K. Helmut
Reich

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Route des Chemins de Fer 3, CH-1823 GLION

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+41 (0) 21 961 35 66

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Helmut.Reich@tele2.ch

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Ausbildung: Studium von Physik und Elektrotechnik auf den (Technischen) Hochschulen Köln, Aachen und Braunschweig. 1951: Dipl.-Ing. für Elektrotechnik. Studium von Physik und Mikrowellentechnik auf den Universitäten Paris, Nottingham (UK) und Harvard (Postdoctoral Research Fellow). 1954: Ph. D. (Physics, University of Nottingham); 1955: Dr.-Ing. (Hochfrequenztechnik, T.H. Braunschweig). Teilstudium von Psychologie (Braunschweig und Genf) & Pädagogik (Freiburg i.Ue.); 2004: Dr. theol. (Religionspsychologie, Universität Utrecht)

Berufliche Praxis: 1955-1983: (Angewandte) Physik im Europäischen Laboratorium für Teilchenphysik (CERN) in Genf. 1965/1966: Sabbatisches akademisches Jahr im Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven, Long Island, New York, USA. 1983/1984: Gastforscher in den Instituten für Physik der Universitäten Dortmund und Tokio (Staatsuniversität TODAI). 1984 bis 2004: Wissenschaftlicher Forschungsmitarbeiter (und Lehrbeauftragter) am Pädagogischen Institut der Universität Freiburg i. Ue. Seit Oktober 1994: Professor an der Fernuniversität Rutherford University in Evanston (Wyoming, USA) und Richmond (British Columbia, Kanada) für Religionspsychologie und -pädagogik, School of Consciousness Studies and Sacred Traditions. Extra muros: Fort- und Weiterbildungskurse für Religionslehrer; Ferienkurse zum "Kritischen Denken" in den USA.

Curriculum vitae:

Born: May 7, 1923 in Krefeld, Germany. Son of Grammar school teacher with Ph.D. in psychology; grandson of Lutheran minister. Present family status: married with Ursula Elisabeth Reich, née Pleines (since 1958); two children, four grandchildren.

University studies (1946-1955): Physics and Electrical Engineering (doctor degrees in each) at the universities of Köln (Cologne), Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Braunschweig (Brunswick), Paris (France), and Nottingham (UK). From 1984: Various social science topics, mainly at Fribourg University and the Geneva Piaget Archives (summer schools). 2004: Dr. theol. (psychology of religion, University of Utrecht)

Positions as Research Fellow (in physics): Harvard University (1955), Brookhaven National Laboratory, L.I., N.Y. (1965/1966), Dortmund University, FRG (1983); Tokyo State University [Todai] (1984). Position as (senior) scientist (applied physics): European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland), 1955 - 1983. 1984-2004: (Senior) Research Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Forschungsmitarbeiter) at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Fribourg University (German branch); on occasion lecturer on the psychology of religion and religious education. Additional position since October 1994: Professor at the (non-residential) Rutherford University at Richmond (British Columbia, Canada) and Evanston (Wyoming, USA), School of Consciousness Studies and Sacred Traditions.

Professional affiliations, etc.: Professional Affiliate of Division 36 of the American Psychological Association; coopted member of the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values; member of the Internationale Gesellschaft für Religionspsychologie und Religionswissenschaft and of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology.

Current main research interests: Cognitive development of children, adolescents, and adults, in particular in the religious domain; thought forms other than Piagetian operations, in particular relational and contextual (complementarist) reasoning (RCR); religious development in general; relations between science and religion; relations between neurobiology and religion.

Social science publications: Author of a monograph on Relational and Contextual Reasoning, co-author of a volume on the development of children's and young people's world-views. Co-editor of five edited volumes (four on religious development, one on relational and contextual reasoning in various domains - four in German, one in English); (co-)author of some 20 chapters in various books and of dozens of articles (see separate list).

Honours and awards: Consulting Editor, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion; Award by the John Templeton Foundation for an article in humility theology, 1995; William James Award (Division 36, American Psychological Association) for contributions to the psychology of religion, 1997.

Symposium on the occasion of the 80th birthday.

Permanent address: Route des Chemins de Fer 3, CH-1823 GLION (Switzerland).