Peter Antes

The religious scholar Peter Antes

Peter Johannes Antes (* 1942 in Mannheim ) is a German religious scholar .

Antes at the lecture Culture and Religions in Hanover ;
2017 at the invitation of the Friends of Hanover

Life

Peter Antes studied theology, Catholic theology and oriental studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and the University of Paris and was in religious history as a doctor of theology and Islamic Studies Dr. phil. PhD. He completed his habilitation in the history of religion and comparative religious studies in Freiburg. Since 1973 he has been Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Hanover .

He was first chairman from 1988 to 1993 and vice chairman from 1993 to 1997 of the German Association for the History of Religions . From 1995 to 2000 Antes was Vice President of the International Association for the History of Religions , then from 2000 to 2005 its President. Antes is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Eugen Biser Foundation .

Awards

• Chevalier dans l ' Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1995)
• Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit (2000)
• Science Prize Premio Anassilaos International 2001. Arte Cultura e Scienze in Reggio Calabria (Italy)
• Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana (2007), Order of the Star of Italy since 2011
• Honorary member of the German Association for the Study of Religions, the European Association for the Study of Religions and the International Association for the History of Religions
• Muhammad Nafi Chelebi Prize (2015)

Fonts

• Islam as a political factor . Published by the Lower Saxony State Center for Political Education , Hanover 1980; 2nd, expanded edition 1991; 4th edition 2001.
• The message of foreign religions. Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam . Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1981.
• Ethics and Politics in Islam . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1982.
• Christianity - an introduction . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1985.
• Jesus . Junius, Hamburg 1998.
  • New edition under the title: Jesus. An introduction . Panorama, Wiesbaden 2005.
• Outline of the history of religion. From prehistory to the present . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2006.
• Religions in focus. Contributions to religious studies 1976–2007 . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2007.
• Foreword to: Martina Wegener: "Light on Light" - The Reason Tradition of Islam. Cultural and religious aspects of a dialogue attempt . Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57944-2 .
• Christianity. An introduction to religious studies . LIT, Berlin 2012.

Web links

Commons : Peter Antes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Peter Antes in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Peter Antes (University of Hanover)
• Video Bible and Koran - a comparison by Peter Antes to Summer University 2013
• Video The Religions and Women by Peter Antes for the Summer University 2014
• Video Religion and State in Germany in the Face of Atheism and Islam by Peter Antes
• Video Violence and Nonviolence in Religions by Peter Antes for the Summer University 2015