| LC control no. | n 50046634 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vahanian, Gabriel, 1927-2012 |
| Biography/History note | Gabriel Vahanian (24 January 1927 - 30 August 2012) was a French Protestant Christian theologian who was most remembered for his pioneering work in the theology of the "death of God" movement within academic circles in the 1960s, and who taught for 26 years in the U.S. before finishing a prestigious career in Strasbourg, France. He received both his Master's Degree in Theology and his Ph. D. from PrincetonTheological Seminary. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Vahanian> |
| Associated country | France United States |
| Birth date | 1927-01-24 |
| Death date | 2012-08-30 |
| Place of birth | Marseille (France) |
| Place of death | Strasbourg (France) |
| Field of activity | Death of God theology |
| Profession or occupation | Theologians College teachers Translators |
| Found in | His The death of God, 1961. Praise of the secular, 2008: ECIP t.p. (Gabriel Vahanian) data view (b. Jan. 24, 1927) New York times WWW site, Sept. 10, 2012 (in obituary published Sept. 8: Gabriel Vahanian; b. Gabriel Antoine Vahanian, Jan. 24, 1927, Marseille; d. Aug. 30, Strasbourg, aged 85; theologian whose 1961 social critique, The death of God: the culture of our post-Christian era, gave a name to a seemingly atheistic but widely misunderstood theological movement) Dieu anonyme, ou, La peur des mots, ©1989: title page (Gabriel Vahanian) Wikimedia data, found via Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Vahanian, April 1, 2016 (sex or gender: male; place of birth: Marseille; ISNI: 0000000108608078; educated at: Lycée Thiers; country of citizenship: France; date of birth: +1927-01-24T00:00:00Z; date of death: +2012-08-30T00:00:00Z; instance of: human; place of death: Strasbourg; occupation: theologian; occupation: university professor; movement: atheism; religion: atheism; given name: Gabriel; labels: Gabriel Vahanian; el: Γκαμπριέλ Βαχανιάν; descriptions: teologo francese; französischer Theologe; French theologian; el: Γάλλος θεολόγος; Frans theoloog ; aliases: Vahanian) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q558752> The faith of the Church, 1958: title page (translated by Gabriel Vahanian) |
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