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lieutenant 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.
archaeologist philosopher politician theologian university professor
lieutenant 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.
He is best known for his work Religion in Essence and Manifestation: A Study in Phenomenology, an application of philosophical phenomenology to religion.
Before the war he had been a member of the conservative Christian Historical Union.