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Worth More Than Many Sparrows: Essays in Honour of Willi Braun (Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture) - Hardcover

Rollens, Sarah E.; Hart, Patrick

 
9781800501966: Worth More Than Many Sparrows: Essays in Honour of Willi Braun (Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 180050196X ISBN 13: 9781800501966
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

When it comes to the study of religion, Willi Braun is a paragon of what a methodologically rigorous and epistemologically modest academic ought to look like. Braun's career began in the 1990s, when he studied among a cadre of other notable graduate students at the Centre for the Study of Religion at University of Toronto--what is often referred to as the "Toronto School." There, Braun and his comrades 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. The Toronto School's commitment to this ethos led to the inauguration of the North American Society for the Study of Religion and fostered the development of the now-renowned journal Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. Braun was a catalyst in these discipline-changing initiatives and brought them to bear in his own work on antiquity and early Christianities. Yet beyond that, Braun's career also involved an unwavering commitment to pedagogy, as he selflessly endeavored to pass on his exceptional professional and personal qualities to his students. In an effort to honor Braun's work and mentorship, this volume is focused on exploring, probing, and theorizing ancient religious data as reflections of human interests and activities.

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About the Author

Sarah E Rollens is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. Patrick Hart is is a professor in the Religious Studies department at University of Alberta.

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Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
180050196X
ISBN 13 
9781800501966
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
290
Editor
Rollens Sarah E, Hart Patrick