Agenda and Speakers
Day Zero Thursday, December 8, 2016 Stalowa Wola, Ofiar Katynia 6a Street |
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Session (Speakers) |
Language |
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10:00 am – 10:10 am |
Introductory words – Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Chair, ICSA Education Committee |
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10:10 am – 11:10 am |
The role of celebrities in recruitment to cults – Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Chair, ICSA Education Committee |
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11:15 am – 11:50 am |
Realization of religious freedom of child in the context of cult activities – Marek Bielecki, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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11:55 am – 12:25 pm |
Linguistic errors concerning the problem of cults – Agnieszka Lis, MA, High and Professional School Complex in Turobin (Poland) |
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12:25 pm – 1:10 pm |
Lunch Break |
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1:10 pm – 2:40 pm |
The tragedy of the Peoples Temple – Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Chair, ICSA Education Committee |
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2:45 pm – 2:20 pm |
The key elements of the Catholic Church teaching on cults – Rev. Jerzy Dąbek, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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2:25 pm – 3:05 pm |
The conception of converting „heretics” by Duke of Kraków Leszek the White (1184–1227) – Artur Lis, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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3:10 pm – 3:55 pm |
Destructive cults in Poland at the beginning of the 21st century – Rev. Kazimierz Pierzchała, PhD, University of Entrepreneurship in Warsaw, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (Poland) |
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Organizational and legal conditions of the activities of cults in Poland– Dariusz Żak, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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4:30 pm – 4:50 pm |
Cult and family – Bogdan Więckiewicz, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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4:50 pm – 5:10 pm |
Peculiarities of youth upbringing in higher military educational establishments under conditions of hybrid war against Ukraine – Prof. Oleksandr Didenko, National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
Ukr/Pol |
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5:10 pm – 5:30 pm |
Cult newspeak – Leszek J. Buller, PhD, Faculty of History and Social Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (Poland) |
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5:30 pm – 5:35 pm |
Closing words – Artur Lis, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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Day One Friday, December 9, 2016 Stalowa Wola, Ofiar Katynia 8a Street |
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Session (Speakers) |
Language |
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8:30 am – 6:30 pm |
Registration/Bookstore |
Eng/Pol |
Vestibule |
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8:30 am – 7:00 pm |
Phoenix Project [Moderator: Diana Pletts] |
Eng/Pol |
Vestibule |
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9:30 am – 10:00 am |
Welcome from the authorities and sponsors Introduction – Carmen Almendros, PhD, Associate Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Board of Directors, ICSA [Translator: Piotr T. Nowakowski] |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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10:00 am – 10:40 am |
Cult family intervention work including new twenty-first century technological factors that impact family outcomes – David Clark, a thought reform consultant, FECRIS representative to the United Nations (USA) [Translator: Liliya Morska] |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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10:40 am – 11:20 am |
Recovery from cult involvement – Arthur Buchman, M.A., psychologist, Copenhagen (Denmark) [Translator: Tamara Hovorun |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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11:20 am – 12:00 pm |
Psychological abuse in group contexts – Carmen Almendros, PhD, Associate Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). Board of Directors, ICSA [Translator: Tamara Hovorun] |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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12:00 pm – 12:30 pm |
How to talk with youth about cults – Robert T. Ptaszek, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Department of the Interreligious Dialog and Alternative Religious Movements (Poland) |
Solidarity Hall |
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12:30 pm – 1:00 pm |
Discussion |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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1:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
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2:25 pm – 2:55 pm |
The tour around the building of materials engineering [Guide: Robert Stachyra] |
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3:00 pm – 3:40 pm |
Cultic influence in a family setting – Cristina Caparesi, director and consultant of the Support Network Against Manipulation and Abuse in Groups project of SOS Abusi Psicologici (Italy) [Translator: Liliya Morska] |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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3:40 pm – 4:20 pm |
Religion in Japan: legal aspect – Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq, practices law in Tokyo at the Link Law Office (Japan) [Translator: Piotr T. Nowakowski] |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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4:20 pm – 5:00 pm |
Religion in Austria: legal aspect – Friedrich Griess, former president of the European umbrella organization FECRIS (Austria) [Translator: Rev. Adam Warchoł] |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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5:00 pm – 5:40 pm |
Uskontojen Uhrien Tuki ry: methods we use in Finland to help victims and to raise cult awareness – Pia Puolakka, MA in psychology, Sami Nykter, BSc, Uskontojen Uhrien Tuki ry (Finland) [Translator: Robert Stachyra |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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5:40 pm – 6:00 pm |
Discussion |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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6:00 pm – 6:05 pm |
Closing words – Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Chair, ICSA Education Committee |
Eng/Pol |
Solidarity Hall |
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6:10 pm – 7:00 pm |
Phoenix Project live presentation of ex-member literary readings [Facilitator: Diana Pletts] |
Solidarity Hall |
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Day Two Saturday, December 10, 2016 Stalowa Wola, Kwiatkowskiego 3a Street |
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Session (Speakers) |
Language |
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8:30 am – 5:30 pm |
Registration/Bookstore |
Eng/Pol |
Vestibule |
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9:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Phoenix Project [Moderator: Diana Pletts] |
Eng/Pol |
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9:00 am – 10:30 am |
Over three decades of generational factors in international cult recovery work and how to understand the healing process – David Clark, a thought reform consultant, FECRIS representative to the United Nations (USA) The metamorphosis of a cult – Friedrich Griess, former president of the European umbrella organization FECRIS (Austria) |
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Religion and spirituality in contemporary Europe – Robert T. Ptaszek, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Department of the Interreligious Dialog and Alternative Religious Movements (Poland) The syndrome of mental dependence based on the experiences of the Movement for the Defense of Family and Individuals – Anna Łobaczewska, MA, Movement for the Defense of Family and Individuals (Poland) |
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Predictors of threats from psycho-manipulative groups: preventive aspect – Prof. Tamara Hovorun, Hryhoriy Skovoroda State Pedagogical University of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky (Ukraine) Mediation techniques in developing and restoring manipulated persons’ sense of authorship – Anna Kowalska-Różyło, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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Quasi-terroristic dimension of the Himavanti Confraternity Order – Magdalena Pomper, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) Political dimension of the Himavanti Confraternity Order – Aleksandra Romanowska, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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10:30 am – 11:00 am |
Break |
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11:00 am – 12:30 pm |
Informing students about cults on campuses: a Japanese experience – Takashi Yamaguchi, Esq, practices law in Tokyo at the Link Law Office (Japan) Undue influence of politicians over society – Prof. Liliya Morska, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (Ukraine) |
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Breaking the silence: about the Phoenix Project exhibit of ex-member art and literary work – Diana Pletts, MA, coordinator of the Phoenix Project (USA) Cultic abuse in American “tough love” programs: a lawyer’s experience – Philip Elberg, Esq., former President of ICSA and a practicing trial lawyer in New Jersey (USA) |
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National security in the perspective of cults – Robert Paruzel, PhD, The Collegium Bobolanum at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw (Poland) New trends concerning cults in Ukraine – Prof. Yuriy Pachkovskyy, The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) |
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The leader of Catholic community as a person generating fundamentalistic behaviors: theological contexts – Paweł Adamik OP, Dominican Centre of Information on New Religious Movements and Cults in Wrocław (Poland) Assistance and prevention against psychomanipulation – Agnieszka Lisiecka-Bednarczyk, PhD, College of Management Education in Wrocław, Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław, The Association of Psychoeducation and Therapy “Evolutio” (Poland) |
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12:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
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2:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Life cycle of cult involvement – Arthur Buchman, M.A., psychologist, Copenhagen (Denmark) Laestadianism: Introduction to the Nordic revival and the problems within – Pia Puolakka, MA in psychology, Sami Nykter, BSc, Uskontojen Uhrien Tuki ry (Finland) |
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Openness and tolerance in Polish context – Monika Wojtkowiak, PhD, Assistant Professor at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland) Infiltration of cults into educational reality: selected aspects – Krystian Wojtkowiak, Youth Educational Centre in Kielce (Poland) |
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Economic stress as a cause of searching „new ways” in one’s life – Prof. Barbara Lubas, PhD, Warsaw College of Management (Poland) The psychological perspective of vulnerability to social influence – Beata Bączkiewicz, MA, Monika Baran, MA, The University of Security in Poznań / Department of Social Studies in Gdańsk (Poland) |
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Cults and popculture – Anna Zbrożyna-Tutak, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) The case of Unification Church – Marta Pietrycha, MA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Faculty of Social Sciences (Poland) |
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Break |
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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm |
Learning from former members’ experiences of receiving professional help: how therapy narratives can inform practice – Catherine de Boer, PhD, Associate Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) Support of professionals on cult environment as a multidisciplinary group – Cristina Caparesi, director and consultant of the Support Network Against Manipulation and Abuse in Groups project of SOS Abusi Psicologici (Italy) |
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The image of cults and new religious movements on the Internet based on the example of the selected web portals – Ewa Krzyżak-Szymańska, PhD, The University of Silesia in Katowice; Andrzej Szymański, PhD, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Science in Katowice (Poland) Social perspective of cultural alterity – Martyna Bilska, BA, Krzysztof Kwaśniewski, BA, Students Research Circle “Profil” at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland) |
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The case of David Berg’s Children of God / Family of Love – Anna Skalna, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) The case of Charles Manson – Aneta Iwańczyk, BA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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Controversies over educational kinesiology – Angelika Sadowa, MA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Faculty of Social Sciences (Poland) Healthcare issues related to cults – Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Chair, ICSA Education Committee |
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7:30 pm – 12:00 pm |
Tweetup with karaoke |
Pub Joker |
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Day Three Sunday, December 11, 2016 Sandomierz, Mariacka 9 Street |
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Session (Speakers) |
Language |
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9:00 am |
Bus to Sandomierz |
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10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Registration/Bookstore |
Eng/Pol |
Vestibule |
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10:00 am – 5:30 pm |
Phoenix Project [Moderator: Diana Pletts] |
Eng/Pol |
Vestibule |
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Family emotional climate and its importance for family intervention programs – Juan F. Godoy, Ph.D., University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja (Spain) Applying addiction theories to explain the process of involvement into cults – Katarzyna Tempczyk, PhD, graduate of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Managing Editor of “Open Theology”, independent researcher of new religious movements; Miłosz Szwajewski, MA, addiction therapist, The Addictions Recovery & Dual Diagnosis Center in Otwock (Poland) |
Papal Hall |
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Cults and religious groups of destructive pattern in modern Ukraine – Olena Bortnikova, PhD, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) Destructive potential of some religions groups: methods of influence – Yevheniia Netetska, PhD, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) |
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Social assistance in the aspect of preventing involvement in cults – Joanna Główka-Luty, MA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Faculty of Social Sciences (Poland) Pedagogical possibilities of preventing involvement in cults – Janusz Luty, MA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration (Poland) |
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Some cultic features of Vissarion’s Church in post-soviet areas – Ludmiła Melnyk, PhD, Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University (Ukraine) Religion and society in the context of the present-day reality of globalization: selected problems – Symon Mykhailo, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky State Pedagogical University (Ukraine) |
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12:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
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1:25 pm – 1:55 pm |
The tour around the 14th-century Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Guide: Rev. Bartłomiej Krzos] |
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
New approach to the origins of sacrificial offerings in religious traditions of humankind – Sergiy Titov, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) The concepts of freedom, tolerance and respect in practicing religion – Anna Kowalska-Różyło, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
Papal Hall |
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Children as victims of quasi-religious pseudotherapeutic practices: Polish aspect – Jadwiga Daszykowska, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) The case of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple cult – Klaudia Nalepa, MA, graduate of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) |
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Protestantism as a source of valuable patterns of modern European culture – Iryna Starovoit, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) Tantrism: the practice of dissociation of non-cult and family ties – Andrianna Roma, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) |
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Manipulation of the Bible on the example of of Lexikon der Irrtumer des Neuen Testaments by Walter-Jörg Langbein (nchen 2004 – Warszawa 2006) – Rev. Roman B. Sieroń, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) Break of the soul or trauma of life: trivialization of problem of cults in modern culture – Paweł Surowiec, Higher Seminary for the Diocese of Sandomierz (Poland) |
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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm |
Religion or cult? The philosophy of religion approach – Rev. Bartłomiej Krzos, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – The Faculty of Theology (Poland) Polish cult Niebo and their leader Bogdan Kacmajor – Mirosław Rewera, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland); Piotr T. Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Chair, ICSA Education Committee |
Papal Hall |
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Psychological functions of mythological ideas – Diana Chuvashova, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) Apocalyptic reflection in global challenges context – Mariia Bardyn, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) |
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Mormons: American religious invention – Antoni Leśniak, MA, The University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) Profilaktyka szkolna zagrożeń płynących z przynależności do sekt – Renata Matusiak, MA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Faculty of Social Sciences (Poland) |
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Protecting young people against cults: pedagogical aspect – Rev. Jerzy Dąbek, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland) The problem of adherence to Satanic cults – Tomasz Kowal, MA, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Faculty of Social Sciences (Poland) |
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5:30 pm – 6:00 pm |
Closing words – Rev. Roman B. Sieroń, PhD, Associate Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Off-Campus Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola (Poland); Rev. Bartłomiej Krzos, PhD, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – The Faculty of Theology (Poland) |
Pol/Eng |
Papal Hall |
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6:00 pm – 7:30 pm |
Sightseeing with social |
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7:30 pm |
Return bus to Stalowa Wola |