Josip Weissgerber

Josip Weissgerber
Born	4 May 1922
Died	18 April 1985
Nationality	Croatian
Education	Ph.D. in Psychology and Philosophy
Alma mater	University of Zagreb, Catholic University of Leuven
Occupation(s)	Jesuit, Philosopher, Writer, Missionary
Known for	Contributions to psychology, philosophy, and theology
Notable work	Zvona velike subote, U svjetlu metahistorije, Osnovni zakon svemira, Psihologija, Sir Thomas More – Engleski Sokrat, and more

Josip Weissgerber (4 May 1922 – 18 April 1985), was a Croatian Jesuit, philosopher, writer and missionary.

Education

Weissgerber attended the classical gymnasium in Travnik after which he graduated theology, psychology, germanistics, anglistics and French Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb. He obtained a doctorate in psychology (1970) and philosophy (1972) at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Work

Weissberger lectured experimental psychology, history of philosophy, anthropology, onthology, anthropological philosophy and theodicy at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology as well as experimental psychology at the Catholic Faculty of Theology of the University of Zagreb. He also held marriage advising seminaries.

List of published works:

• Zvona velike subote (The Bells of the Holy Saturday; Biography of the Petar Barbarić; translated to Polish in 1989). Re-published as Uskrsna zvona (Easter Bells)
• U svjetlu metahistorije: razmišljanja za akademičare nedjeljom u 11 sati (works in metahistory)
• Osnovni zakon svemira (The fundamental principle of the universe, 1967)
• Psihološki aspekti odgojnih sukoba (Psychological aspects of the upbringing conflicts, 1969)
• Psihologija (Psychology, 1972)
• Sir Thomas More – Engleski Sokrat (Sir Thomas More – The English Socrates, 1974)
• Načinimo čovjeka (Let's make a human)
• Antropologija: filozofija o čovjeku (Anthropology: Philosophy of the human)
• Razvojna pogojenost religioznosti (in Slovene)
• Studije za obitelj (Family studies, 1978)

His scientific articles in psychology, anthropology, philosophy, communicology and theology were published in Obnovljeni život, Bogoslovska smotra and Crkva u svijetu. He was a missionary in England, pastoral worker in Germany and Belgium. In 1981 he went in the mission in Zambia where he lectured anthropology, history of the contemporary philosophy, onthology and cosmology at the University of Mpima. He was a missionary in Zaire as well.

References

• Entry in the Croatian Encyclopedia
• Lončarević, Vladimir. HRVATSKI ISUSOVAC, PSIHOLOG, FILOZOF I TEOLOG Josip Weissgerber – intelektualac svjetskoga formata Glas Koncila. Published 10 July 2019. Access date 3 September 2019.