Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal

In Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal, nineteen renowned scholars offer a collection of essays addressing the persisting question of how to approach religion and myth as academic categories. Taking their cue from the work of Robert A. Segal, they discuss how to theorize about religion and myth from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. With cases from ancient Greece and Mesopotamia to East Asia and the modern world by and large, and engaging with diverse disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, anthropology, history, film, theology, and religious studies among others, the volume establishes a synthesis that demonstrates the pervasiveness as well as the pitfalls of the categories “religion” and “myth” in the world.

Contributors are: Douglas Allen, Fiona Bowie, Dexter E. Callender, Jr., Laura Feldt, José Manuel Losada, William Hansen, Raya A. Jones, Roderick Main, Jon Mills, Henry Munson, Angus Nicholls, Daniel L. Pals, Lukas Pokorny, Bryan S. Rennie, Ivan Strenski, Steven F. Walker, Eric Ziolkowski, Nickolas P. Roubekas, Thomas Ryba.

Nickolas P. Roubekas, Ph.D. (Aristotle University, 2011), is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. He specializes in theories of religion and the Graeco-Roman world and has more recently edited Theorizing "Religion" in Antiquity (Equinox, 2019).

Thomas Ryba, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, 1986), is Notre Dame Theologian for the Aquinas Educational Foundation/Purdue and Senior Lecturer and Director of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Purdue University. He has published numerous books and articles on religion, theology, and related subjects.

Contributors are:
Douglas Allen, Fiona Bowie, Dexter E. Callender, Jr., Laura Feldt, José Manuel Losada, William Hansen, Raya A. Jones, Roderick Main, Jon Mills, Henry Munson, Angus Nicholls, Daniel L. Pals, Lukas Pokorny, Bryan S. Rennie, Ivan Strenski, Steven F. Walker, Eric Ziolkowski, Nickolas P. Roubekas, Thomas Ryba.