Ursula Baatz

Ursula Baatz (2012)

Ursula Baatz (* 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian author and journalist. She became known as the biographer of the Zen teacher Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle .

Life

Baatz studied philosophy and initially taught as a Roman Catholic. Religious teacher at an elementary school. In 1981 she received her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna. phil. Baatz had lectureships at the Institute for Philosophy in Vienna on Buddhism reception and at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Vienna on religious studies. From 1974 to 2011 she worked as a journalist at ORF , mainly at Ö1 radio in the science and religion departments.

Baatz made trips to Asia and is associated with Zen . She is co-editor of the Polylog magazine for intercultural philosophizing .

Publications

• (Ed.): Come closer to God. Encounter with the completely different. Herder Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-210-24995-4 .
• with Wolfgang Müller-Funk (Ed.): From the seriousness of the game. About game and game theory. Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-496-00428-2 .
• Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle . A life between the worlds. Biography, Benziger Verlag, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-545-20132-5 .
• Buddhism . Diederichs compact, Hugendubel Verlag, Kreuzlingen 2002, ISBN 3-7205-2313-6 .
• Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle. Jesuit and Zen teacher. Bridge builders between east and west. Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2004, ISBN 3-451-05435-3 .
• with Brigitte Voykowitsch: Benares . Holy city of many religions. Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-491-72501-1 .
• Picture dispute 2006: freedom of the press? Blasphemy? Global Politics? Foreword by Hubert Christian Ehalt , Wiener Vorlesungen Volume 122, Picus-Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85452-522-6 .
• Enlightenment meets resurrection. Zen Buddhism and Christianity. An orientation. Theseus-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-7831-9528-6 .
• What can God do? How the new images of God change the world. edition a, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-99001-017-4 .

Translations

• Jitokku [Jittoku] is smiling at the moon. Texts of the Zen Masters. Selection, commentary and translation by Baatz, foreword by Hugo M. Enomiya-Lassalle, Herder, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-210-24732-3 .
• with Teresa Bencinic and others: Emptiness and Abundance. Zen from India in Christian practice. by Arul M. Arokiasamy , Kösel Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-466-20350-3 .
• with Angelika Gilmore: Why did Bodhidharma come to the West or can there be a European Zen? by Arul M. Arokiasamy, Falk, Seeon 1995, ISBN 3-89568-005-2 .

Audio

• with Sandra Kreisler : Un-fair trade. CD, Ö1 series of radio stations, Springer Verlag, Vienna 2008.

Web links

• Literature by and about Ursula Baatz in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ORFstars short biography of Ursula Baatz  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.