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[German Version] (May 21, 1924, Athens – Aug 18, 1986, in an automobile accident between Athens and Corinth), modern Greek philosopher of religion. He studied theology, philosophy, and psychology in Athens (1942–1947), Zürich (1948/1949, with E. Brunner and C.G. Jung), Basel (1951/1952, with K. Barth ¶ and K. Jaspers), and Leuven (1952/1953); he received his doctorate from Athens in 1956 with a dissertation on existentialism and the Christian faith. From 1956 to 1974 he worked with the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches (…

[German Version] I. Antiquity – II. Church History – III. Theology in Greece I. Antiquity 1. Religion The model of Greek religion is of central importance to theology. In the tradition of the humanistic gymnasium study of the Christian religion even today presupposes knowledge of Greek religion. The Platonic conception in particular (by no means typical of Greek religion) constitutes the model against which the statements of the Bible are measured. G. Kittel's Theolo-¶ gisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament (1960; ET: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 2000) canonized …