Reading J. Z. Smith

Interviews & Essay
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-087908-2
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Over the course of a career of more than forty years, Jonathan Z. Smith was among the most important voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion, distinguishing himself as perhaps the most influential theorist of religion of the last half century. Among his significant body of work are essays and lectures on teaching and the essential role of academic scholarship on religion in matters of education and public policy. The interviews and essay published here display something of the dynamic, thinking-on-his feet liveliness that Smith brought to questions about the study of religion, his theoretical preferences, and his methods of teaching. With refreshing candidness and clarity, Reading J.Z. Smith offers an often provocative introduction to discussions on issues that still dominate the complex and continually changing critical conversations in the academic study of religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCutcheon, Russell T.

Braun, Willi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Interviews

- The Chicago Maroon: Interview with Jonathan Z. Smith (2008)

- The American Scholars of Religion Video Project: Interview with Jonathan Z. Smith (1999)

- Asdiwal: Revue genevoise d'histoire des religions: Interview with Jonathan Z. Smith (2010)

- The Devil in Mr. Smith: A Conversation with Jonathan Z. Smith (2012)

- The Dean's Craft of Teaching Seminar (2013)

- Essay

- 154. Reading Religion: A Life in Scholarship (introduction by Ann Taves)

Über Autor(innen)

Willi Braun is Professor of Religion in the Department of History and Classics and in the Interdisciplinary Program in Religious Studies at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Feasting and Social Rhetoric in Luke 14.

Russell T. McCutcheon is Distinguished Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Manufacturing Religion.