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.
Genesis and editors
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 ...
.
Publication information
*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: /
See also
* '
* '
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List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
External links
Official websiteIndex
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Encyclopedias of religion
Christian encyclopedias
Encyclopedias in German