Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 81 No. 1, 2011.
Preliminary communication
A few notes about University Theology and Theological Periodicals
Ivica Raguž
orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-0325
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Djakovo, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Djakovo, Croatia
Abstract
The article considers the role of universities, university theology and Croatian theological periodicals today. It points to the ambivalent contribution of universities towards the development of science in European history. On the one hand, the university was founded so that it could facilitate autonomous development of science. The university more or less succeeded in this objective. On the other hand though, just the opposite was known to occur. The university was a barrier to science and so sciences developed outside of universities. This is what occurred with modern theology. Theological thought found it easier and was inspired by influences outside of the university and university theology. Today's Croatian theological periodicals are not exempted of this ambivalence. They too suffer from many university pains: bureaucracy, the logic of »progress« as the only idea behind periodicals, questionable categorisation of articles and others. The article does not intend to say that theology should find its place outside universities or that the existence of university periodicals is questionable. This brief overview wishes to inspire theologians to deal with theology for theology's sake and that theological periodicals should be an expression of love towards Theo-logos.
Keywords
university; theological periodicals; theology; science
Hrčak ID:
66585
URI
Publication date:
12.4.2011.
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