Prof. Perry Schmidt-Leukel University of Münster

Perry Schmidt-Leukel is Professor of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology at the University of Münster, Germany, and Director of the Seminar for Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology. He is one of the Principal Investigators of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”, University of Münster. He holds degrees in Theology (Diploma) and Philosophy (Master). He received his PhD from the University of Munich (1992). His habilitatio
(1996) was in Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theology and Religious Studies. Before he came to Münster, he taught at the Universities of Munich, Innsbruck and Salzburg, and was Professor of Religious Studies and Systematic Theology at the University of Glasgow (2000–2009). Schmidt-Leukel has received several international awards and was Gifford- Lecturer in 2015. His main research interests are in the fields of inter-faith relations, Buddhist- Christian dialogue, theologies of religions in the various religious traditions and interreligious theology. Schmidt-Leukel published more than 30 books in various languages.