Abstract

RAMIREZ TRILLOS, Osmir  and  PLATA QUEZADA, William Elvis. Neo-Scholasticism and its Influence on Colombian Catholicism in the 20th Century: The Faculty of Theology of the Universidad Javeriana, 1930-1965. Rev. Guillermo Ockham [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.2, pp.519-538.  Epub July 26, 2023. ISSN 1794-192X.  https://doi.org/10.21500/22563202.6005.

This article focuses on solving a problem little addressed by the historiography of the religious fact in Colombia: how has theology been taught and studied in the country? To answer this question, it was necessary to approach it from the following structure: (1) expose and understand the theology that was taught in the 20th century in Colombia; (2) address the Javeriana University, as an example of the relationship between this theology and Colombian society; (3) analyze the teaching given in the Faculty of Theology of the Javeriana. Taking as a case study the main Faculty of Theology in the country, it is possible to understand the relationship that exists between the way in which the clergy is formed and the way in which the Church acts before society. From there we conclude that if the theology taught was of a traditional and fundamentalist nature, the Church will act in the same way, paradoxically, in a time of strong theological changes.

Keywords : neo-scholasticism; faculty of theology; Colombian catholicism; teaching and theological formation.

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