Background
Tomka, Miklós Emil was born on April 13, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Miklós and Miklósné Mária Tomka.
Tomka, Miklós Emil was born on April 13, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Miklós and Miklósné Mária Tomka.
Master of Arts in Economy, Marx Károly Közgazdasági Egyetem, Budapest, 1964. Doctor, Eötvös Lóránd Tudományegyetem, Budapest, 1966. Doctor in Theology (honorary), University Vienna, Austria, 2002.
Doctor, Evangelical University, Budapest, 2002.
Researcher Hungarian Cooperative Research Center, Budapest, 1963—1968. Senior researcher Hungarian Mass Communications Research Center, 1968—1978. Lecturer Eötvös Lóránd University, 1974—1988.
Professor Bamberg University, Germany, 1978. Head department Hungarian Public Opinion Research Center, Budapest, 1978—1989. Head department, philosophy of religion Institute Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Science, 1993—2002.
Head department Péter Pázmány Catholic University, since 2002. Vice president, section sociology of religion International Sociological Association, 1978—1986. Visiting professor University Bamberg, 1989, University Innsbruck, Austria, 1989.
Representative Eastern Europe International Society for Sociology of Religion, Leuven, Belgium, 1991—2003. Visiting professor Cluj University, Romania, 2000. Science adviser Hannah Arendt Research Institute Totalitarianism, Dresden, Germany, 2001—2005.
President Society Religious Studies Eastern Europe, Budapest, 2001—2006. Science director Catholic Pastoral Institute Social Academy, Budapest.
Member of Hungarian Association Sociology of Religion (president 2004).
Married Magdalena Mahnel, September 16, 1963. Children: Miklós, Magdolna, Kristóf.