I look forward to speaking during the above symposium.
‘After the initial symposium on philosophising in Mary in general, the 2024 edition will focus on one particular area where philosophising in Mary might bear fruit: political philosophy. For, in 2017, Pope Benedict XVI had noted the following:
“The contrast between the concepts of the radically atheistic state and the creation of the radically theocratic state by Muslim movements creates a dangerous situation for our age, one whose effects we experience each day. These radical ideologies require us to urgently develop a convincing concept of the state that will stand up to the confrontation between these challenges and help to overcome it.”
Hence, the overall question is whether Mary can be a fruitful model or source of inspiration to develop such a convincing philosophical concept of the state, or of the nature of the political in general.”
My topic is ‘The wisdom of Christian democratic political philosophy.’
Other speakers include Rocco Buttiglione (Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences), Adrian Vermeule (Harvard University), Sarah Jane Boss (Centre for Marian Studies), Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist. (Stift Heiligenkreutz), Fr. Dirk Hanssens, OSB (Keizersberg Abbey), Michaël Bauwens (University of Antwerp), and Maurits Potappel (Theological University Utrecht).
For more information on the symposium, organized by Dr. Bauwens and Jared Schumacher (University of Mary) in Leuven on October 18-19th, and registration, see https://sedessapientiae.be/2024-2/theme-mary-and-political-philosophy/.
Hans-Martien ten Napel 