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Mircea Eliade
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Mircea Eliade was a Romanian-American scholar who studied religion and mythology across many cultures and became a influential professor at the University of Chicago during the mid-20th century. His work matters because he shaped how people understand religious practices and beliefs worldwide, developing influential theories about the role of the sacred in human societies.
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Mircea Eliade (Romanian: [ˈmirtʃe̯a eliˈade]; March 13 [O.S. February 28] 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. His…
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- Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred — Himself1987
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mircea
- Family name
- Eliade
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bucharest
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- ethnographer
- Educated at
- University of Bucharest
- Employer
- University of Bucharest
- Political party
- Iron Guard
- Languages spoken
- Bangla
- Religion
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Academic degree
- licentiate
- Doctoral advisor
- Surendranath Dasgupta
- Doctoral student
- Bruce Lincoln
- Field of work
- religious studies
- Image
- Expoziție Mircea Eliade, fragment (cropped).jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Mircea Eliade
- topic's main category
- Category:Mircea Eliade
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- influenced by
- André Gide
- place of burial
- Oak Woods Cemetery
- name in native language
- Mircea Eliade
- date of birth
- 1907-03-09
- interested in
- yoga
- date of death
- 1986-04-22
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Encyclopedic overview
Mircea Eliade ( Romanian: [ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a eliˈade]; March 13 [O.S. February 28] 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century and interpreter of religious experience, he established paradigms in religious studies. His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. One of his most instrumental contributions to religious studies was his theory of eternal return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but (at least in the minds of the religious) actually participate in them.
Eliade's literary works belong to the fantastic and autobiographical genres. The best known are the novels Maitreyi ('La Nuit Bengali' or 'Bengal Nights', 1933), Noaptea de Sânziene ('The Forbidden Forest', 1955), Isabel și apele diavolului ('Isabel and the Devil's Waters'), and Romanul Adolescentului Miop ('Novel of the Nearsighted Adolescent', 1989); the novellas Domnișoara Christina ('Miss Christina', 1936) and Tinerețe fără tinerețe ('Youth Without Youth', 1976); and the short stories Secretul doctorului Honigberger ('The Secret of Dr. Honigberger', 1940) and La Țigănci ('With the Gypsy Girls', 1963).
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