Remembering J. Z. Smith - A Career and its Consequence - Emily D. Crews
8. A Matter of Interest: In Memory of Jonathan Z. Smith (SBL Panel)
Remembering J. Z. Smith - A Career and its Consequence - Emily D. Crews
Ron Cameron [+]
Wesleyan University
Ron Cameron is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He is the author or editor of a number of essays on the Gospel of Thomas and book-length studies of the New Testament and Christian beginnings.
Description
Building on Jonathan Z. Smith’s insight that “[t]hings that are interesting, things that become objects of interest, are things in which one has a stake, things which place one at risk, things for which one is willing to pay some price, things which make a difference,” Cameron examines in careful detail three areas in which Smith took a special interest and which, for him, had something at stake: theory, method, and a liberal arts education.