Robert S. Ellwood

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Robert S. Ellwood

Religious Studies

#548

World Rank

#1041

Historical Rank

#240

USA Rank

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Robert S. Ellwood's Degrees

PhD Religious Studies University of Chicago
Masters Religious Studies University of Chicago
Bachelors Religion University of Redlands

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According to Wikipedia, Robert S. Ellwood is an American academic, author and expert on world religions. He was educated at the University of Colorado, Berkeley Divinity School and was awarded a PhD in History of Religions from the University of Chicago in 1967. He was Professor of World Religions at the University of Southern California from 1967 until 1997 and is now professor emeritus.

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Published Works

Religion in Contemporary Japan (1992) (154)
On Understanding Japanese Religion (1988) (89)
Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground:Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground. (1999) (75)
Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America (1987) (65)
The Politics of Myth: A Study of C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell (1999) (59)
The sixties spiritual awakening : American religion moving from modern to postmodern (1994) (47)
The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace: American Religion in a Decade of Conflict (1997) (46)
Alternative altars: Unconventional and Eastern spirituality in America (1979) (43)
Mysticism and Religion (1980) (28)
Islands of the Dawn: The Story of Alternative Spirituality in New Zealand (1993) (21)
One Way: The Jesus Movement and its Meaning. (1975) (21)
:The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition (2009) (21)
:American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation (2007) (20)
:Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions (2007) (20)
Handbook of Denominations in the United States (2008) (20)
Introducing Religion: From Inside and Outside (1978) (17)
The Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (1987) (17)
The Sujin religious revolution (1990) (14)
Introducing Japanese Religion (2007) (14)
Gnosis and Hermeticism: From Antiquity to Modern Times (1999) (13)
:Pluralism Comes of Age: American Religious Culture in the Twentieth Century (2007) (12)
The encyclopedia of world religions (1998) (11)
The Several Meanings of Cult (1986) (10)
Japanese Religion: A Cultural Perspective (1984) (9)
Myth: Key Concepts in Religion (2009) (9)
Theosophy: A Modern Expression of the Wisdom of the Ages (1986) (8)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society:Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. (1999) (8)
Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa (2013) (8)
The World's Parliament of Religions : The East/West Encounter, Chicago, 1893. By Richard Hughes Seager. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1995. xxxi + 208 pp. $35.00. (1996) (8)
The Feast of Kingship: Accession Ceremonies in Ancient Japan. (1973) (7)
Odyssey with the Goddess: A Spiritual Quest in Crete:Odyssey with the Goddess: A Spiritual Quest in Crete. (1997) (6)
Many peoples, many faiths: An introduction to the religious life of humankind (1982) (6)
The International Eliade (2009) (6)
The Goals of History Teaching (1939) (5)
Tenrikyo : a pilgrimage faith : the structure and meanings of a modern Japanese religion (1982) (5)
Eastern spirituality in America : selected writings (1987) (4)
The Saigū: Princess and Priestess (1967) (4)
Notes on a Neopagan Religious Group in America (1971) (4)
Aliens in America: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace:Aliens in America: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace. (1999) (4)
The History and Future of Faith: Religion Past, Present, and to Come (1988) (4)
The Eagle and the Rising Sun;: Americans and the new religions of Japan, (1974) (4)
1950: Crossroads of American Religious Life (2000) (3)
Questions regarding the CUNY National Survey of Religious Identification (1992) (3)
Is Mythology Obsolete (2001) (3)
Cycles of Faith: The Development of the World's Religions (1988) (3)
Santería Garments and Altars: Speaking Without a Voice . By Ysamur Flores Peña and Roberta J. Evanchuk. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. 72 pp. (1995) (3)
The Visionary State: A Journey through California's Spiritual Landscape. By Erik Davis . Photographs by Michael Rauner . Chronicle Books, 2006. 272 pages. $40.00 cloth. (2010) (2)
Shinto and the Discovery of History of Japan (1973) (2)
'Religious Experience' and Socialization: A response to David Hay (1994) (2)
Zen in American life and letters (1987) (2)
Islands of the Dawn (1993) (2)
Ritual Magic of the Golden Dawn: Works by S. L. MacGregor Mathers and Others:Ritual Magic of the Golden Dawn: Works by S. L. MacGregor Mathers and Others. (1999) (2)
The Spirit of Trees (2009) (2)
Introducing Religion (2019) (2)
Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America:Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America. (1997) (2)
A Cargo Cult in Seventh-Century Japan (1984) (1)
Secrets of the Golden Dawn Cypher Manuscript:Secrets of the Golden Dawn Cypher Manuscript. (1998) (1)
DA: The Strange Case of Franklin Jones:DA: The Strange Case of Franklin Jones. (1997) (1)
Words of the world's religions : an anthology (1977) (1)
Sera: The Way of the Tibetan Monk. Photographs by Sheila Rock ; Foreword by Robert A. F. Thurman . Columbia University Press, 2003. xxii text pages + many unnumbered photo pages. $44.95 cloth. (2008) (1)
Responses and rejoinders. Rejoinder to Robert A. Segal (2002) (1)
Harvest and Renewal At the Grand Shrine of Ise (1968) (1)
Polytheism: Establishment or Liberation Religion? (1974) (1)
Tales of Lights and Shadows: Mythology of the Afterlife (2010) (1)
Prophet Motive: Deguchi Onisaburō, Oomoto, and the Rise of New Religions in Imperial Japan. By Nancy K. Stalker . University of Hawai'i Press, 2008. 265 pages. $28.00 paper. (2011) (1)
An invitation to Japanese civilization (1980) (1)
The Red Book: Liber Novus. By C. G. Jung . Edited and introduced by Sonu Shamdasani . Translated by Mark Kyburz , John Peck , and Sonu Shamdasani . W. W. Norton, 2009. 371 pages. $195.00 cloth. (2011) (1)
Experimentation in American Religion: The New Mysticisms and Their Implications for the Churches: By Robert Wuthnow Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1978. 221 pp. $12.95 (1979) (1)
The Social Studies Teacher and the Course in Occupations (1937) (0)
The History of an Alternative Reality in The West (2016) (0)
The Many Paths of the Independent Sacramental Movement (2007) (0)
Dane Rudhyar: His Music, Thought, and Art. By Deniz Ertan . Rochester University Press, 2009. xxx + 275 pages. $80.00 cloth. (2011) (0)
Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion (2019) (0)
:Animism: Respecting the Living World (2008) (0)
Shinto and Three Books on Japanese Religion (1969) (0)
Keeping Covenant with God in History The Unique Perspective of Judaism (2016) (0)
The Ganges Flows West: Indian Movements in America (2016) (0)
History of Religion on Planet Earth (2019) (0)
Spreading the Word of God in the World The Growth of Christianity (2016) (0)
Eliade, Mircea (2020) (0)
Tales of Darkness: The Mythology of Evil (2010) (0)
WISDOM EMBARKED FOR THE FARTHER SHORE The Journey of Buddhism (2016) (0)
Review of The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs By Brenda Denzler.:The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs (2004) (0)
Reflections In/On/Of a Golden State@@@Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915@@@A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California@@@Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies@@@Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America (1976) (0)
Review essay. Is mythology obsolete (2001) (0)
Marks of the Beast: TheLeft BehindNovels and the Struggle for Evangelical Identity, by Glenn W. Shuck . New York University Press, 2005. xiii + 272 pages. $65.00 cloth; $21.00 paper. (2007) (0)
Inner Adventure: Walking the Path, and Monks Who Hated God (2019) (0)
A New Translation of the "Kojiki" (1969) (0)
Spirits Rising New Religious Movements (2016) (0)
Introducing Religion: From inside and outside@@@Readings on Religion: From inside and outside (1979) (0)
Review: C. G. Jung: A Biography in Books (2013) (0)
MYSTICAL STUDIES OVERCOMING EGOCENTRIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND TRANSFORMATION OF MAN AND SOCIETY (2015) (0)
Eliade: Essentialist or Postmodern? The Sacred and an Unseen Order (2017) (0)
Myth: Our Lives, and the World’s, Are Stories (2019) (0)
The best in philosophy and religion (1994) (0)
Book reviews (2001) (0)
Theosophy (2019) (0)
Many Peoples, Many Faiths (2022) (0)
Faith Through Form: Religion and Art (2019) (0)
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS (1975) (0)
Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion (2019) (0)
Infinite Information, Worlds Without End: The Internet, Religion, and Virtual Realities (2019) (0)
Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales Since the 1950s (2014) (0)
Watts, Alan Wilson (2020) (0)
Inner Adventure: The Way of Realization, the Way of Faith (2016) (0)
Horror and Glory: Religion Confronting War (2019) (0)
Book Review: The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings (1975) (0)
The Edenic Bower: Neo-Paganism (2016) (0)
Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Michael F. Strmiska . ABC/CLIO, 2005. 382 pages. $85.00 cloth. (2007) (0)
Gods of the City: Religion and the American Urban Landscape:Gods of the City: Religion and the American Urban Landscape. (2000) (0)
Handbook of the Theosophical Current (2014) (0)
The Crystal within: Initiatory Groups (2016) (0)
Ghost Marriages and Country Music: Popular Religion (2019) (0)
The Japanese Hobbit (1969) (0)
Review: Art and Alchemy: The Mystery of Transformation (2015) (0)
New Vessels for the Ancient Wisdom: Groups in the Theosophical and Rosicrucian Traditions (2016) (0)
Handbook of Hyper-real Religions (2013) (0)
How to Study Religion (2019) (0)
Christianity : a cultural perspective (1988) (0)
Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison, by Joshua M. Greene . John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 293 pages. $25.95 cloth; $15.95 paper. (2007) (0)
Pilgrimages: religion in Japan 1945 to the present (2016) (0)
FAR EASTERN RELIGIONS (1974) (0)
Worlds to Come: Religious Eschatology and the Afterlife (2019) (0)
The Satanist Scare (1993) (0)
Syncretism in Religion: A Reader. Edited by Anita Maria Leopold and Jeppe Sinding Jensen . Routledge, 2004. xiv + 402 pages. $29.95 paper. (2010) (0)
Satan (2019) (0)
The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism. Edited by James R. Lewis and Jesper Aagaard Petersen . Prometheus Books, 2008. 774 pages. $105.98 cloth. (2010) (0)
Book Review: The American Encounter with Buddhism 1844-1912: Victorian Culture and the Limits of Dissent, by Thomas J. Tweed (1993) (0)
The Sacred in Nature indigenous Peoples and Religion (2016) (0)
The Eliade Guide to World Religions: The Authoritative Compendium of the 33 Major Religious Traditions . By Mircea Eliade and Ioan P. Couliano, with Hilary S. Wiesner. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1991. xii + 302 pp. $22.95. (1994) (0)
[Book Review: The Emergence of Japanese Kingship Joan R. Piggott] (1999) (0)
Why Evil? (2019) (0)
Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture. By Chris Mathews . Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2009. xviii + 246 pages. $49.95 cloth. (2011) (0)
God’s Side: Religion and Politics (2019) (0)
Right of reply: A proud contribution (2016) (0)
Patrick. Allitt, Religion in America since 1945. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xv+313 pp. $30.00 cloth. (2004) (0)
The Road East: America's New Discovery of Eastern Wisdom by Harrison Pope, Jr. Boston: Beacon Press, 1974, 158 pp., hardcover $7.50, paper $3.45 (1975) (0)
Living with Others. (1940) (0)
History of Religions local authority, a chieftain of a clan of Hata or immigrant craftsmen from the continent, was incensed by the waste and social disruption (2008) (0)
Swords and satori: Zen and its culture (2016) (0)
Shinto (2021) (0)
Forum: How I Have Changed My Mind (2004) (0)
A Translation of the Engi-Shiki (1971) (0)
Christ and Confucius: the West arrives, and then Japan turns inward (2016) (0)
Introducing Religion: Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century (2014) (0)
Shinto and the Social Order (1972) (0)
Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion (2019) (0)
Doorways to Other Worlds: Symbol, Rite, and Religion (2019) (0)
A Translation of the "Izumo Fudoki" (1973) (0)
How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics (2019) (0)
Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions. Edited by Don S. Browning , M. Christian Green , and John Witte Jr. Columbia University Press, 2006. xxix + 461 pages. $65.00 hardcover. (2007) (0)
Encountering the Japanese religious world (2016) (0)
Nature Religion Today: Paganism in the Modern World:Nature Religion Today: Paganism in the Modern World. (2000) (0)

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