WORTH MORE THAN MANY SPARROWS - Essays in Honour of Willi Braun

Willi Braun is the paragon of a true religious studies scholar. Beginning his career in the 1990s, Braun studied at the Centre for the Study of Religion at University of Toronto. There, Braun maintained a fidelity to a particular methodological ethos: that religion should be studied as a fundamentally human phenomenon, and that scholars should examine how the "data" of religions (texts, artifacts, rituals, etc.) reveal the interests, concerns, and values of the humans who imbue that same data with something divine or transcendent.

Braun's contributions to the field have been both substantive and diverse - whether as a catalyst in discipline-changing initiatives such as the North American Society for the Study of Religion and the journal Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, or his work on antiquity and early Christianities, or his role as a pedagogue, as he tirelessly endeavoured to foster the next generation of thinkers.

The contributions to this volume focus on exploring, probing, and theorizing ancient religious data as reflections of human interests and activities, in a manner that aspires to Braun's own methodological rigour.

Riassunto

In an effort to honor Willi Braun’s work and mentorship, this volume is focused on exploring, probing, and theorizing ancient religious data as reflections of human interests and activities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: ROLLENS SARAH
• Con la collaborazione di: Patrick Hart (Editore), Sarah E Rollens (Editore), Sarah E. Rollens (Editore)
• Editore: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781800501966
• ISBN: 978-1-80050-196-6
• Pagine: 290
• Dimensioni: 161 mm x 240 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 814 g
• Serie: Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altro