EO James

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Edwin Oliver James (born March 30, 1888 in London ; † July 6, 1972 ) was a British anthropologist with a focus on the history of religion and comparative religious studies .

Life

James studied at Exeter College in Oxford and at University College London , here with the archaeologist and Egyptologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie . He first embarked on a theological career. Independently of this, he continued his religious-historical and anthropological studies. In 1928 he received his first teaching position at the University of Cambridge . His academic career took him to the University of Leeds , where he was professor of history and the philosophy of religion . He was a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Wilde Lecturer at the University of Oxford . In 1955 he retired from the University of London and then devoted himself exclusively to his research.

The basis for his scientific work were also his extensive research trips to the areas of early and prehistoric importance of the Dordogne , the Ariège , the Pyrenees , Brittany and Ireland . In prehistoric Spain , on the Aegean Islands and in the area of ​​the eastern Mediterranean he collected material for his publications on these trips.

Honors and prizes

Fonts

  • 1917: Primitive Ritual and Belief: An Anthropological Essay. Methuen, London ( online ).
  • 1919: An Introduction to Anthropology: A General Survey of the Early History of the Human Race. MacMillan, London ( online ).
  • 1929: The Beginnings of Man. Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City ( online ).
  • 1930: The Christian Faith in the Modern World: A Study in Scientific Theology . AR Mowbray, London.
  • 1933: A History of Christianity in England .
  • 1955: The Nature and Function of Priesthood: A Comparative and Anthropological Study. Thames & Hudson, London.
    • English: The Priesthood: Nature and Function. A comparative and anthropological study . Rhein Verlagsanstalt, Wiesbaden 1957.
  • 1956: History of Religion. English University Press, London.
  • 1957: Prehistoric Religion. A Study in Prehistoric Religion. Thames & Hudson, London ( online ).
    • German by Karl-Otto von Czernicki: Religions of the past. DuMont, Cologne 1957.
  • 1960: The Ancient Gods. The History and Diffusion of Religion in the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London; 2nd edition, ibid. 1967.

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personal data
SURNAME James, EO
ALTERNATIVE NAMES James, Edwin Oliver (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British anthropologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1972