Ma Fabian Volker
Academician
Protestant Theology
University of Munster
Germany
Biography
2003: Abitur 2003-2010: Studies (MA) of German Studies, Philosophy and Religious Science at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Master thesis: "The Poetics of Nothingness in EAF Klingemanns, Die Nachtwachen von Bonaventura" " 2008: Abroad at the University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo) since 2010: PhD student with Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel since July 2011: Research Assistant at the Seminar for Religious Science and Intercultural Theology (WWU Münster) Since January 2013: Research Assistant at the Seminar for Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology (WWU Münster) January / February 2013: Erasmus Visiting Scholar: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam / ACCORD (Amsterdam Center for the Study of Cultural and Religious Diversity) March / April 2013: Sanskrit- And VedÄnta studies in DayÄnanda-Āśrama-ṚṣikeÅ›
Research Interest
Existential-psychological dimensions of Buddhist analysis of existence, Dedicated Buddhism: nondual social theory, ecology, economics and politics
Publications
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The Origin and Meaning of Evil and Being in the World - Towards a Theodiceanal Question in VedÄnta and Buddhism", in: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 22 (2014): 330-374.
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The Prereflexive Ground of Consciousness - On the Transcendentalphilosophical (In) Instability of NÄgÄrjuna and Kant," in: Girndt, Helmut (Hrsg.): Buddhist Knowledge Theory and Transcendental Philosophy.
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The Advaita-VedÄnta as Proto-Transcendental Theory - Prolegomenon to a Transcultural Transcendental Philosophy", in: Gregor, Kai (Hrsg.): Future of Philosophy - Philosophy of the Future: 232-273.
