• Learning from the past 

      Gilhus, Ingvild S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The Legacy, Life and Work of Geo Widengren and the Study of the History of Religions after World War II, editor Göran Larsson, illuminates the scholarly career of Geo Widengren and the development of the Study of Religion. ...
    • Taking Stock of the Academic Work of Geo Widengren: Some Observations on a Forgotten Classic and an "all-Round Historian of Religion" 

      Stausberg, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      In the 1950s and 1960s, the Swedish scholar Geo Widengren (1907–1996) was a towering figure on the international landscape of the history of religions. This essay reads Widengren as a forgotten classic, i.e., an author ...
    • Towards a "Redescription" of "Spirituality": A Response 

      Melvær, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      In “The Spiritual Illusion” (2014), Jonathan R. Herman wishes to initiate a discussion of the feasibility of the category “spirituality” within the study of religions. This response addresses several methodological problems ...