Ivica Šola

Ivica Šola (born 1968) is a Croatian theologian, communication scientist, columnist and university professor.

Šola was born August 28, 1968 in Đakovo. He received a bachelor's degree from University of Zagreb in 1994, a master's degree from Pontifical Lateran University in Rome (philosophy of Martin Buber) in 1998, and a doctoral degree in 2012 in Zagreb with a dissertation titled "Ethical aspects of philosophy of Luigi Pareyson: truth, ontos and freedom".

Šola is an associate professor at the Academy of Arts, University of Osijek, where he teaches courses in ethics, religion, culture and media theory. His main fields of scientific interest are interdisciplinary topics of philosophy, religion, culture, media, and society.

He has published many scholarly papers and essays in Croatian, English, Polish, Slovenian, German, and Italian, and three academic books:

1) Religion and Culture, Introduction to the Science of Religions (in Croatian)

2) Pareyson, Levinas and the Ethics of the Final, Facing neo-Paganism (in Croatian)

3) Theological Notebook, the World through Theological Eyes (in Croatian)

He was mentor to some 100 M.A. students and two Ph.D. students (in the process).

He writes columns for Glas Slavonije ("Outsider's Notes"), Večernji list, Slobodna Dalmacija ("Agora"), Globus and others.

In 1996 Šola was commentator of Biblical texts on Radio Vatican. Šola was informal adviser to two Croatian prime-ministers.