In the history of religions, the Roman School is a methodology that emerged after World War II and was prominent in Italy throughout the 1950s. It was a competitor to the French structuralist approach.
One of its main characteristics was the ambition to study religion from a neutral or politically aloof perspective. It began with Raffaele Pettazzoni, who had been one of the first academics to propose a historical approach to the study of religion. One of its most influential contributors was Angelo Brelich, whose works on rituals and initiation have had a lasting impact. Other prominent disciples of the Roman School include Dario Sabbatucci and Giulia Piccaluga.[1]
The school and its body of work have been examined by later scholars including Giampiera Arrigoni[2] and Marcello Massenzio.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Nieto Hernández, Pura (2010). Mythology: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 30.
- ^ Arrigoni, Giampiera (2005). "Il ritorno di Angelo Brelich". Athenaeum (in Italian) (2): 599–602. ISSN 0004-6574.
- ^ Massenzio, Marcello (2005). "The Italian school of 'history of religions'". Religion. 35 (4): 209–222. doi:10.1016/j.religion.2005.10.007. ISSN 1096-1151. S2CID 143716159.
Further reading[edit]
- Stausberg, Michael (2009). "The study of religion(s) in Western Europe III: Further developments after World War II". Religion. 39 (3): 261–282. doi:10.1016/j.religion.2009.06.001. ISSN 1096-1151. S2CID 144600043.
