The ' (''TRE'') is a German encyclopedia of

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

and

religious studies Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as ''religion'' and definition of religion, its definition is h ...

. It contains some 2000 articles in 36 volumes. The first installment was published in 1977, the last in 2004.

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The ' is published by

Walter de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. History The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...

and continues the nineteenth-century tradition of specialized encyclopedias, specifically that of the ', published in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

between 1896 and 1913. But in contrast to the latter, the ''TRE'' treats its subjects in an ecumenical fashion. The ''TRE'' was edited by fourteen main editors. The primary editor was the bishop of the Lutheran Church in Brunswick and church historian Gerhard Müller. Until volume 12 his fellow main editor was Gerhard Krause, professor of theology at the

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

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*Gerhard Müller, Horst Balz, Gerhard Krause (eds.): ''

Theologische Realenzyklopädie The ' (''TRE'') is a German encyclopedia of theology and religious studies. It contains some 2000 articles in 36 volumes. The first installment was published in 1977, the last in 2004. Genesis and editors The ' is published by Walter de Gruyter ...

.'' 36 vols. De Gruyter, Berlin 1976–2004. / / ; Compact edition: /

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Theologische Realenzyklopadie Encyclopedias of religion Christian encyclopedias Encyclopedias in German

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