Remembering J. Z. Smith - A Career and its Consequence - Emily D. Crews
2. The Poetics and Politics of Comparison: From Revolutionary Suicide to Mass Murder (AAR Panel)
Remembering J. Z. Smith - A Career and its Consequence - Emily D. Crews
Hugh Urban [+]
Ohio State University
Hugh B. Urban is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. He is the author of numerous books and is currently finishing a book on religion and secrecy.
Description
Based on Jonathan Z. Smith’s own reply to the author’s earlier article on Smith’s work—a correspondence from 1999-2000—Urban explores the implications for the field today of both Smith’s call for scholars of religion to be relentlessly self-conscious in their work and his focus on the comparative method.