Stephen Fox

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Stephen Fuchs (born April 30, 1908 in Bruck an der Mur ; † January 17, 2000 in Mödling ) was an Austrian anthropologist , sociologist , folklorist and missionary who lived in India for over sixty years. He belonged to the Catholic missionary order of the Steyler Missionaries .

Stephen Fuchs came to Indore in central India in 1934, where, after studying language, he devoted himself to research into the tribes. In his Rebellious Prophets (1965) he examined messianic movements in Indian religions.

He was the founder of the Institute of Indian Culture in Mumbai .

He also learned Hindi and Korku languages. He also learned the local dialects of Madhya Pradesh .

Works

  • The Gond and Bhumia of eastern Mandla. London: Asia Publ. House, 1960
  • Origin of Religion. Introduction into History of Religion , Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy: Alwaye, Kerala, India 1975, 153 pp.
  • Anthropology for the Missions , St. Paul Publications: Allahabad 1979, 198 pp.
  • Godmen on the warpath: a study of messianic movements in India. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1992
  • The Corkus of the Vindhya Hills. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications, 1988
  • The Aboriginal Tribes of India. Delhi, Madras, Bombay, MacMillan, 1974
  • Rebellious Prophets. A Study of Messianic Movements in Indian Religions. Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1965 Digitized
  • The Children of Hari. A study of the Nimar Balahis in the Central Provences of India. Vienna, Verlag Herold, 1950 (Viennese contributions to cultural history and linguistics, Volume VIII)
  • The Vedic horse sacrifice: in its culture-historical relations. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications, 1996

literature

  • Mahipal Bhuriya (Ed.): Anthropology as a historical science: essays in honor of Stephen Fuchs . Indore: Sat Prakashan Sanchar Kendra, 1984
  • Josef Salmen: Stephen Fuchs (1908-2000) , in: Anthropos 95: 2 (2000) 537-541.
  • SM Michael SVD: Stephen Fuchs SVD (1908-2000) Founder of the Institute of Indian Culture. Obituaries. In: Asian Folklore Studies Nagoya, Vol. LIX-1, 2000, pp. 141-145.
  • Josef Salmen: P. Stephan (Stephen) Fuchs 1908-2000 , in: Johannes Fleckner: So were they , St. Augustin 2002, Vol. 5, 102-105.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SM Michael: Stephen Fuchs SVD (1908–2000): Founder of the Institute of Indian Culture [Stephen Fuchs SVD (1908–2000): Founder of the Institute for Indian Culture ] ( Deutsch ) Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture [Nanzan Institute for Religion and culture]. Pp. 141-145. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

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personal data
SURNAME Fox, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist and missionary
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruck an der Mur
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2000
Place of death Mödling