1st Edition
Theology and the University
Part 1 The Contested Role of the Contemporary University
1. Higher Education as a Road to Somewhere
Sharon Rider
2. The University: A Refuge of Truth and Truthfulness
Fáinche Ryan
3. Theology between the University and the Church as a "Field Hospital"
Massimo Faggioli
Part 2 Multilocational Perspectives on Theology and the University
4. Mutual Benefit: Arguments in Favour of the Incorporation of Catholic Theology into Secular Universities
Dirk Ansorge
5. Academic Catholic Theology in Italy
Marcello Neri
6. Theology and Religious Studies in France
Marie-Jo Thiel
7. The "Problem" of Theology in the University? Irish Compromises and Solutions
Ethna Regan
Part 3 Testing "Plurality within Unity"
8. The Genetic Code of Catholic Theology: "Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria"
Serge-Thomas Bonino
9. The University and the Relationship between Theology and the "Concert of Sciences"
Robert J. Woźniak
10. Vetera novis augere: New Tasks for Theology
Michael A. Conway
11. "Words of Power": The Lively Dialogue between Theology and Literature
Michael Kirwan
Part 4 Theology in University: Dialogues at the Crossroads
12. Assuming True Beliefs: The Contribution of Theology to a Healthy University
Josef Quitterer
13. Recontextualising Theology at the University in Europe
Lieven Boeve
14. The University as a Forum for a Discussion of Hope: The Relevance of Theology
Cornelius Casey
Index
Biography
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 from 2017 to 2021.
