Sabino Acquaviva
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born29 April 1927
Padua, Italy
Died29 December 2015 (aged 88)
Padua, Italy
Sabino Acquaviva | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 April 1927 Padua, Italy |
| Died | 29 December 2015 (aged 88) Padua, Italy |
Sabino Acquaviva (29 April 1927 – 29 December 2015) was an Italian sociologist. He was chair of the Department of Sociology between 1985 and 1988 [1] and president of the School of Political Science of University of Padua between 1977 and 1978.[2] He was also visiting professor at All Souls College, Oxford and at the University of Nice, scriptwriter, and novelist. He is mostly well-known for his studies about secularization and the decline of religion in Western Europe.[1]
Acquaviva died on 29 December 2015 in his hometown of Padua, Italy.[3]