Real Theological Encyclopedia
The Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE, ThRE) is the largest German-language book project in theology and religious studies at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. In 36 volumes, it comprises around 2000 mostly very detailed specialist articles from early Christianity to the 20th century. The first delivery appeared in 1977, the last in September 2004.
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The Theological Real Encyclopedia is published by Verlag Walter de Gruyter and ties in with earlier specialist encyclopaedias that were written in the 19th century. The encyclopedia follows the tradition of the real encyclopedia for Protestant theology and church (RE), the third edition of which was last published in Leipzig from 1896 to 1913. Unlike in the old real encyclopedia, the theological questions are now dealt with in their entire ecumenical breadth and no longer in a singular Protestant perspective.
The TRE was responsible for a group of editors with fourteen members. The main editor was the former Brunswick regional bishop and church historian Gerhard Müller from Erlangen, up to volume 12 (1984) together with the former Bonn professor for practical theology Gerhard Krause .
In addition to the half leather edition, there is also a cheaper study edition (paperback and scaled down; without art print boards and folding cards, the paper quality of the individual parts shows differences):
- Part I (Volumes 1-17), 1993, a total of 13602 pages.
- Part II (volumes 18-27), 2000, a total of 8175 pages.
- Part III (volumes 28–36), 2006, 7361 pages in total.
Bibliographical information
- Gerhard Müller, Horst Balz , James K. Cameron, Brian L. Hebbletwaite, Gerhard Krause (eds.): Theologische Realenzyklopädie. 36 volumes and two register volumes. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York (1976–) 1977–2007. ISBN 3-11-002218-4 / ISBN 3-11-013898-0 / ISBN 3-11-016295-4 ; Study edition: ISBN 3-11-013898-0 / ISBN 3-11-016295-4 .
Study edition:
- 36 volumes in 3 parts, plus 4 index volumes. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-019098-4
Theological Real Encyclopedia Online:
- De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-023302-5 (purchase), ISBN 978-3-11-023303-2 (rental subscription)
Overview of the volumes
- Vol. 1 (1977): Aaron - Agende , 804 pp.
- Vol. 2 (1978): Agende - Anselm of Canterbury , 798 pp.
- Vol. 3 (1978): Anselm von Laon - Aristoteles / Aristotelismus , 826 pp.
- Vol. 4 (1979): Arcandiscipline - Autobiography , 813 pp.
- Vol. 5 (1980): Autocephaly - Biandrata , 805 pp.
- Vol. 6 (1980): Bible - Bohemia and Moravia , 786 pp.
- Vol. 7 (1981): Bohemian Brothers - Chinese Religions , 802 pp.
- Vol. 8 (1981): Chlodwig - Dionysius Areopagita , 800 pp.
- Vol. 9 (1982): Dionysius Exiguus - Episkopalismus , 790 pp.
- Vol. 10 (1982): Erasmus - Faculties, Theological , 813 pp.
- Vol. 11 (1983): Family - Futurology , 800 pp.
- Vol. 12 (1984): Gabler - Society / Society and Christianity V, 801 pp.
- Vol. 13 (1984): Society / Society and Christianity VI - Proofs of God , 804 pp.
- Vol. 14 (1985): Gottesdienst - Heimat , 804 pp.
- Vol. 15 (1986): Heinrich II. - Ibsen , 808 pp.
- Vol. 16 (1987): Idealism - Jesus Christ IV, 795 pp.
- Vol. 17 (1988): Jesus Christ V - Catechism Sermon , 814 pp.
- Vol. 18 (1989): Katechumenat / Katechumenen - Canon Law , 778 pp.
- Vol. 19 (1990): Canon Law Sources - Cross , 818 pp.
- Vol. 20 (1990): Crusades - Leo XIII. , 793 pp.
- Vol. 21 (1991): Leonardo da Vinci - Malachias von Armagh , 806 pp.
- Vol. 22 (1992): Malaysia - Minne , 800 pp.
- Vol. 23 (1993): Minucius Felix - Name / Naming, 807 pp.
- Vol. 24 (1994): Napoleonic Epoch - Authorities , 800 pp.
- Vol. 25 (1995): Ochino - Parapsychologie , 787 pp.
- Vol. 26 (1996): Paris - Poland , 816 pp.
- Vol. 27 (1997): Politics / Political Science - Journalism / Press , 807 pp.
- Vol. 28 (1997): Pürstinger - Religionsphilosophie , 804 pp.
- Vol. 29 (1998): Psychology of Religion - Samaritaner , 798 pp.
- Vol. 30 (1999): Samuel - Seele , 813 pp.
- Vol. 31 (2000): Wandering of Souls - Language / Linguistics / Philosophy of Language , 823 pp.
- Vol. 32 (2001): Spurgeon - Taylor , 783 pp.
- Vol. 33 (2002): Technology - Transzendenz , 810 pp.
- Vol. 34 (2002): Trappist / Trappist - Reason II, 792 S.
- Vol. 35 (2003): Reason III - Return of All , 820 pp.
- Vol. 36 (2004): Rebirth - Cyprus , 872 pp.
Register volumes:
- Register for volumes 1–17 . De Gruyter, Berlin 1990 (229 pages)
- Claus-Jürgen Thornton: Register for Volumes 1–27 . De Gruyter, Berlin 1998 (504 pages)
- Total register . 2 volumes. De Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-020803-0 (1667 pages)
See also
- Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon
- Encyclopédie des sciences ecclésiastiques
- Evangelical Church Lexicon
- Evangelical lexicon for theology and congregation
- Lexicon for theology and the church
- List of specialty encyclopedias
- Real Lexicon for Antiquity and Christianity
- Religion Past and Present
Web links
- TRE on the publisher's website
- Online access via DBIS to the full text in selected libraries