Draft Program Second Amsterdam Kuyper Seminar

Christianity and World Affairs: Building Blocks for an International Order Where Justice and Peace Embrace THURSDAY: January 23 10.30 12.30: Plenary Introductory Lectures and Discussion:
Dr. Scott Thomas (University of Bath, UK) Dr. Eric Patterson(Regent University & Georgetown University, USA) Dr. James Skillen (Center for Public Justice, USA) Dr. Jonathan Chaplin (Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, UK)

12.30 13.30: Lunch Break 13.30 15.30: Session I : Nations and Building International Institutions
Sander Luitwieler (NL)

Robert Wolfgramm &

Bruce Wearne (S-Asia) Romel Bagares (Phill.) Mika Luoma-Aho (FI) Jeroen de Zeeuw (NL)

- What is the nature of the EU? - The South West Pacific in the 21st century - The state in international law: reformational insights - Protection, evil, obedience: the rationality of state sovereignty - Faith in the United Nations: religious roots for IR

15.30 16.00: Coffee Break 16.00 18.00: Session II : Religion, Peace & Freedom
Dele Olowu (Nig/NL) Theo Brinkel (NL) Dennis Petri & Frans Visscher (NL) Rafal Milerski (GE) - A new proposal for global peace promotion - The sincerity of religious arguments and the selling of war - Revisiting sphere sovereignty to interpret restrictions on religious freedom - Secular and sacred on a quest for religious freedom (US-Vatican relations)

19.00 21.30: Conference Dinner

FRIDAY: January 24 9.15 10.00: Plenary Keynote and Discussion 10.00 10.30: Coffee Break 10.30 12.45: Session III: Religion and International Politics: the Personal Inspiration of Statesmen
Margriet Krijtenburg (NL) Scott Thomas (UK) Monica Bouman (NL) George Harink (NL) Judd Birdsall (UK) - Robert Schuman - William Gladstone - Dag Hammarskjld - Abraham Kuyper - Barack Obama (to be confirmed)

12.45 13.30: Lunch Break 13.30 15.00: Session IV: Global Cooperation, Hegemony and Divergence
Menno Kamminga (NL) - The religious dimension of the ethical critique of carbon commodification Henry Kelly (IE) - The problem of hegemony: global English and international communication Katherine Pettus (HU) - Political theologies of global drugs policy: dialectics of justice and mercy Matthew Rees (UK - Christian advocacy; regional and yet international? Lucas Freire (UK) - Securitisation theory: a reformational reading

15.00 15.20: Coffee Break 15.20 16.45: Session V: Perspectives on Religion and International Relations
Frederike van Oorschot (DE) Hans van der Jagt (NL) Roman Gruijters (NL) Simon Polinder (NL) - Kuypers teaching of common grace as an approach to globalization - How neutral can be neutralized - Solidarity, social justice and globalization in catholic social thinking - Religion & the study of international relations

16.45 17.00: Concluding Session