The awareness of both the emic and etic perspectives is crucial in forming the modern, academic approach to studying religion. Our panel aims to show different ways in which the consideration of emic views on Christianity can improve our study. Covering almost the whole diachronic and confessional spectrum of Christianity, we shall begin with the discussion of late antique Christian dreams, the emic descriptions of which shall be considered from the point of view of the Cognitive Sciences. Next, two speakers shall discuss the views of one of the chief medieval Orthodox theologians, St Gregory Palamas. In the first paper, St Gregory’s idea of God will be compared with that represented by Alfred N. Whitehead, while the second presentation will deal with the Palamite differentiation between secular and spiritual knowledge. The Reformed Christian perspective will be represented by the discussion of the Letter to Diognetus, reread from the Baptist point of view. Last but not least, our two final speakers will touch upon different aspects of the modern Roman Catholic thought, comparing Mary Anne Warren’s and John Paul II’s views on abortion on the one hand, and discussing Michael Heller’s vision of science and religion on the other. We hope our presentations will provide the background for scholarly discussion about various ways in which the emic and etic views on religion may enrich the much-needed dialogue between the researchers and followers of all religious traditions.Chair: Wojciech Micał (Jagiellonian University in Kraków) Speakers:Wojciech Micał (Jagiellonian University in Kraków), Is There Only One Type of Knowledge? The Concept of Two Truths in St Gregory PalamasTommaso Manzon (International Baptist Theological Seminary), The Soul of the World: rereading the Letter to Diognetus in the 21rst CenturyKrzysztof Pierzchalski (Jagiellonian University in Kraków), A Cognitive Approach to Dreams and Visions in Early Christian MonasticismNelia Titova (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków), The role of God in explaining what is happening in the world. A comparison of the concept of God in Whitehead’s philosophy and the concept of God in the teaching of Gregory PalamasKatarzyna Maria Rodziewicz (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków), The dispute over abortion – John Paul II’s position and the views of Mary Anne WarrenMilena Cygan (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków), Michael Heller’s vision of paths to dialogue between science and religion