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Andræ Gate

Tor Julius Efraim Andræ ( pronunciation : [ ˌtuːɹ anˈdɹeː ], born July 9, 1885 in the parish of Vena, Kalmar län ; † February 24, 1947 in Linköping ) was a Swedish religious historian and Lutheran bishop of Linköping .

life and work

Tor Andræ came from a pastor's family and studied theology at Uppsala University , where he received his doctorate in 1917 and then worked as a lecturer. In 1927 he became professor of religious history at Stockholm University . Two years later he was appointed to Uppsala University. In 1936 he was briefly Minister of Education in the Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp cabinet . In the same year he was appointed Bishop of Linköping. He held this office until his death.

Andræ was a student of Nathan Söderblom , as his successor he was accepted into the Svenska Academies in 1932 . In 1935 he was also elected to the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies . As a religious historian, he was particularly interested in the early history of Islam , in particular its Jewish and Christian roots, Islamic mysticism and religious psychology in general. His book on Mohammed , published in the first edition in 1930, is considered a standard work; it was translated into several languages ​​(German in 1932) and reprinted into the 21st century.

Andræ has been awarded honorary doctorates by four universities ( Dorpat and Halle 1932, Strasbourg 1935, Oslo 1935).

His grave (Uppsala)

Fonts (selection)

  • The person of Muhammad in the teaching and belief of his community. Norstadt, Stockholm 1918 (same dissertation 1917).
  • The origin of Islam and Christianity . Almquist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1926.
  • Mystikens psykologi. Besatthet and inspiration . Sveriges kristliga studentrörelses förlag, Stockholm 1926 (German: Psychologie der Mystik . Antigone, Allendorf-Eder 1995).
  • Muhammad. Hans liv och hans tro . Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 1930 (German: Mohammed. His life and his faith . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1932 etc.).
  • Nathan Soderblom . JA Lindblads förlag Uppsala, [1931] (German: Nathan Söderblom . Töpelmann, Berlin 1938).
  • The question of religious disposition: illuminated from the perspective of religious history . Lundequist, Uppsala 1932.
  • Det osynligas värld . Uppsala 1933 (German: The last things . Hinrichs, Leipzig 1940).
  • The gamla prästgården. Study och minnen. JA Lindblads förlag, Uppsala 1940.
  • I myrtenträdgården. Study in sufisk mysticism . A. Bonniers, Stockholm 1947 (German: Islamische Mystiker . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1960; 2nd edition 1980).

literature

  • Ove Hassler, Robert Murray: Tor Andræ in memoriam . Stockholm: Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelses bokförlag, [1947]
  • Geo Widengren : Tor Andræ . Uppsala: JA Lindblad, [1947]
  • Andræ, gate Julius Efraim. In: Svenskt författarlexikon Vol. 2, Stockholm 1950, p. 30 .
  • William A. Graham: Andrae, Tor Julius Efraim . In: Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart , 4th ed., Vol. 1, 1998, Sp. 469f.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Andræ, gate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andræ, Gate Julius Efraim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish historian of religion, Bishop of Linköping, member of the Svenska Academies
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Parish of Vena, Kalmar län
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1947
Place of death Linkoping