Bernhard Uhde

Bernhard Uhde (born October 8, 1948 in Augsburg ) is a German Catholic theologian and professor at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau .

Life

Bernhard Uhde was born in Augsburg in 1948. After graduating from the humanistic Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main , he studied Catholic theology , philosophy , religious studies and ancient history at the University of Mainz and the University of Freiburg . In 1973 he became the first philosophy and human bondage with his work . Studies on the History of the First Philosophy. Part I: From the beginnings to Aristotle, PhD in philosophy at the University of Freiburg . The dissertation was awarded the Prize of the Freiburg Scientific Society in 1977 . In 1982 he completed his habilitation in the subject of the history of religion at the University of Freiburg with the text “Presence and Unity. Experiment on Religion ”.

Bernhard Uhde was professor at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg for the subject of religious studies from 2001 to 2016 . Since 2004 he has been honorary professor at the Catholic University of Freiburg for the subjects of religious studies and philosophy of religion , since 2011 honorary professor for the subject interreligious communication at the German University in Armenia (DUA) in Yerevan, since 2011 honorary professor for the subjects of religious studies and religious philosophy at the Sulkhan Saba Orbeliani University of Tbilisi / Georgia and since 2014 Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Department Académico de Humanidades at the Pontifical University of Lima / Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) . He had lectureships at universities in Germany and abroad for the subject of religious studies. Uhde also was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Roman Catholic theology of Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" Cluj-Napoca in Cluj , Romania operates, and at various other institutions as a speaker.

Since 2003 he has been a member of the board of trustees of the foundation of the state of Baden-Württemberg "Humanism Today". From 2011 to 2015 he co-founded and directed the "Institute West-Eastern Wisdom at the University of Freiburg", which was funded by the "Non-Profit Academy West-Eastern Wisdom" in Holzkirchen / Lower Franconia. This institute offered a four-semester extra-occupational contact course “Spirituality and Interculturality”. In 2015, Bernhard Uhde founded the “Institute for Interreligious Studies Freiburg” as the successor to the “Institute for West-Eastern Wisdom”, which he is director and which also offers a four-semester contact course. This institute is sponsored by the non-profit association “Interreligious Studies eV” in Freiburg, of which Uhde is the 1st chairman. Uhde also founded the non-profit association of “Friends of the Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Teaching University in Tbilisi / Georgia” in 2015 and is its 1st chairman. As of 2017, Uhde has also taken on the role of "Islamic representative at the Archdiocese of Freiburg". In 2019 Uhde was co-founder of the non-profit "Christian-Islamic Society Freiburg eV" and is its 2nd chairman.

Uhde has been a member of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem since 2005 , and from 2007 to 2010 he was Chief Commander of the Commandery St. Albertus Magnus in Freiburg.

In 2008 Uhde was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Cross of Merit ) for his “diverse services to interreligious dialogue at home and abroad”.

His main research interests are in the field of religious studies “Philosophical Implications of World Religions”, “Theology of Religions”, “ Mysticism ” and “ Philosophy of Religion”. Uhde has published a large number of writings, essays and research papers in the fields of religious history, Catholic theology and philosophy. Together with Markus Enders , he is the editor of the Scientia & Religio series published by Verlag Karl Alber .

He is the grandson of the art historian Hermann Uhde-Bernays (1873–1965). Bernhard Uhde is a member of the KDSt.V. Wildenstein Freiburg, the AV Salia-Silesia Gleiwitz , both in the CV . He was an honorary member of the Freiburg fraternity, Saxo-Silesia, but resigned this membership in 2020 and resigned from the fraternity.

Fonts (selection)

• Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism - a challenge to Christianity (together with Peter Antes and Werner Rück). Mainz 1973, ²Mainz 1977, ³Mainz 1980.
• Departure to rest (together with Peter Antes). Mainz 1974.
• First philosophy and human bondage. Studies on the History of the First Philosophy. Part I: From the beginning to Aristotle . Stuttgart 1976.
• Judaism in Religious Education. Secondary level II. Introduction, texts, teaching model, working material (together with Felix Böhl, Peter Schmitz). Munich 1978.
• The Bible and Religions - Source Texts for Religious History. (The Bible Vol. 8) . Salzburg 1979 / reprint Salzburg 1982 / reprint Weinheim 1983.
• The Koran . Completely and newly translated by Ahmad Milad Karimi. With an introduction edited by Bernhard Uhde. Freiburg u. a. 2009. Study edition Freiburg 2013.
• West-Eastern Spirituality - The Inner Paths of World Religions. An orientation in 24 basic terms. With the collaboration of Miriam Münch. Freiburg i. Br. 2011.
• 'For God is the truth' (Koran 22:62). Notes on the understanding of 'truth' in the religious world of Islam (= Castel del Monte series of religious studies, vol. 1). Freiburg 2011.
• Why do you believe what you believe. World religions for those of different faiths and those who think . Freiburg 2013.
• Wine and time. Festschrift published in honor of Fritz Waßmer 's 60th birthday . Private print Freiburg 2013.
• Symposium. Festschrift in honor of Raúl Gutiérrez's 60th birthday , published together with Miguel Giusti. Private print Freiburg 2015.
• Por qué creen lo que creen. La comprensión de las cinco grandes religiones (translation of Why they believe what they believe. World religions for those of different faiths and those who think . Freiburg 2013). Barcelona 2019.

Web links

• Office for religious studies at the University of Freiburg
• Website of the "Institute for Interreligious Studies Freiburg"
• Literature by and about Bernhard Uhde in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )