Georg Schmid (religious scholar)
Georg Schmid (born June 21, 1940 in Chur ) is a Swiss Protestant Reformed religious scholar , theologian and pastor .
Life
Georg Schmid grew up in the canton of Graubünden . He studied Protestant theology and religious studies in Zurich, Bern, Basel, Rome and Alexandria, Virginia , USA . From 1965 to 1970 he worked as a parish priest in Graubünden. Then he worked as a seminar leader in Zurich and Chur and from 1986 to 2003 as parish priest in Greifensee . In 1988 he became adjunct professor for religious studies at the University of Zurich . In 1993 he took over the leadership of the Evangelical Information Center for Churches - Sects - Religions from Oswald Eggenberger , which was founded in 1963. In 2013 he handed over the management of the information center to his son and theologian Georg Otto Schmid . Schmid is also the author of numerous non-fiction books and poet of hymns .
Works (selection)
Non-fiction
- Interesting and sacred. On the way to integral religious studies . TVZ, Zurich 1971 (also dissertation at the University of Basel 1970).
- Where the silence begins. Ways of Indian and Christian Meditation . Mohn (GTB Siebenstern 775), Gütersloh 1984, ISBN 3-579-00775-0 .
- The mysticism of the world religions. An introduction . Kreuz, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7831-1016-5 (newly designed 4th edition 2000, ISBN 3-7831-1854-9 )
- Between madness and meaning. Do the world religions keep what they promise? Benziger, Solothurn 1995, ISBN 3-545-25095-4 .
- Plea for a different Christianity. After 2000 years: enlightened differently, mature differently, think differently . Kreuz, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-268-00220-X .
- Longing for spirituality. New religious centers of the present . Kreuz, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7831-1793-3 (with reports on Pondicherry , Canigou , Dozwil , Puttaparthi, Anaheim , Pensacola , Sedona , Plum, Village, Karmapa, Pune , Ganeshpuri, Amritapuri , Taizé and portraits by Sri Aurobindo , Brother Ephraim, Sai Baba , Thich Nhat Hanh , Lama Ole Nydahl, Gurumayi, Amma , Brother Roger ).
- Problem case Islam. Religion of Peace or Danger to World Peace? Paulusverlag, Friborg 2002, ISBN 3-7228-0561-9
- The sect of Jesus of Nazareth. Aspects of a new look at Christianity . Kreuz, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-7831-2682-7
- The annoying Christianity. His irritating insights and provocative intentions . Kreuz, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 3-7831-2981-8
- As (co-) editor
- Churches, sects, religions. Religious communities, ideological groups and psycho-organizations in the German-speaking area. A manual . 7th revised and supplemented edition, TVZ, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-290-17215-5 .
Volumes of poetry
- Little peace. A trip to India in verse and sketches . Th. Schmid, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-906566-02-1 .
- Bündner love. Verses and sketches . Th. Schmid, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-906566-06-4 .
- I find myself in wide space. With pictures by Hans Domenig . Blau-Kreuz, Bern / Wuppertal 1989, ISBN 3-85580-258-0 .
- sing and see. New songs . Friedemann Strube Verlag, Munich 2018.
- sing and be, new lyrics, Friedemann Strube Verlag, Munich 2019.
The Evangelical Reformed hymn book from 1998 contains five hymns by Georg Schmid.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Schmid in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the Evangelical Information Center: Churches - Sects - Religions with numerous texts by Georg Schmid
- Bündner Liebe poetry book by Georg Schmid
Individual evidence
- ^ Dorothee Vögeli: Church information center "Relinfo" in Rüti. On the front line against sectarianism. in the NZZ , Zurich November 9, 2013
- ↑ Peter Schmid: Sect expert Georg Schmid on witches and esotericism. interview
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss theologian, religious scholar, sect connoisseur, hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chur |