Karl Baier (religious scholar)
Karl Baier (* 1954 in Landshut ) is an Austrian religious scholar , Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher. He works at the University of Vienna in the field of religious studies.
Life
Karl Baier studied ethnology from 1976 and philosophy from 1980 to 1987 at the University of Vienna and from 1986 Roman Catholic theology . In 1987 Baier received his doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on philosophy of values and phenomenology with Romano Guardini . In 2009 he completed his habilitation on “Meditation and Modernism. On the genesis of a core area of modern spirituality in the interaction between Western Europe, North America and Asia ”in religious studies. Baier has been working as an associate professor for religious studies at the Institute for Religious Studies at the University of Vienna since 2009. Since 2013 he has been co-editor of the book series Vienna Forum for Theology and Religious Studies . He is a member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).
Works
- Yoga on the way to the west, contributions to the history of reception. Königshausen and Neumann: Würzburg 1998
- Atheism today? , (ed. with Sigrid Mühlberger , Hans Schelkshorn and Augustinus Karl Wucherer-Huldenfeld ). Evangelical Publishing House: Leipzig 2001
- Spirituality manual. Approaches * Traditions * Interreligious processes. Scientific Book Society: Darmstadt 2006
- Spirituality and the modern world , (ed. With Josef Sinkovits ). LIT Verlag: Münster 2007
- Mediation and Modernity. 2 volumes. Königshausen and Neumann: Würzburg 2009
- Yoga. History and relationship to Christianity, portfolio “Sects, special religious communities and world views” No. 96. Department for questions of world view: Vienna 2009
- Text and mysticism. On the relationship between scriptural interpretation and contemplative practice , (ed. With Regina Polak and Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger). V&R unipress: Göttingen 2013
- Yoga in transformation. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives , (ed. With Philipp A. Maas and Karin Preisendanz). V&R unipress: Göttingen 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Baier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Karl Baier at perlentaucher.de
- Internet presence at the University of Vienna
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baier, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian religious scholar, Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landshut |