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Emil Brunner

1889 - 1966

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Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889–1966) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Along with Karl Barth, he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Brunner is the 1,654th most popular religious figure (down from 1,551st in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Emil Brunner ranks 1,654 out of 3,187. Before him are Constantine VI of Constantinople, Marco d'Aviano, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Evodius, Ajahn Chah, and Bartolomé Carranza. After him are Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Bezalel, John of Patmos, Christian Mortensen, Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, and Wolf Messing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Emil Brunner ranks 94. Before him are Fritz Pfeffer, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Richard Boleslawski, Mile Budak, Kenwa Mabuni, and Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke. After him are Lev Karakhan, Amadeo Bordiga, Subhi Bey Barakat, Ernst Reuter, Dietrich Kraiss, and Alma Karlin. Among people deceased in 1966, Emil Brunner ranks 77. Before him are Hermann Scherchen, Fritz Wunderlich, Edmond Locard, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Wilhelm Röpke. After him are Väinö Tanner, Bud Powell, Robert Rossen, Homi J. Bhabha, Boris Podolsky, and Camilo Torres Restrepo.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Emil Brunner ranks 232 out of 1,015. Before him are Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Pierre Jeanneret (1896), and George de Mestral (1907). After him are Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Robert Miles (1969), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), Raoul Pictet (1846), Jean Vanier (1928), and Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Emil Brunner ranks 13. Before him are Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Kurt Koch (1950), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Jacob Sprenger (1435). After him are Henri Schwery (1932), Wiborada (900), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Georges Cottier (1922), Maurice Bavaud (1916), and Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848).

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