Theology and the University

ISBN-13: 9781032491073 / Twarda / 2024 / 264 str.

Opis

Theology and the University considers how theology has been marginalized in the academy and in public life, arguing that doing so has serious repercussions for the integrity of the academic study of religion.

Spis treści

General Introduction  Part One The Contested Role of the Contemporary University  Chapter 1: Higher Education as a Road to Somewhere Sharon Rider  Chapter 2: The University: A Refuge of Truth, and Truthfulness Fáinche Ryan  Chapter 3: Theology between the University and the Church as a “Field Hospital” Massimo Faggioli  Part Two Multilocational Perspectives on Theology and the University  Chapter 4: Mutual Benefit: Arguments in Favour of the Incorporation of Catholic Theology into Secular Universities Dirk Ansorge  Chapter 5: Academic Catholic Theology in Italy Marcello Neri  Chapter 6: Theology and Religious Studies in France Marie-Jo Thiel Chapter 7: The “Problem” of Theology in the University? Irish Compromises and Solutions Ethna Regan  Part Three Testing “Plurality within Unity”  Chapter 8: The Genetic Code of Catholic Theology: “Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria” Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP  Chapter 9: The University and the Relationship between Theology and the “Concert of Sciences” Robert Woźniak  Chapter 10: Vetera novis augere: New Tasks for Theology Michael A. Conway  Chapter 11: “Words of Power”: The Lively Dialogue Between Theology and Literature Michael Kirwan  Part Four Theology in University: Dialogue at the Crossroads  Chapter 12: Assuming True Beliefs: The Contribution of Theology to a Healthy University Josef Quitterer  Chapter 13: Recontextualizing Theology at the University in Europe Lieven Boeve  Chapter 14: The University as a Forum for a Discussion of Hope: The Relevance of Theology Cornelius J. Casey  Editors’ Conclusion  Index

O autorze

Fáinche Ryan, Associate Professor in Systematic Theology, was Director of the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland from 2016 to 2020.

Dirk Ansorge holds the Chair of Dogmatic Theology and History of Dogma at Sankt Georgen College of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Josef Quitterer was Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Innsbruck, Austria 2017-2021.