Conference on

The Perception of Science by Calvinists, Lutherans, Unitarians and Religious Dissenters in Central Eastern Europe

11 April, 2024

Address:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, regional headquarters
4032 Debrecen, Thomas Mann u. 49.

Organisers:
MTA DAB Working Committee for Religious Studies and Theology, Hungary
J. Selye University,
Faculty of Reformed Theology,
Komárno/Komárom, Slovakia
Magyar Vallástudományi Társaság, Hungary
John Templeton Foundation, Oxford University

THE PROGRAMME

11 April, 2024 (Thursday) – lectures

08.00-8.30
Registration

08.30-08.45
Welcome, Prof. Dr. Ábrahám Kovács (Project leader)

Panel I. chairperson: Prof. Dr. Ábrahám KOVÁCS, (J. Selye University, Slovakia)

09.00-09.20
Prof. Dr. Péter SZENTPÉTERY (Lutheran Theological University, Hungary): Some
Indispensable Theological Questions about Darwin’s Work and Testimony

09.20-09.40
Dr. Balázs MAGYAR (University of Pretoria, South Africa): Paul Sárvári’s Contribution to the
Philosophical Sciences at Reformed College of Debrecen, special emphasis on his Philosophical Ethics

09.40-10.00
Discussion

Panel II. chairperson: Prof. Dr. Marcel Marcelaru

10.00-10.20
Dr. Csaba TÓDOR (Protestant Theological University, Faculty of Unitarian Theology, Cluj-
Kolozsvár, Romania): Between the desires of the heart and the objects of reason: the relationship between philosophy and theology in the thought of János Körmöczi

10.20-10.40
Dr. Péter HOLLÓ (Adventist Theological University, Hungary): Adventists and science in Hungary

10.40-11.00
Discussion

Panel III. chairperson: Dr. Balázs Magyar

11.20-11.40
Dr. Levente HORVÁTH (Protestant Theological University, Cluj-Kolozsvár, Romania): Early Transylvanian Philosophical Efforts for Finding an Episthemological Method

11.40-12.00
Dr. Maria FLORUTAU (Uppsala University, Sweden): Reformed religious networks and their
contribution to the circulation of scientific knowledge in Enlightenment-era Transylvania

12.00-12.00
Discussion

12.00-13.30
Lunch

Panel IV. chairperson: Dr. Péter Szentpétery

13.30-13.50
Dr. Emmanuel CONTAC (Pentecostal University, Bukarest, Romania): Romanian Baptists and
their efforts to counter the materialist ideology during the Communist regime

13.50-14.10
Prof. Dr. József POSTA (University of Debrecen, Hungary): István Hatvani – the natural  philosopher from University of Debrecen

14.10-14.30
Discussion

14.30-14.50
Coffee break

Panel V. chairperson: Dr. Péter Holló

15.00-15.20
Prof. Dr. Marcel MARCELARU (Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania):  Pentecostals and
Creation Care - A Romanian Perspective

15.20-15.40
Dr. Árpád KULCSÁR (Partium Christian University, Romania): The Issue of Creation in
Theology and Natural Sciences Bishop László Ravasz’s synthesis

15.40-16.00
Discussion    
    
16.00-16.30
Coffee break

Panel VI. chairperson: Prof. Dr. József Posta

16.30-16.50
Gábor LÁNYI: „The Harmony of Faith and Knowledge”. Diverse Hungarian Neocalvinist
Views on the Relationship between Religion and Science in the First Half of the 20th Century

16.50-17.10
Prof. Dr. Péter KÓNYA (Presov University, Slovaki): The College of Eperjes as the Lutheran
Scientific Centre of Upper Hungary

17.10-17.30
Dr. Annamária KÓNYA (Presov University, Slovakia): Education of natural sciences in
Reformed and Lutheran schools in the early modern period – comparison

17.30
Discussion

18.00
Dinner

PROGRAMME