How to Pronounce Gerard van der Leeuw
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Mar 18, 1890 The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands Died on 18 Nov 1950 (aged 60)
Dutch politician
PiscesGerard Van Der Leeuw - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Gerard Van Der Leeuw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Gerard Van Der Leeuw
- Gerard (Gerardus) van der Leeuw (March 18, 1890 – November 18, 1950) was a Dutch historian and philosopher of religion. He is best known for his work Religion in Essence and Manifestation: A Study in Phenomenology, an application of philosophical phenomenology to religion.
- It was first published in 1933 under the German title Phänomenologie der Religion and translated into English in 1938. From 1945–1946 van der Leeuw was Minister of Education of the Netherlands for the Labour Party.
- Before the war he had been a member of the conservative Christian Historical Union.
