Joachim Matthes, born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1930. Ph.D. from the Freie Universität Berlin. Professor of Sociology at the Universität Bielefeld. († 2009)
Fellow (1 September 1974 – 31 July 1975)
Religious beliefs and religious attitudes of Protestants in Western Germany in view of how the teachings of the church are being transformed into acts of sense-giving in every day life.