Preface Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama Introduction Barbara Krawcowicz Part I 1. J. Z. and Me Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester 2. Imagining a Proper Academic Study of Religion Inspired by Jonathan Z. Smith Sam D. Gill, University of Colorado 3. Is J. Z. Smith a Nominalist... a Pragmatist... or a Constructionist? - Does It Even Matter? Indrek Peedu, University of Tartu 4. An Uneasy Silence: Jonathan Z. Smith and the Divorce of Race from Power Craig R. Prentiss, Rockhurst University 5. When No Magic Dwells Andrew Durdin, Florida State University 6. Comparing Comparison: Smith and Davidson Mark Q. Gardiner and Steven Engler, both at Mount Royal University 7. Blending Ontologies and Epistemologies: Mapping Deontic Grids - Methodological Considerations for the Comparative study of Religion Jeppe Sinding Jensen, Aarhus University Part II 8. Redescribing Two Old Tibetan Prayers with J. Z. Smith Lewis Doney, University of Bonn 9. Multiple Magdalenas: Locative, Utopian, and Other Orientations in an Indigenous Community Divided by an International Border Seth Schermerhorn, Hamilton College 10. Interpreting 'Brahmanization' in the Indian Buddhist Monastery with J. Z. Smith Nicholas Witkowski, University of San Diego 11. Smith, Comparison, and Jewish Theology Barbara Krawcowicz 12. Imagining the Past: A Case Study of Double Archaeology Vaia Touna, University of Alabama 13. Orphism: The Whole Created of Fragments. The Suffix -ism and the Formation of Religious Categories Lech Trzcionkowski, Jagiellonian University Part III 14. Principles of Pedagogy: Thinking with Smith to Re-vision our Systems of Training Andie Alexander, The Open University 15. Teaching J. Z. Smith in Scandinavia Gabriel Levy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 16. Is There Room for 'This Sort of Reflexivity'? The Meaning of J. Z. Smith in Religious Education Jack C. Laughlin and Kornel Zathureczky, both at University of Sudbury Part IV 17. Mapping the Future of Smith's Legacy: A Conversation Andie Alexander and Aaron W. Hughes 18. Religion as a Species of Human Activity: A Response to Andie Alexander and Aaron Hughes Willi Braun, University of Alberta
