Bryan Rennie

Background

Bryan Rennie was born on December 13, 1954, in Ayr, Scotland, to James and Olive S. (Winter) Rennie.

Education

Bryan Rennie studied at the University of Edinburgh, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1977, a Master of Arts in 1988, and a Ph.D. in 1991.

Career

Bryan Rennie is the Vira I. Heinz Professor of Religion at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Reconstructing Eliade: Making Sense of Religion, also published by SUNY Press.

Achievements

• Bryan Rennie is known for his works on Romanian scholar Mircea Eliade. He was awarded the Mircea Eliade Centennial Jubilee Medal for contributions to the History of Religions by then-President Traian Băsescu in 2006.

Works

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  • Religion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies Perspectives

    (Religion, Terror and Violence brings together a group of ...)

    2008
  • Reconstructing Eliade: Making Sense of Religion

    (Provides a coherent and defensible interpretation of Elia...)

    1996
  • Changing Religious Worlds: The Meaning and End of Mircea Eliade

    (Assesses Mircea Eliade's contribution to the contemporary...)

    2000
  • The International Eliade

    (A unique consideration of the work of Mircea Eliade highl...)

    2007
  • Mircea Eliade: A Critical Reader

    (Mircea Eliade was one of the most successful and influent...)

    2014
  • The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin, Volume 28 Number 3, September 1999 1999

Membership

Bryan Rennie is a member of the North American Association for the Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and American Philosophical Association.

Connections

On October 19, 1990, Rennie married Rachela Permenter, a professor of English.

Father:

James Rennie

Mother:

Olive S. (Winter) Rennie

Wife:

Rachela Permenter