Bruce Lincoln
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Bruce Lincoln is an American historian of religions known for his critical studies of myth, ritual, and the political uses of religious discourse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bruce Lincoln canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6620138 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Lincoln Context triple: [Lincoln, hasNotableBearer, Bruce Lincoln]
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R. Bruce Lindsay
R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
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B.
Bruce H. Mann
Bruce H. Mann is an American legal historian and Harvard Law School professor known for his scholarship on early American legal and economic history and for being married to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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C.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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D.
Bruce Wirth
Bruce Wirth is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country and rock band The Walkabouts.
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E.
Guy V. Lewis
Guy V. Lewis was a Hall of Fame college basketball coach best known for building the University of Houston into a national powerhouse, including the famed Phi Slama Jama teams and multiple Final Four appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Lincoln Target entity description: Bruce Lincoln is an American historian of religions known for his critical studies of myth, ritual, and the political uses of religious discourse.
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A.
R. Bruce Lindsay
R. Bruce Lindsay was an American physicist and acoustician known for his influential work in physical acoustics and contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
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B.
Bruce H. Mann
Bruce H. Mann is an American legal historian and Harvard Law School professor known for his scholarship on early American legal and economic history and for being married to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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C.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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D.
Bruce Wirth
Bruce Wirth is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country and rock band The Walkabouts.
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E.
Guy V. Lewis
Guy V. Lewis was a Hall of Fame college basketball coach best known for building the University of Houston into a national powerhouse, including the famed Phi Slama Jama teams and multiple Final Four appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian of religions
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person ⓘ religious studies scholar ⓘ |
| approach |
critical theory approach to religion
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historical approach to religious discourse ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Haverford College
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indo-European studies
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comparative religion ⓘ history of religions ⓘ myth and ideology ⓘ myth studies ⓘ political uses of religious discourse ⓘ religious studies ⓘ ritual studies ⓘ |
| genre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in the history of religions ⓘ |
| hasRole |
critic of ideology in religious discourse
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theorist of myth ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary myth theorists
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scholars of religion and politics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Georges Dumézil
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Mircea Eliade ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | University of Chicago Divinity School faculty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of political uses of religious discourse
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contributions to the history of religions ⓘ critical studies of myth ⓘ critical studies of ritual ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Authority: Construction and Corrosion”
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“Discourse and the Construction of Society” ⓘ “Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11” ⓘ “Myth, Cosmos, and Society” ⓘ “Priests, Warriors, and Cattle” ⓘ “Theorizing Myth” ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian of religions
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
comparative mythology
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ideology ⓘ myth ⓘ religion and politics ⓘ ritual ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Bruce Lincoln Description of subject: Bruce Lincoln is an American historian of religions known for his critical studies of myth, ritual, and the political uses of religious discourse.
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