{"id":118597,"date":"2025-09-02T13:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/?post_type=cini_events&p=118597"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:11:54","slug":"symposium-transcendence-in-the-small-gestures-of-life","status":"publish","type":"cini_events","link":"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/eventi\/symposium-transcendence-in-the-small-gestures-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcendence in the Small Gestures of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

The symposium Transcendence in the Small Gestures of Life: Attention and Care for Nature and Humans in Religious Traditions<\/em> explores how spiritual techniques awaken care and attentiveness towards the natural world, fellow human beings, and creation itself.
\nExperiences such as Sufi sama ceremonies, the use of fragrance in funeral rites, and the tending of plants and animals serve as examples of how spirituality can be expressed through small, meaningful gestures that foster a connection to transcendence. The symposium also investigates how these spiritual approaches inform the study of religion and address contemporary global challenges, particularly the ecological crisis.<\/p>\n

The conference is organized jointly by the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations and Spiritualities<\/a> (Fondazione Giorgio Cini) the Muslim Worlds Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists<\/a> (EASA) and the Centro di Ricerche Etnografiche e di Antropologia applicata “Francesca Cappelletto”<\/a> (CREAa) of the Department of Human Sciences of the University of Verona.<\/p>\n

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9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome Greetings<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n