Armin Wilbert Geertz

Background

Geertz, Armin Wilbert was born on February 25, 1948 in Elmhurst, Illinois, United States. Son of Armin Martin Geertz and Audrey Grace (Blum) Jedinak.

Education

Magistrate of Art, Aarhus (Denmark) University, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Aarhus (Denmark) University.

Career

Assistant professor Aarhus University, 1979-1982, research fellow, 1983-1984, associate professor, 1984-1995, professor, since 1995, head department history of religions, 1985-1990, vice provost faculty theology, since 1994, chairman advisory committee on religious denominations for the Ministry of Ecclesiastics, since 1998. Fieldworker Hopi Indian Reservation, 1978-1979, 82, 88, 92-95, 97, 2000.

Achievements

• Armin Wilbert Geertz has been listed as a notable Religious studies writer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Religion, Tradition, and Renewal

    (Religion, Tradition & Renewal)

  • Children of Cottonwood: Piety and Ceremonialism in Hopi Indian Puppetry (American Tribal Religions)

Membership

Member Danish Association of History Religions (chairman 1982-1994), Nordic Commission of History Religions (chairman 1988-1989), International Association for the History of Religions (honorary treasurer 1990-1995, general secretary since 1995), Society for Study Native American Religious Traditions (board directors 1987-1995), Crown Prince Frederik's Foud, Research Network on New Religions (chairman since 1993).

Connections

Father:

Armin Martin Geertz Jedinak

Mother:

Audrey Grace (Blum) Jedinak