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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341495 |