UID:
almahu_9949386658202882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 171 pages)
ISBN:
9780429670534
,
0429670532
,
9780429020292
,
0429020295
,
9780429669040
,
0429669046
,
0429672020
,
9780429672026
Series Statement:
Key thinkers in the study of religion
Content:
Jonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017) was unquestionably one of the most important and influential voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion in the last century. His work explored the nature and history of religious phenomena across cultures--from ancient Jewish practices to Maori cults, from early Christianity to mass suicide in the twentieth century--while critiquing the assumptions underlying the very category of "religion." This important volume offers the first full critical assessment of the influence of Jonathan Z. Smith's thought on the subject of religion. Christopher I. Lehrich systematically examines and develops a critical overview that will assist others in engaging more fully with Smith's scholarship. This book is an essential reading for students and scholars interested in the work of Jonathan Z. Smith as well as the history of religion more broadly
Note:
Introduction -- 1 Biography -- 2 No data for religion: classification and definition -- 3 Magic rather than science: comparison -- 4 Laboratories for comparison: founders and traditions -- 5 An enterprise undertaken in bad faith: disciplines and professions -- 6 What's the difference?: toward reconstruction -- Epilogue -- Bibliographies -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780367024468
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367024462
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429020292
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