Ulrich Gollmer

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Ulrich Gollmer (born September 14, 1949 in Stuttgart ) is a German author, translator and publisher.

Life

Gollmer studied political science , history , sociology and English at the University of Stuttgart (MA 1979). He then worked in adult education , since 1980 at Bahá'í-Verlag, the publishing house of the German Baha'i community, initially as a lecturer and since 1994 temporarily also as managing director .

His own works always pursue a humanistic claim. The focus of Gollmer's interest are political, historical, linguistic and social aspects of Baha'em , often in contrast to other (especially the Abrahamic) world religions . He sees his basic theological research as a contribution to interreligious dialogue ; in some cases it also has an apologetic character. So far, his contribution to the understanding of politics of the Baha'i has received the greatest attention , summarized in Disinformation as a method (a response to a publication by the Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauungsfragen from 1981). Gollmer regularly takes part in interreligious events such as the Nuremberg Forum of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 1984 he was a founding member of the Society for Baha'i Studies and later co-initiator of the German-speaking Irfan Colloquium . In 2006 he helped found the Baha'i Studies Foundation .

Gollmer's main focus of work at Bahá'í-Verlag between 1980 and 2013 was the translation and edition of Baha'i primary texts, which in addition to the works of the religious founders Baha'ullah and Bab also include those of Baha'ullah's son, Abdul-Baha . Gollmer was particularly involved in the translation of Baha'ullah's writings: for example Ährenlese (1980, 1999), Messages from Akka (1982), Hidden Words (1983, 1997, 2001), Prayers and Meditations (1992), Kitab-i- Iqan (2000), Kitab-i-Aqdas (2000), Claim and Annunciation (2007), Gems of Divine Mysteries (2007), Tabernacle of Unity (2012). He was also the editor in charge of the series Studies on Bahá'ítum [sic].

Gollmer is married and has three grown children. He himself comes from a family that converted from Protestant Christianity to Baha'it in Stuttgart in 1910. His grandfather Paul Gollmer also met Abdul-Baha in Stuttgart in 1913.

Publications (selection)

  • Disarmament and world peace. A statement from the Bahá'í International Community. An introduction by Ulrich Gollmer . Hofheim 1980.
  • The long way to the greatest peace . In: Bahá'í Letters . Issues 50 and 52 (1985/86). Hofheim 1986.
  • Some explanations of the historical background to the letter to the central organization in The Hague (in :) Abdul-Baha: The World Peace Treaty . Hofheim 1988.
  • Reconciliation and servitude as basic categories of the action of the Bahá'í community in the world . In: Contributions from the Irfán Colloquium 2004 . Hofheim 2005 ( online at Bahaitum.de [PDF]).
  • Peace building from the perspective of the Bahá'ís . In: Werner Haußmann (Ed.): Handbook Peace Education. Interreligious - Intercultural - Interdenominational . Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 978-3-579-05578-7 .
  • Claim and Annunciation. To the German translation of The Summons of the Lord of Hosts . 2006 ( online at Bahaitum.de [PDF]).
  • The lesser peace: Divine salvation offer in a secular form . 2006 ( online at Bahaitum.de [PDF]).
  • Baha'u'llah's letters to kings and rulers - an overview . In: Contributions from the Irfán Colloquium 2006 . Hofheim 2007.
  • On the keyword Bahá'í religion in LThK 3 . In: Journal of Bahá'í Studies . Hofheim 2007.
  • The Abundance of Religious Hope: Overcoming Particularisms? 2007 ( online at Bahaitum.de [PDF]).
  • Mysticism, a systematic way of life and the Bahá'í community as a communal space of experience . In: Journal of Bahá'í Studies . Hofheim 2012.
  • Bahá'í Religion and Human Rights . In: Thomas Schirrmacher ; Max Klingberg (Hrsg.): Year book religious freedom . Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Bonn 2016, ISBN 978-3-86269-125-8 , pp. 133–150 ( online at the Martin Bucer Seminar [PDF]).
  • Concepts of collective expectation of salvation. Church, Umma, Bahá'í Congregation . In: Farah Dustdar (Ed.): Studies on Bahá'í Literature: Contributions of the Irfán Forum from 2009 to 2016 (Volume 6) . Irfán-Forum , Blomberg, p. 39–135 ( online at Bahaitum.de [PDF]).

Together with other authors:

  • with Nicola Towfigh and Udo Schaefer : Disinformation as a method. The Bahá'ísmus monograph by F. Ficicchia . Hildesheim 1995, ISBN 978-3-487-10041-8 .
  • with Ingo Hofmann and Friedo Zölzer: The Attitude to the World / Nature / Environment - A Baha'i Perspective (in :) The earth - a life-friendly place for everyone: Göttingen Religious Discussion 2002 on environmental and climate policy . Ed .: Ottfried Orth. Münster 2002, ISBN 978-3-8258-6338-8 .
  • with Armin Eschraghi: The German edition of the book "The Summons of the Lord of Hosts" and the translation problem . In: Contributions from the Irfán Colloquium 2006 . Hofheim 2007.
  • with Manfred Hutter , Armin Eschraghi: Bahai - Religion, Politics and Society in an Interreligious Context . In: Friedmann Eißler, Jürgen Schnare (ed.): EZW -Texte . No. 233 . Berlin 2014.

literature

  • Arash Abizadeh: Politics beyond War: Ulrich Gollmer's Contribution to Bahá'í Political Thought . In: World Order Magazine , 2004, Vol. 35, No. 3; Pp. 19–23 (PDF)
  • Christian Cannuyer: Review of “Disinformation as a Method” . In: Mélanges de Science Religieuse , T 54/1, 1997, pp. 116–118 (PDF)
  • Manfred Hutter : Review of “Disinformation as a Method” . In: Journal of Contemporary Religion , 12.3 (1997); Pp. 437–439 (PDF)
  • Heshmat Moayyad: Review of “Disinformation as a Method” . In: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , 8.4 (1998); Pp. 451–454 (PDF)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. for example Arash Abizadeh: Politics beyond War: Ulrich Gollmer's Contribution to Bahá'í Political Thought
  2. ↑ Contributions to the Irfán Colloquium 2003 , Hofheim 2004, p. 5
  3. ^ WDR5, April 21, 2013: Contribution by Frank Aheimer in This Side of Eden about Abdul-Baha's visit to Germany. A book by Ulrich Gollmer's father, Werner Gollmer, published in 1988 by Bahá'í Verlag, entitled My heart is with you, is about this visit by Abdul-Baha to Germany .
personal data
SURNAME Gollmer, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, translator and editor
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart