Josip Weissgerber
Josip Weissgerber, was a Croatian Jesuit, philosopher, writer and missionary.
Education
Born in Slavonian town Vinkovci, 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 and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.Work
Weissberger lectured experimental psychology, history of philosophy, anthropology, ontology, anthropological philosophy and theodicy at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology as well as experimental psychology at the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb. He also held marriage advising seminaries.List of published works:Zvona velike subote. Re-published as Uskrsna zvona U svjetlu metahistorije: razmišljanja za akademičare nedjeljom u 11 sati Osnovni zakon svemira Psihološki aspekti odgojnih sukoba Psihologija Sir Thomas More – Engleski Sokrat Načinimo čovjeka Antropologija: filozofija o čovjeku Razvojna pogojenost religioznosti Studije za obitelj
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, ontology and cosmology at the Mpima Seminary. He was a missionary in Zaire as well.