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Richard Gramlich (born August 6, 1925 in Mannheim ; † September 23, 2006 in Unterhaching ) was a German religious scholar . He is considered an important researcher of Sufism ( Islamic mysticism ).

Life

In 1946 Richard Gramlich joined the Jesuit Order . In 1969 he received his doctorate at the University of Basel and in 1971 he was appointed professor for the history of religion at the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . He retired in 1987 and lived near Basel in Switzerland.

In 2004 his important library came on permanent loan to the Bavarian State Library in Munich.

Publications (selection)

  • The Shiite dervish order of Persia . Three volumes. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1965, 1976, 1981.
  • The miracles of God's friends. Theologies and manifestations of the Islamic miracle of saints. 1987.
  • Islamic mysticism. Sufi texts from ten centuries. 1992.
  • Ancient models of Sufism . Part 1. Sheikhs of the West. 1995
  • Ancient models of Sufism . Part 2. Sheikhs of the East 1996
  • World renunciation. Basics and modes of Islamic asceticism. 1997.
  • The one god. Basic features of the mysticism of Islamic monotheism. 1998.

In addition to these publications, there is a considerable number of annotated translations of pioneering writings by Islamic mystics, most of which appeared in the Freiburg Islam Studies series .

Audio documents

  • Ethical and mystical dimensions of the Islamic experience of faith . Lecture on March 23, 1973 at the Catholic Academy of the Archdiocese of Freiburg - published in 2006 by the Freiburg University Library - online resource .

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Communication from the Jesuit Order .
personal data
SURNAME Grim, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jesuit and religious scholar, researcher of Sufism
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 2006
Place of death Unterhaching