Reading J. Z. Smith: Interviews & Essay

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.

Author: Willi Braun
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/27/2018
Pages: 156
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780190879082

About the Author

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

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