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2 unusual facts about Raffaele Pettazzoni


Raffaele Pettazzoni

A significant part of Pettazzoni's work was devoted to refuting the theory of primordial monotheism (Urmonotheismus) developed by Schmidt and the study of supreme beings of primitive religions.

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During his clerical studies struggled against Catholic Church's monopoly on religious studies in Italy and against such anti-clerical secularist academics as Benedetto Croce who held the study of religions to be an academically lazy and uninteresting discipline.



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