Bryan Rennie and Eliade. On what Eliade means in the world today
This study introduces Bryan Rennie to Romanian scholars and public. He is one of the best interpreters of Mircea Eliade oeuvre. Analyzing his last book, this article shows the significance of Eliade’s writings, the importance they still have in our times, not only in Religious Studies, but also in others fields (for example Literary Criticism or Anthropology).
This research starts with an introduction in Bryan Rennie’s work; in the second part it analyzes the articles from the last book about Eliade he edited. It reveals the authors main critical points of view. The conclusion of these interpretations is that Eliade’s thought is still significant nowadays.
Keywords: Bryan Rennie, Mircea Eliade, hermeneutics, religious studies, literary criticism, history of religions, anthropology
1 Bryan S. Rennie, The International Eliade, Albany, State University of New York Press, 2007. Vezi review-ul în Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 40, 3 (2011), pp. 400-401
2. Pentru o privire sintetică asupra hierofaniilor, vezi Dorin David, De la Eliade la Culianu. I, Eikon, 2010, pp.74-81
3. De altfel, „cuprinsul umanist” nu este distinct aici, ci aproape permanent prezent în scrierile lui Eliade (Ibid., pp.88, 103, 111)
4. In Search of a Methodology: Eliade’s Hermeneutical Approach in the Study of Ancient Egyptian Texts
5. Vezi De la Eliade la Culianu, p. 40
6. Mircea Eliade and „Traditional Thought”
7. Natale Spineto, Mircea Eliade and Traditionalism
8. Vezi Dorin David, Despre „tradiţionalism” şi Mircea Eliade
9. Mircea Eliade, Jurnal I, Bucureşti, Humanitas, 1993, p. 573.
