Roland Pietsch is a German scholar, writer, translator, and educator who specializes in Islamic philosophy. Dr. Pietsch has taught philosophy, theology and religious studies at universities in Germany, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Iran. Most recently, Prof. Pietsch has held the post of Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. Dr. Roland Pietch contributed the articles "The Spiritual Vision: Meister Eckhardt, Jacob Boehme and Angelus Silesius", which appeared in the Summer-Autumn 1979 edition of Studies, and "Religious Pluralism and the Transcendent Unity of Religion" to Crossing Religious Frontiers, edited by Harry Oldmeadow.