Thinking with J. Z. Smith

Barbara Krawcowicz is an assistant professor in the Institute for the Study of Religion, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Her most recent book is History, Metahistory, and Evil: Jewish Theological Responses to the Holocaust (Academic Studies Press 2020).

• PrefaceRussell T. McCutcheon, University of AlabamaIntroductionBarbara KrawcowiczPart I 1. J. Z. and MeAaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester2. Imagining a Proper Academic Study of Religion Inspired by Jonathan Z. SmithSam D. Gill, University of Colorado3. Is J. Z. Smith a Nominalist… a Pragmatist… or a Constructionist? – Does It Even Matter?Indrek Peedu, University of Tartu4. An Uneasy Silence: Jonathan Z. Smith and the Divorce of Race from PowerCraig R. Prentiss, Rockhurst University5. When No “Magic” DwellsAndrew Durdin, Florida State University6. Comparing Comparison: Smith and DavidsonMark Q. Gardiner and Steven Engler, both at Mount Royal University7. Blending Ontologies and Epistemologies: Mapping Deontic Grids - Methodological Considerations for the Comparative study of ReligionJeppe Sinding Jensen, Aarhus UniversityPart II8. Redescribing Two Old Tibetan Prayers with J. Z. SmithLewis Doney, University of Bonn9. Multiple Magdalenas: Locative, Utopian, and Other Orientations in an Indigenous Community Divided by an International BorderSeth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College10. Interpreting ‘Brahmanization’ in the Indian Buddhist Monastery with J. Z. SmithNicholas Witkowski, University of San Diego11. Smith, Comparison, and Jewish TheologyBarbara Krawcowicz12. Imagining the Past: A Case Study of Double ArchaeologyVaia Touna, University of Alabama13. Orphism: The Whole Created of Fragments. The Suffix -ism and the Formation of Religious CategoriesLech Trzcionkowski, Jagiellonian University Part III14. Principles of Pedagogy: Thinking with Smith to Re-vision our Systems of TrainingAndie Alexander, The Open University15. Teaching J. Z. Smith in ScandinaviaGabriel Levy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology16. Is There Room for ‘This Sort of Reflexivity’? The Meaning of J. Z. Smith in Religious EducationJack C. Laughlin and Kornel Zathureczky, both at University of SudburyPart IV17. Mapping the Future of Smith’s Legacy: A ConversationAndie Alexander and Aaron W. Hughes18. Religion as a Species of Human Activity: A Response to Andie Alexander and Aaron HughesWilli Braun, University of Alberta