Symposium: Church in Society: New Developments in the Church – Historical Reassurances

Between the desire to preserve what has proven its worth and the call for radical renewal, divisions are increasingly opening up, and overcoming them is one of the great challenges of our time. To gain new impulses and guidance for the Church's action today, the symposium examines the tension between reform and history: the dynamics of tradition and liturgy after the Second Vatican Council, the crisis of truth in religious-political conflicts, the transformation of religion in modern architecture, and role models and spaces for action in the Church of yesterday and tomorrow.

Program: 8:30 a.m. Arrival. 9:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction (Dr. Sebastian Graef, Cathedral Vicar Dr. Christian Schulz). 9:15 a.m. Rev. Dr. Uwe Michael Lang: “Organic Growth Instead of Construction: Tradition and Reform According to the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council.” 10:45 a.m. Prof. Dr. Karsten Fischer: “The Crisis of Truth and the Religious-Political Conflicts of the Present.” 12:00 p.m. Lunch. 1:00 p.m. Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller: “Le Corbusier's Design for a New Church: Transformations of Religious and Architectural Traditions in the Modern Era.” 2:30 p.m. Open panel discussion with Dr. Bettina Blessing and the speakers: “New Beginning or Continuity? Role Models and Spaces for Action in the Church of Yesterday & Tomorrow.” 4:00 p.m. Closing gathering over bread and wine.

Speakers: Rev. Dr. Uwe Michael Lang (St Mary's University, London; liturgy and church history), Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller (University of Mainz; art history, sacred architecture), Prof. Dr. Karsten Fischer (LMU Munich; political theory, director of the Voegelin Center), Dr. Bettina Blessing (LMU Munich; church history, gender orders and care practices of Catholic religious orders).

Participation fee (including catering, solidarity model): regular €50; students, young adults, retirees €15; full-time staff and volunteers as well as Bürgergeld recipients free of charge. Fees are not meant to be a barrier to access – in case of doubt, participation is free. Registration by email at gesellschaft＠bistum-regensburg．de or via the booking portal of the Main Department for Pastoral Care, please indicate the booking category (regular or reduced).

A cooperation between the “Church in Society” office of the Diocese of Regensburg and the Akademisches Forum Albertus Magnus.