Robert A SegalRobert A. Segal was born, raised, and educated in the United States. He received his PhD in religion from Princeton University. He taught in the US for many years at Reed College, Stanford University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Tulane Universiy before relocating to the UK in fall 1994. He taught at Lancaster University, before moving in 2006 to the University of Aberdeen, where he is Sixth Century Chair in religious studies. He teaches and writes on theories of myth and on theories of religion. Among the books he has written or edited are Joseph Campbell, The Gnostic Jung, Jung on Mythology, The Myth and Ritual Theory, Theorizing about Myth, I>The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, and 30-Second Mythology. Read More Read Less