Memoirs of an Academic Rōnin: Religious Studies and Mentorship in the Age of Post-Truth

Abstract The present article offers a selection of recollections about the author’s professional relationship with his mentor during his cursus studiorum as a graduate student and as a Ph.D. candidate. These memories are preceded by a series of critical reflections on the current state of both Relig...

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Published in:Method & theory in the study of religion
Main Author: Ambasciano, Leonardo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20
Further subjects:B metamodernism
B Religious Studies
B Post-truth
B Mental Health
B Mentorship
B history of religions
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Summary:Abstract The present article offers a selection of recollections about the author’s professional relationship with his mentor during his cursus studiorum as a graduate student and as a Ph.D. candidate. These memories are preceded by a series of critical reflections on the current state of both Religious Studies and the History of Religions, with a comparative focus on the 1960 scientific mandate of the International Association for the History of Religions ( IAHR ) and the UK institutional conflation of Theology and Religious Studies ( TRS ) through the lenses of the early and pioneering Italian experience. Hopefully, these notes will also prompt a much-needed frank conversation on such delicate topics.
ISSN:1570-0682
Contains:Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341495