Claudia von Collani

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Claudia von Collani (born January 10, 1951 in Schweinfurt ) is a German theologian .

Life

She studied Catholic theology in Würzburg , specializing in missiology, as well as Sinology and Japanology . (1976 diploma main examination in theology with Bernward Willeke and Hans Steininger . 1983 doctorate with Bernward Willeke and Klaus Wittstadt in Catholic theology in the subject of missiology with the dissertation: P. Joachim Bouvet SJ His life and work.) From 1997 to 2003 she was Research assistant at the Department of Mission Studies, Würzburg, temporarily women's representative at the Faculty of Catholic Theology. With a habilitation thesis on "Lex Naturae et Lex Gratiae" in East Asian mission history , she completed her habilitation in 2005 at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Münster in Mission Studies . From 2005 to 2014 she taught missions studies in Münster . The rehabilitation to Würzburg took place in 2013.

She was married to Elart von Collani and has three children. Her research interests are the history of missions and the church in East Asia, early mission theology, figurism in China, Daodejing and Yijing (Book of Changes), cultural exchange between China and Europe and the history of science.

Collani wrote numerous articles in the Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon (BBKL).

Works (selection)

  • The figurists in the China mission (= Würzburger Sino-Japonica . Volume 8). Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-8204-6213-9 (also diploma thesis, Würzburg 1976).
  • P. Joachim Bouvet SJ His life and work (= Monumenta Serica Monograph Series. Volume 17). Steyler Verlag, Nettetal 1985, ISBN 3-87787-197-6 (also dissertation, Würzburg 1983).
  • (Ed.): A Scientific Academy for China. Letters from the China missionary Joachim Bouvet SJ to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Jean-Paul Bignon about research into Chinese culture, language and history (= Studia Leibnitiana. Volume 18). Steiner-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-515-05186-4 .
  • (Ed.): Joachim Bouvet SJ: Journal des voyages (= Variétés Sinologiques New Series. Volume 95). Ricci Institute, Taipei 2005, ISBN 9579390797 .
  • with Harald Holz and Konrad Wegmann (eds.): Original Revelation and Daoism. Jesuit mission hermeneutics of Daoism (= Daodejing research series . Volume 1). European University Press, Bochum 2008, ISBN 3-89966-263-6 .
  • About Jesuits, emperors and cannons. China and Europe - an eventful history . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-25152-0 .
  • with Paul Rule (Ed.): Kilian Stumpf SJ: The Acta Pekinensia or Historical Records of the Maillard de Tournon Legation. First transcribed edition and English annotated translation (= Monumenta Historica SI Nova Series . Volume 9). Macau Ricci Institute, Macau 2015, ISBN 978-88-7041-209-3 .
  • with Erich Zettl (ed.): Johannes Schreck - Terrentius SJ. Scientist and China missionary (1576–1630) (= Mission History Archive . Volume 22). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 3-515-11254-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Collani, Claudia von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radina, Claudia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt