Mariangela Carpinteri
About:
M.A.: Religious Studies (University of Padua and Ca’Foscari)
B.A: Linguistics – English and Japanese (University of Catania)
Mariangela is a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies, specializing in Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shintō. She is also interested in the relationship between religions and nature, and religions and ecology. Her research is focused on the historical evolution of the Shintō purification ritual called Ōharae. In her study, she is investigating the relationship between the Shintō concept of purification and the natural environment.
