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3rd International Scientific Conference \u201cChristianity and Creativity\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

12 June 2023, \u0160iluva<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be creative is God\u2019s calling for a human being. In the Book of Genesis, we read that the Lord Creator creates a human being as a small creator, called to cooperate in the great and continuing act of creation. To be human is in itself to reflect God\u2019s creativity in our own creativity. However, creativity might imprison. In postmodern society, being creative is not just a fashion statement but an imperative for everyone. Concepts such as creative industries and creative economy are emerging, making creativity a must. In the information age, social networks empower everyone to be creators. However, the question arises whether this does not undermine the concept of creativity itself as an exceptional and sublime activity. This also leads to the question of whether creativity is not becoming one-day, profane, not bringing long-term changes in life.<\/p>\n

When the Catholic philosophers Bishop Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz and Gottfried Leibniz discovered the binary numbering system, which would become of the utmost importance to humanity some 300 years later, they did not foresee full implications of this discovery. The same has happened with the achievements of many discoverers and creators. This opens up the possibility of seeing human creation as a fragment that emerges in earthly reality in a small form but is rooted in God\u2019s immeasurable creativity. This is where the depth of creativity opens up from a Christian point of view: a human can only be truly creative by overcoming individualistic impulses and opening himself\/herself to God, the Creator, who rewards His creation with creativity. Being creative, a human being discovers himself\/herself as a creator in the context of the totality of God and creation. By accepting reality as created, a human being is able to pursue earthly goals creatively and fruitfully.<\/p>\n

The 3rd International Scientific Conference in \u0160iluva is devoted to the study of the fundamental concept of creation and creativity from the point of view of theology and other sciences and to an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of creativity in various spheres of human life and activity.<\/p>\n

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