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History of religion methodology
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]
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