Ermis Segatti


Ermis Segatti is an Italian Catholic theologian and university Professor belonging to the Archdiocese of Turin, Italy.

Biography

Ermis Segatti was born on 24 November 1937 in Pianezza. After completing his theological training at the Catholic Seminary of Turin, he obtained a Laurea in German Literature discussing Friedrich von Spee and German Religious Poetry in the 17th century, and another one in History of Christianity, concerning Church and State Inquisitorial Trial on Magic, from the University of Turin.
He is Professor of History of Christianity at the Theological University of Northern Italy - Turin Campus. Until 2013 he was also a top administrator of the Archdiocese of Turin as Director of the Pastoral Office for the university and Culture.

Work

Ermis Segatti is a well known speaker at top academic and cultural events in Italy and abroad. Even recently he has been invited to lecture and establish contacts in Eastern Europe, in China, in South Asia and in Central America. He speaks English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian. He has also a deep knowledge of the Latin Language and Literature that he taught for many years in public High Schools.
Professor Segatti has written several books and many academic and non academic articles in his fields of expertise.
In the past few years he has co-organized post-graduate professional development courses for people involved with ethics and bioethics issues.

Publications

Selected Books
  • Analisi marxista della religione,, Editrice UPL, Turin,
  • Problemi di sociologia sovietica ,, Giappichelli
  • L'ateismo, un problema nel marxismo,, Piemme
  • I cristiani e la pace,, Edizioni Gruppo Abele, Turin
  • Dopo 1000 anni di cristianesimo in Russia,, Piemme
  • Anima, Viaggio nell'invisibile dell'uomo,, Piemme
Lectures
  • Islam e Cristianesimo, collana Per saperne di piu, Edizioni Abbazia della Novalesa
  • Teologie della liberazione in America Latina, collana Per saperne di piu, Edizioni Abbazia della Novalesa
Selected Articles
  • Fede e scienza: ripensando Galileo, in Scienza e tecnologia: al di là dello specchio, Libri Scheiwiller, Milano, pp. 217–224.
  • Il Cristianesimo come ascesi nella società del welfare e del debole pensiero, in L’ascesi nel Buddhismo e nel Cristianesimo, Atti del Convegno, Edizioni Agami, pp. 93–100.
  • Il primo articolo sulla Sindone nella rivista dell’ateismo scientifico sovietico, in G.M. Zaccone- G. Ghiberti, Guardare la Sindone, Studia Taurinensia, Effatà Editrice, pp. 418–426.
  • Alla ricerca di un volto asiatico di Gesù, in Credere oggi, XXVII, 2,, pp. 41–61.
  • Stati e Chiese contro Satana: inquisizioni civili e religiose contro i delitti demoniaci tra Rinascimento e Illuminismo, in L'autunno del Diavolo, Vol. I, Bompiani, Milano 1990, pp. 405–433.
  • 当代哲学与天主教神学, published by the Beijing Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture, 2015
Essays published in Archivio teologico Torinese,.
  • In English
  • The Christological Thought of Michael Amaladoss, in Archivio Teologico Torinese,7,, pp. 345–362.
  • Neo-Platonism and Early Christian Theologies, in Archivio Teologico Torinese, 2, 2007, pp. 381– 422
  • What does Augustine "acknowledge" and "recognize" in his Confessions?, 2, 2008, pp. 347–365
  • Asian Christians in the First Millenium, 1, 2010, pp. 91–127
  • In Italian
  • Tendenze del rinnovamento teologico in India. La ricerca su Dio. I: Premesse e precursori, 5, 1999/1, pp. 125–158; II: I contemporanei, 5, 1999/2, pp. 125–158
  • Il dibattito cristologico nella teologia Indiana. Preamboli neo-hindu e cristiani, 9, 2004/1, pp. 110–132
  • Alla ricerca di un volto asiatico di Gesu, in Credere oggi, XXVII, 2, 2007, pp. 41–61
  • Parlare di laicita' con altre culture: in India e in Cina, 1, 2012, pp. 70–87