About Christoffer Hinrich Grundmann
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Born in 1950 in Bergheim/ Erft, Germany.
After completing theological studies in Germany (1967-1978; M.Th.) and ministerial training at Caracas, Venezuela, I received Lutheran ordination (1978) and thereafter taught for four years at the Tamilnadu..
Born in 1950 in Bergheim/ Erft, Germany.
After completing theological studies in Germany (1967-1978; M.Th.) and ministerial training at Caracas, Venezuela, I received Lutheran ordination (1978) and thereafter taught for four years at the Tamilnadu Theological Seminary (TTS) in Madurai, India (1979-1982). Returning to Germany I became hospital chaplain and theological consultant to the German Institute for Medical Missions at Tuebingen (1983-1991). In 1991 I earned my first doctorate (Dr. theol.) with a dissertation on emergence and development of medical missions (Gesandt zu heilen!, Guetersloh, Mohn, 1991; Sent to heal!, UPA 2005) from the University at Hamburg, Germany, and joined the staff of the 'Institute for Missions, Ecumenics, and Religions' at that very institution. After completing the second doctorate (Dr. theol. habil.) with a thesis on healing in the African Independent/Indigenous Churches (Leibhaftigkeit des Heils, Muenster / London, LIT 1996) I was awarded the venia legendi (official academic permission to teach at a university) and became Privatdozent (professor without pay) at Hamburg University for the history of regligions, being awarded the title 'Professor' in 2001. In 2001 I was inducted into the John R. Eckrich University Chair in Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA. (See my web-site at http://faculty.valpo.edu/cgrundma)
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