Thomas Immoos
Thomas Immoos (born September 15, 1918 in Schwyz , Switzerland ; † October 20, 2001 in Immensee ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman , missionary , writer and sinologist, as well as a university professor of comparative literature specializing in Chinese, German and English literature.
Life
Thomas Immoos joined the Bethlehem Mission Society with the aim of becoming a priest. He was ordained a priest in 1945 and decided to go on a mission to China. To this end, he studied Sinology and English at London University from 1946 to 1950 . Due to the political conditions at the time, an engagement in China was not possible and he came to Japan in 1951 at the request of the Bishop of Sendai , Michael Wasaburo Urakawa. First he learned the Japanese language and worked in the headquarters of the Bethlehem Mission Society in Morioka until 1958 . He also taught at the University of Iwate and the Tohoku University and was established in 1958 as Associate Professor at the University Sophia appointed. In 1959/1960 he studied German at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate on the subject of Friedrich Rückert's appropriation of the Schi-King (1962). He then returned to Tokyo and taught again at Sophia University. In 1964 he was appointed full professor.
In 1979 Immoos became director of the Institute for Oriental Religions. In 1980 he was the founding president of the Japanese C. G. Jung Society. In 1984 he was, among other things, visiting professor at the University of Vienna . In 1985 he retired.
In addition to German studies (especially Austrian and Swiss literature), Thomas Immoos also taught comparative religious studies (with a focus on East Asian religions), theater history, sinology and theology.
He published numerous scientific works, especially on Shinto and the cult in Japanese theater. He also wrote essays, stories and volumes of poetry.
Honors
- Honorary member of the Catholic fraternity AV Edo-Rhenania to Tokyo in the CV (1966)
- Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Science
- Culture Prize of the Canton of Schwyz (1988)
- Fourth grade of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun (1989)
Web links
- Literature about Thomas Immoos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Heim: Immoos, Thomas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- In Memoriam Thomas Immoos (1918–2001) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Mediators between cultures" (PDF; 13 kB), Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 24, 2001, issue no. 247, page 16
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Immoos, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, university professor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwyz , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2001 |
| Place of death | Immensee |