Emil Brunner information

The Reverend
Emil Brunner
The Reverend Emil Brunner
	Brunner (left) with Karl Barth
Born	Heinrich Emil Brunner; 23 December 1889; Winterthur, Switzerland
Died	6 April 1966 (aged 76); Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse	Margrit Lautenburg (m. 1916)
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity
Church	Swiss Reformed Church
Ordained	1912
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Zurich; University of Berlin;
Thesis	The Symbolic Element in Religious Knowledge (1913)
Influences	Martin Buber; John Calvin; Edmund Husserl; Immanuel Kant; Søren Kierkegaard; Martin Luther; Leonhard Ragaz;
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Systematic theology
School or tradition	Neo-orthodoxy
Institutions	University of Zurich
Doctoral students	Edward A. Dowey; Gerhard Ebeling;

Heinrich Emil Brunner^[b] (1889–1966) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Along with Karl Barth, he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement.

^ Craver; Schoch 2012.
^ ^a ^b McGrath 2014, p. 4.
^ McGrath 2014, p. 5.
^ Livingstone 2013, p. 79.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kegley 2005.
^ McGrath 2014, p. 2.
^ Menacher 2013, p. 312.
^ "Brunner". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

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[FOOTNOTECraverSchoch2012-1] Craver; Schoch 2012.

[FOOTNOTEMcGrath20144-2] McGrath 2014, p. 4.

[FOOTNOTEMcGrath20145-3] McGrath 2014, p. 5.

[FOOTNOTELivingstone201379-5] Livingstone 2013, p. 79.

[FOOTNOTEKegley2005-6] Kegley 2005.

[FOOTNOTEMcGrath20142-7] McGrath 2014, p. 2.

[FOOTNOTEMenacher2013312-8] Menacher 2013, p. 312.

[9] "Brunner". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

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The Reverend Emil Brunner
Brunner (left) with Karl Barth
Born	Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-12-23)23 December 1889 Winterthur, Switzerland
Died	6 April 1966(1966-04-06) (aged 76) Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse	Margrit Lautenburg (m. 1916) ^[1]


Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity
Church	Swiss Reformed Church^[2]
Ordained	1912^[2]




Academic background
Alma mater	University of Zurich University of Berlin
Thesis	The Symbolic Element in Religious Knowledge^[a] (1913)
Influences	Martin Buber^[4] John Calvin^[5] Edmund Husserl^[5] Immanuel Kant^[5] Søren Kierkegaard^[5] Martin Luther^[5] Leonhard Ragaz^[6]
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Systematic theology
School or tradition	Neo-orthodoxy
Institutions	University of Zurich
Doctoral students	Edward A. Dowey Gerhard Ebeling^[7]

Dialectical theology
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