Alois Closs
Alois Closs (* 1893; † 1984) was an Austrian theologian and university professor .
Life
Closs studied Protestant theology and received a doctorate in theology. He got a lectureship at the University of Graz and dealt with the connection between religion and ethnology . In 1939 he declared his collaboration with the Institute for Research and Elimination of the Jewish Influence on the German Church Life of German Christians .
Services
After 1945 he became an employee of the Styrian State Library and participated in the Goethe honors in Austria. He worked as an editor for research on African ethnology.
Works
- The prerogative of popular thought in Christianity, n.d.
- Historical ethnology and German studies. The problem of shape in ethnology, Friborg 1956
As editor and co-author
- Schütz, Julius, Alois Cloß and Alexander Graf Title: year of reverence. Four speeches on the Goethe Year, given by the director of the Styrian State Library and two of his employees, Graz, Vienna, Leykam 1949
- A. Closs (eds.): Wölfel, Dominik Josef, Monumenta Linguae Canariae. Canarian language monuments. A study on the prehistory and early history of White Africa, Graz 1965
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Prolingheuer, We went astray, Cologne 1987, p. 151.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Closs, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1893 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1984 |