Curriculum Vitae

Nickolas-Panayiotis Roubekas

Assistant Professor, School of Theology

Personal Information

nroubek@theo.auth.gr
https://theo.auth.gr/ρουμπέκας-νικόλας/
Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο:
Θρησκειολογία (ΦΕΚ διορισμού: 2301/01.08.2024, τχ. Γ')
Επιστημονική Ειδίκευση:
Θεωρία και Μεθοδολογία στην Ακαδημαϊκή Μελέτη της Θρησκείας, Αρχαία Ελληνική και Ρωμαϊκή Θρησκεία, Ανθρωπολογία της Θρησκείας

Education

Προπτυχιακές Σπουδές

2003	Πτυχίο Τμήμα Θεολογίας Ε.Κ.Π.Α. Greece

Μεταπτυχιακές Σπουδές

2006	Μ.Α. Τμήμα Θεολογίας Α.Π.Θ. Greece Θρησκειολογία
2009	M.Res Department of Divinity and Religious Studies University of Aberdeen Great Britain Social Anthropology of Religion

Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα

2011	Ph.D. Τμήμα Θεολογίας Α.Π.Θ. Greece Θρησκειολογία
2022	Dr. habil. Institut für Religionswissenschaft Universität Wien Austria Religious Studies

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2024–25 academic year

	School of Theology
601	World Religions

	POSTGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM OF THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
1404	Theory and Method in the Scientific Study of Religion

Courses of Spring semester of 2024–25 academic year

	School of Theology - Introductory Programme of Islamic Studies - IPIS
Υ404	Theory and Method of the Scientific Study of Religion
Υ505	World Religions

	School of Theology
208	Theory and methodology in the study of religion(s) of the ancient and current world
605	Interreligious Dialogue

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

No results were found.

Research Projects

Participant
2021–2026	Πpost raduate Program "Religion, Geopolitics and Global Security"
2006–2010	Distinction funds from Aristotle University's Research Committee

Publications

(2024)

Journal Article

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2024). Religious Studies and Greek and Roman Religions: A Work-in-Progress. Religious Studies Review. vol.50 no.2 p.285-289.

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2024). Religion as a Costly but Beneficial Evolutionary By-Product: On Scott Atran’s In Gods we Trust (2002). 21st Century Theories of Religion: A Critical Companion. Επιμέλεια:Michael Stausberg. London and New York. Routledge. p.105-120.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2024). On Definition, Theories, and Disciplinary Cooperation: Towards a Modern Study of Ancient Greek and Roman Religion. Studying Religion, Past and Present: Papers in Honor of Panayotis Pachis. Επιμέλεια:Nickolas P. Roubekas, Dimitris Xygalatas, Luther H. Martin, Donald Wiebe. London and New York. Bloomsbury. p.62-72.
Ρουμπέκας Νικόλαος Παναγιώτης (2024). Οι Ισλαμικές Σπουδές τον 21ο Αιώνα: Το Έργο του Aaron Hughes και το Χάσμα Μεταξύ Παραδοσιακών και Κριτικών Προσεγγίσεων. Κοινωνία και Αξίες: Τιμητικό Αφιέρωμα στον Ομότιμο Καθηγητή Ιωάννη Σ. Πέτρου. Επιμέλεια:Χρήστος Τσιρώνης, Νίκη Παπαγεωργίου, Στυλιανός Τσομπανίδης, Παναγιώτης Παχής. Θεσσαλονίκη. Εκδόσεις Μπαρμπουνάκη. p.423-440.

Book Review

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2024). Review of The Western Epistemic Tradition and the Scientific Study of Religion, by Donald Wiebe. Religion. τομ.54 τευχ.3 p.629-631.

Book - Textbook

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (editor) (2024). Studying Religion, Past and Present: Papers in Honor of Panayotis Pachis. London and New York. Bloomsbury.

(2023)

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2023). Historicizing and Deconstructing ‘Religion’: A Short Overview of a Persisting Problem. Transformation of Religion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Επιμέλεια:Christian Danz, Jakob Helmut Deibl. Brill Schöningh. p.19-33.

Book Review

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2023). Review of Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion, by Jacob L. Mackey. Religion and Theology: A Journal of Contemporary Religious Discourse. τομ.30 τευχ.3-4 p.419-422.

(2022)

(2021)

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2021). Between Reception and Deception: The Perennial Problem with Euhemerism. Euhemerism and Its Uses: The Mortal Gods. Επιμέλεια:Syrithe Pugh. London and New York. Routledge. p.¬249-262.

Book Review

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2021). Review of Classical Philology and Theology: Entanglement, Disavowal, and the Godlike Scholar, by Catherine Conybeare and Simon Goldhill. Religious Studies Review. τομ.47 τευχ.2 p.223-224.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2021). Review of Religion and Memory in Tacitus’ Annals, by K. E. Shannon-Henderson. Religious Studies Review. τομ.47 τευχ.2 p.224-225.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2021). Review of The Proper Study of Religion: Building on Jonathan Z. Smith, by Sam Gill. Religion. τομ.51 τευχ.4 p.646-649.

Book - Textbook

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (editor) (2021). The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. Malden, MA and Oxford. Wiley Blackwell.

(2020)

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2020). Presocratic Theories of Religion. Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal. Επιμέλεια:Nickolas P. Roubekas, Thomas Ryba. Leiden. Brill. p.89-105.

Book - Textbook

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (editor) (2020). Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal. Leiden. Brill.

(2019)

Journal Article

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Unexpected Encounters: Aristides the Philosopher, Friedrich Max Müller, and the Origins of Religion. NTT Journal of Theology and the Study of Religion. vol.73 no.1 p.1-16.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Thrēskeia: From Etymology to Ideology and the Academic Study of Ancient Greek Religion. Journal of Hellenic Religion. vol.12 p.39-59.

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Theorizing About (Which?) Origins: Herodotus on the Gods. Theorizing ‘Religion’ in Antiquity. Επιμέλεια:Nickolas P. Roubekas. Sheffield. Equinox. p.129-149.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Whither Shall we Go? Tertullian and Christian Identity Formation. Theorizing ‘Religion’ in Antiquity. Επιμέλεια:Nickolas P. Roubekas. Sheffield. Equinox. p.289-306.

Book Review

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Review Article: Religion – Social Religion, ed. by William P. Parsons. Religious Studies Review. τομ.45 τευχ.2 p.135-137.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Review of Irreverence and the Sacred: Critical Studies in the History of Religions, by Hugh Urban and Greg Johnson. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. τομ.48 τευχ.2 p.322–324.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Review of Method as Identity: Manufacturing Distance in the Academic Study of Religion, by Christopher Driscoll and Monica R. Miller. Researcher: European Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences. τομ.4 τευχ.2 p.132-133.

Conference Announcement

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2019). Texts and Scholars: Saving Ancient Languages in the Academic Study of Religion. International SBL & IAHR special session. Ρώμη - Ιταλία.

Book - Textbook

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (editor) (2019). Theorizing “Religion” in Antiquity. Sheffield. Equinox.

(2018)

Journal Article

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). On Finding Common Ground: A (Very Brief) Reflection on a So What? Question. Bulletin for the Study of Religion. vol.47 no.2 p.10-11.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). The Insularity of the Study of Ancient Religions and "Religion". Bulletin for the Study of Religion. vol.47 no.2 p.2-7.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). Introduction: The Persistence of Comparison. Methos and Theory in the Study of Religion. vol.30 no.2 p.137-140.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). Theory in Distress? On Being "Critical" with Everything. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. vol.30 no.4-5 p.480-486.

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). Response to Thesis 12. “Religion” in Theory and Practice: Demystifying the Field for Burgeoning Academics. Russell T. McCutcheon. Sheffield. Equinox. p.199-202.

Book Review

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). Review Article: Should We Define Our Categories? On Jennifer Larson’s Understanding Greek Religion. Journal of Cognitive Historiography. τομ.4 τευχ.1 p.42-46.
Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2018). Review of Desiring Divinity: Self-Deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking, by M. David Litwa. Religion. τομ.48 τευχ.3 p.529-532.

(2017)

Book Chapter

Roubekas Nickolas-Panayiotis (2017). How Did Religion Start?. Religion in Five Minutes. Επιμέλεια:Aaron Hughes, Russell T. McCutcheon. Sheffield. Equinox. p.43-46.