Vincent Brümmer (30 December 1932 – 30 March 2021) was a South African-born Christian theologian who worked for most of his career in the Netherlands. From 1967 to 1997 he was the Professor of

Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known Text (literary theo ...

at the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of 39,769 students, a ...

. Brummer was born in

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. He held degrees from

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, and

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, also working as a research assistant at the

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for a year (1961-1962). On 27 May 1994 Brümmer received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at

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, Sweden. In 1998, he received an honorary doctorate in divinity from

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. Brümmer died on 30 March 2021, aged 88.Vincent Brümmer (1932-2021) leerde generaties theologen kritisch en logisch nadenken

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Brümmer's Worldcat identity
1932 births 2021 deaths South African philosophers Philosophers of religion Academic staff of Utrecht University People from Stellenbosch Harvard University alumni Utrecht University alumni South African expatriates in the Netherlands Afrikaner people {{christian-theologian-stub

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