{"product_id":"the-legacy-life-and-work-of-geo-widengren-and-the-study-of-the-history-of-religions-after-world-war-ii-9789004499362","title":"The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions after World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Geo Widengren (1907–1996), holder of the chair in History of Religions and Psychology of Religions at Uppsala University between 1940 and 1973, is one of Sweden’s best-known scholars in the field of religious studies. His involvement in the start of the IAHR and publications on topics such as the phenomenology of religions, Iranian studies and Middle Eastern Religions make Widengren one of the founding fathers of the History of Religions as an academic discipline. This volume pays tribute to Widengren’s academic achievements and critically discusses his work in light of the latest academic findings and research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors    part 1: Thesis and International Work  1 Geo Widengren: A Portrait of a Swedish Historian of Religions   Göran Larsson    2 Hebrew Laments in the Light of Mesopotamian Material   Göran Eidevall    3 Professor Geo Widengren, IAHR Vice-President 1950–1960, IAHR President 1960–1970, IAHR Honorary Life Member 1996   Tim Jensen and Satoko Fujiwara    part 2: Iranian Cultures, Languages and Religions  4 Geo Widengren and the Study of Iranian Religion   Anders Hultgård    5 The Eclipse of Geo Widengren in the Study of Iranian Religions   Albert de Jong    6 “King and Saviour”: Geo Widengren’s Early Contributions (1938–1955) to the History of Iranian Religions   Mihaela Timuş    part 3: A Phenomenological Approach  7 Geo Widengren and Swedish Phenomenology of Religion versus Italian Comparative Historical Typology   Giovanni Casadio    8 The World of Religion: A Reevaluation of Geo Widengren’s Phenomenology of Religion   Clemens Cavallin    part 4: Method, Criticism and a Public Intellectual  9 The Reception and Criticism of Geo Widengren in the Nordic Countries: The Debate over the Origin of Religion   René Gothóni and Göran Larsson    10 Before the Bible: Middle-Eastern Religions and the Origins of Christianity in the Works of Geo Widengren   Christer Hedin    11 Tor Andræ and Geo Widengren: Perspectives and Purposes of the Study of the History of Religions   Jan Hjärpe    12 Africa and America Revisited: A Critical Analysis of Widengren’s Comparative Method   Daniel Andersson    Part 5: Manichaeism and Gnosticism  13 Widengren, Gnosticism, and the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule   Einar Thomassen    14 Geo Widengren and Manichaeism   Chiara O. Tommasi    Part 6: Postscript  15 Geo Widengren as Researcher and Public Intellectual:  A Meta-Reflection   Göran Larsson    Appendix A: Letters between Raffaele Pettazzoni and Geo Widengren (1948–1959)  Appendix B: Letters between Helmer Ringgren, Geo Widengren and  Ugo Bianchi (1959–1970)  Geo Widengren’s Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210833158487,"sku":"9789004499362","price":119.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-legacy-life-and-work-of-geo-widengren-and-the-study-of-the-history-of-religions-after-world-war-ii-9789004499362","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}