Johann Friedrich Heiler

German scholar

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In study of religion: Modern origin and development of the history and phenomenology of religion
Friedrich Heiler (1892–1967), like Otto a professor at Marburg (Germany), was a strong proponent of the phenomenological and comparative method, as in his major work on prayer. Heiler, however, went beyond the scientific study of religion in attempting to promote interreligious fellowship, partly through the…
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