Roman School (history of religion)
History of religion methodology
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In the history of religions, the Roman School (Italian: Scuola romana di Storia delle religioni) 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]
