
Mile Babić (Franjevačka teologija u Sarajevu) Tillich on relationship between culture and religion Danijel Tolvajčić (Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu) Capitalism as Religion Marijan Krivak (Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku) Religion as an Experiment: Reflecting on the Secularization and Esotericization of Religion Samir Beglerović (Fakultet islamskih nauka, Univerzitet u Sarajevu)
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Predstavništvo u Bosni i Hercegovini
Sagrdžije 41 a ▪ 71.000 Sarajevo Tel. +387 33 215 240 ▪ Fax +387 33 215 239 sarajevo@kas.de ▪ www.kas.de/sarajevo 3 10:00 Religion, ideology and politics Hrvoje Jurić (Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu) Secularism or fundamentalism? Lino Veljak (Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu) Could Religious Communities in BiH Have Prevented Divorce from Genocide Actions? Ivan Markešić (Institut „Ivo Pilar“, Hrvatska) Nietzsche’s Religious Life Boško Pešić (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Osijeku)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Usable Value of Sacred: Rorty on the Nature of Religion
Kenan Šljivo (Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu) The specifics of understanding in the contex of Islamic Philosophy Kerim Sušić (Bošnjačka gimnazija, Sarajevo)
Final discussion
12:30 Lunch Departures
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Predstavništvo u Bosni i Hercegovini