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).
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
- Short biography on the Svenska Academies website
See also
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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 |