Chapter published in Religion and Economy. Historical, contemporary and philosophical perspectives. Edited by Erik Sporon Fiedler, published by Edizioni Quasar in the Analecta Romana Instituti Danici. Supplementum, 60, p. 133-145.
Towards a metaphysics of usury
Article published in a special issue of the Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion. Volume 5.1 (special issue, 2025, forthcoming)
On the metaphysics and economics of the Trinity
Upcoming presentation at the ETF/EUR conference on ‘Human nature and community‘.
The state as daughter, bride and mother of the Church
Guest essay for The New Digest.
Call for papers for edited volume on Mary and political philosophy
After the Sedes Sapientiae Symposium on Mary and political philosophy, there is now a call for papers for an edited volume on that topic.
Call for papers: Dialogue between Economics and Theology on Human Nature & Community
Just spreading the word about this wonderful upcoming conference:
On June 19 and 20, 2025, the Erasmus Economics & Theology Institute (EETI, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands), the Institute of Leadership and Social Ethics (ILSE, ETF Leuven, Belgium) and the Economic Humanist Group will organize an international academic conference addressing this theme, focusing on the dialogue between economics and Christian theology. The conference will provide an opportunity to engage with and learn from a diverse group of global leading thinkers in these fields. Scholars are invited to submit an abstract for a paper. The full Call for Papers can be found through the link below.
Lees verder “Call for papers: Dialogue between Economics and Theology on Human Nature & Community”Social Metaphysics, Social Ontology and the Possibility of Social Reality
Published in the special issue Explorations in Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics: Mind, Identity, and Society of the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, October 31st, 2024.
The social metaphysics of Mary’s queenship
Lecture at the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium, October 18th, 2024 in Leuven.
Registration open for the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium
Registration is now open for the 2024 Sedes Sapientiae Symposium on Mary and political philosophy. It will take place on October 18-19, at the Keizersberg abbey in Leuven, Belgium.
Registration deadline is October 10th.
Sur les fondements métaphysiques et les contours théologiques des sciences sociales : réalisme, nominalisme et création contingente
[On the metaphysical foundations and theological contours of the social sciences: realism, nominalism and contingent creation] Forthcoming in: Le réalisme en sciences sociales, ed. Olga Peniaz et Hélène Terrom, Les éditions du Cerf, Patrimoines.
Lees verder “Sur les fondements métaphysiques et les contours théologiques des sciences sociales : réalisme, nominalisme et création contingente”Personhood, sovereignty, Trinity
Upcoming lecture at the conference on the social ontology of sovereignty, March 14-16 2024, University of Navarra, Spain.
The social ontology of sovereignty: timeless and timely perspectives
Upcoming conference on the social ontology of sovereignty, in Navarra, Spain, March 14-th-16th. Invited keynote speakers are Hans-Bernhard Schmid, Thomas Pink and Jenny Pelletier. See the website in Spanish or English and download the CFP (English). Organized by Mark Hoipkemier (Navarra), Michaël Bauwens (Antwerp), David Thunder (Strasbourg), Sergio Clavero (Navarra).
Lees verder “The social ontology of sovereignty: timeless and timely perspectives”Towards a spousal metaphysics of the eucharist: persons, powers and Mary
Forthcoming in a special issue of Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift, (number 3) 2023.
Lees verder “Towards a spousal metaphysics of the eucharist: persons, powers and Mary”Towards a metaphysics of usury: flourishing in time or eternity?
Upcoming presentation for the ILSE Conference “Economics and Human Flourishing: (What) Can Economists Learn from Theology?”
Lees verder “Towards a metaphysics of usury: flourishing in time or eternity?”Repliek op: Belastingen heffen als evenwichtskunst: Lessius’ inzichten over fiscale rechtvaardigheid
Repliek op Erik De Bom over Lessius voor de studiedag van de Antwerp Tax Academy op 23 februari.
An institutional metaphysics for the Trinity: family, unity and Mary
Published in TheoLogica: An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology, 6(2), 219–244. https://doi.org/10.14428/thl.v6i2.65613
On the metaphysics of usury
Presentation for the online colloquium ‘Time, money and God‘, July 8, 2022.
Weber, time and the economics of the eucharist
Upcoming presentation for the 23rd Biennial Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion: God, Time and Change, September 3-5, 2022, Oxford, UK.
Lees verder “Weber, time and the economics of the eucharist”A spousal metaphysics of the eucharist: persons, powers and Mary
Upcoming presentation for the annual conference of the European Academy of Religion, Bologna, June 20-23, in the panel on a eucharistic metaphysics.
Lees verder “A spousal metaphysics of the eucharist: persons, powers and Mary”Where is the King of France? On the location problem in social ontology
Presentation for the upcoming Social Ontology/Collective Intentionality 2022 conference in Vienna.
Lees verder “Where is the King of France? On the location problem in social ontology”Time, Money and God: Antwerp Summer University
Upcoming Summer University at the University of Antwerp, July 4-8, 2022, on the ethical, metaphysical and religious aspects of the usury debate in relationship to sustainable finance.
Lees verder “Time, Money and God: Antwerp Summer University”On the metaphysics of property and exchange: a dispositional account
Presentation for the upcoming Social Ontology 2021 conference, August 9-21. See the talk here.
Lees verder “On the metaphysics of property and exchange: a dispositional account”Realism, nominalism and contingent creation: on the metaphysical foundations and theological contours of the social sciences
Guest lecture for a colloquium at the Université d’Angers and the Université Catholique de l’Ouest
The Metaphysics of Institutions. Powers, Contingency and Freedom
Dissertation in philosophy, defended at the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy in 2018. Supervisor Prof. Filip Buekens, FWO Project Social Cognition and the Emergence of Institutions
Institutions as dispositions: Searle, Smith and the ontology of blind chess
Bauwens, M. (2018). ‘Institutions as dispositions: Searle, Smith and the ontology of blind chess’ Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 48 (3), 254-272.
Is God a juridical person? An institutional metaphysics for the Trinity
12/09/2018 – 14/09/2018
België
Analytic Theology and the Tri-Personal God : the Trinitarian Renewal in Analytic Tradition, UCL – Louvain – Louvain-la-Neuve
Is God a juridical person? An institutional metaphysics for the Trinity