Article ID: CBB055983820

Las universidades jesuitas y la ciencia después de la restauración de la Compañía de Jesús (1814-2014) (2017)

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ABSTRACT After the restoration in 1814, the Jesuits, following an educational tradition present since their inception, established a worldwide network of around 130 universities. Many of these universities have science departments where Jesuits and their lay collaborators carry out important scientific research. A significant number of the universities and some schools set up observatories devoted to astronomy, meteorology, geophysics and seismology, where scientific work flourished, especially between 1824 and 1980. In this way, the Jesuits have constantly been present in different fields of the natural sciences since their foundation. This unusual scientific tradition can be explained by their Ignatian spirituality, which seeks to find God in all things, in the union of work and prayer and their preference for working at the frontiers. This spirituality continues today in the scientific work of Jesuit universities by Jesuits and their lay collaborators. RESUMEN Los jesuitas, siguiendo la tradición desde su fundación en la labor educacional, después de su restauración en 1814, fundaron por todo el mundo una red de universidades que hoy cuenta con unas 130. La mayoría de estas universidades cuentan con departamentos de ciencias en los que jesuitas y colaboradores seglares han realizado y continúan realizando en el presente una importante labor científica. En muchas de estas universidades y en algunos colegios se crearon observatorios dedicados a astronomía, meteorología, geofísica y sismología, cuya labor científica floreció sobre todo entre 1824 y 1980. De esta forma los jesuitas continúan su presencia en distintos campos de las ciencias naturales que habían comenzado desde su fundación. Esta peculiar tradición científica de los jesuitas se explica por su propia espiritualidad ignaciana, que busca encontrar a Dios en todas las cosas, en la unión del trabajo y la oración y la preferencia por el trabajo en las fronteras. Esta espiritualidad sigue estando presente hoy detrás del trabajo científico en las universidades jesuitas, tanto en los jesuitas mismos como en sus colaboradores seglares.

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Authors & Contributors
Romeiras, Francisco Malta
Miller, Haynes R.
Leitão, Henrique
Willcox, Karen E.
Herzstein, Rafael
Klopfer, Eric
Journals
Journal of Jesuit Studies
HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
History of Science
Gewina
European Legacy
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Publishers
World Scientific
University of Alabama Press
Transaction Publishers
Schwabe
Pickering & Chatto
Johns Hopkins University Press
Concepts
Universities and colleges
Education
Science and religion
Science education and teaching
Christianity
Education, Higher
People
Archer, Luís J.
Humboldt, Wilhelm von
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
England
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Europe
Syria
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
African Virtual University
Imperial College, University of London
Imperial College
Bath University
Katholieke Universiteit Brabant (Netherlands)
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