Henri van Straelen

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Henri van Straelen SVD (also Henry van Straelen ; born November 12, 1903 in Utrecht , † January 1, 2004 in Steyl ) was a Catholic theologian and missiologist .

Life

Henri van Straelen studied law in Nijmegen before joining the Steyler missionaries in 1927 and then being sent to Japan . He studied Oriental Studies at Cambridge University , received his PhD and then returned to Japan, where he became a professor at Nanzan University in Nagoya .

Stralen dealt with the Japanese religions and published about them. Later he dealt with the relationship between Christianity and the other world religions . His main work on this topic was The Church and the Non-Christian Religions on the Threshold of the 21st Century .

He took part as an advisor to the Second Vatican Council and was later the editor of a seven-volume commentary on the Council texts in Japanese.

From 1993 until his death he lived in the Order's senior citizens' home in Steyl.

Publications (selection)

  • The religion of divine wisdom. Japan's most powerful religious movement. Kyoto 1957.
  • Asian diary. Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 1963.
  • The Catholic encounter with the world religions. London 1965.
  • Overture à l'autre laquelle? L'apostolat missionnaire et le monde non chrétien. Paris 1982.
  • Self-discovery or devotion. Zen and the light of Christian mysticism. Verlag Josef Kral, Abensberg 1983.
  • The Church and the non-Christian Religions at the Threshold of the 21st Century. London 1998.

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  1. ↑ On the biographical data, cf. the obituary of the Steyler missionaries .
personal data
SURNAME Straelen, Henri van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Straelen, Henry van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic priest, professor of missions and religious studies
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2004
Place of death Steyl