Jan Matthew Schoffeleers
Matthew Schoffeleers | |
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| Professor of Anthropology of Religion, Free University Amsterdam, | |
| In office 1980–1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jan Mathijs Schoffeleers August 31, 1928 Geverik, South Limburg, Netherlands |
| Died | April 4, 2011 (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Schimmert, Limburg (Netherlands) |
| Parent(s) | Willem Joseph Schoffeleers, Anna Christina Sophia Gijzen |
| Relatives | four sisters, three brothers |
| Education | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Known for | The study of African religions |
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Jan Mathijs Schoffeleers (1928–2011), who published many of his works in English as Jan Matthew Schoffeleers or Matthew Schoffeleers was a Dutch missionary and member of the Montfort Fathers order who became an important figure in African research as an anthropologist of African religion, particularly that in Malawi, where he spent around 16 years, first as a missionary and then as a lecturer. He continued his academic career later as reader and professor in religious anthropology in the Netherlands, continuing to concentrate on African themes.