São Paulo – Religion and its relationship with science will be one of the topics of the Academic Congress of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), an online megaevent which kicked off this Monday (13) with a master lecture by physician Drauzio Varela. Registration is free and the Congress will continue until Friday (17).
At 11 am on Friday, an interreligious conversation featuring representatives of four religions – Islam, Catholicism, Judaism, and Candomblé – will deal with the relationship between religiosity and science, and its implications to the dimensions that enable humans to recognize the meaning of life and societal coexistence.
The speakers will be sheikh Mohamad Al Bukai (pictured), of Syria, priest Júlio Lancellotti, rabbi David Weitman and priest Taata Nkisi Katuvanjesi. They will discuss if and how concepts relating to science and religion change in times of crisis. The discussion will be moderated by Unifesp’s vice dean for undergraduate studies Fernando Kinker. Al Bukai is currently the sheikh at São Paulo mosque Mesquita Brasil.
To join the panel, you can register online free of charge for the Unifesp 2020 Academic Congress. Themed “Science and the University: Societal Transformations.” Discussions will include healthcare, politics, education and international relations. Regarding health amid the Covid-19 pandemic, panels will cover vaccines, treatments and aging. Several Arab-descendant physicians will be featured, including the epidemiologist Alexandre Kalache.
The full program and registration form are available on the Unifesp website. The event will air on Unifesp’s YouTube and Facebook page.
Unifesp has been ranked alongside the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) as the best federal university in Brazil by the UK’s Times Higher Education (THE). It also ranks first in Teaching in Latin America along with Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), and fifth in citations.
Quick facts
Lecture “Science and Religion”
Unifesp 2020 Academic Congress
July 17, 11 am
Free of charge
Click here to register
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
