Science and Catholicism in the Universities of South-East Europe 1800 to 1920

This edited collection sheds new light on the complex dialogue between religion and science which played out at universities in South-East Europe during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This discourse took place against a backdrop of great political, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity, as well as the long-term transition from Habsburg rule to new nation states. The book’s contributors--an international team of scholars with a wide range of expertise--delve into a range of key questions, including the influence of political regimes on faculties of theology and implications for university autonomy, the role of theology as a science in defining the status of these faculties, and the development of science in the face of religious divisions.

The book will appeal to readers interested in religious and intellectual history, the history of science, and the relationship between faith and science, as well as all those interested in South-East Europe either side of the First World War.

＂The collection holds significant value for graduate and postgraduate students, especially when studying the relationship between faith and science, the approach to theology as a science, and critical examination of specific dogmatic and ecumenical matters. The contributors to this volume provide insightful analyses on these topics, making it an indispensable resource for scholars seeking to enrich their understanding of these complex areas of inquiry.＂

--Ante Mateljan, Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Split, Croatia

Ana Biočic is Associate Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is the Executive Editor of the journal of the Institute of the Church History, Croatica Christiana Periodica, and a member of the American Catholic Historical Association and the Ecclesiastical History Society. She is leader of the project Religion and Science--Priests as University Professors and Rectors, hosted by the John Templeton Foundation and the Ian Ramsey Center for Science and Religion. Her academic interests include church history in the 19th century, Catholic priests in politics, and the history of education.

Iva Mrsic Felbar is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Religious Sciences at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Her research focuses on systematic theology, and in particular on eschatology and christology. She is the author of a monograph and numerous peer-reviewed articles.