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The work of Jonathan Z. Smith has exerted a profound influence
on the study of religion since the 1970s. Smith states boldly that
"for the self-conscious student of religion, no datum possesses
intrinsic interest. It is of value only insofar as it can serve
as an exemplum of some fundamental issue in the study of religion."
Smith's work endeavors to model this self-consciousness, while at
the same time highlighting what he takes to be fundamental issues
in both the study of religion as well as in humanities education
more broadly.
Inspired by Smith's recent
visit to the University in September of 2003, we will read his
works together in the Spring 2004 meeting of the Senior Capstone
Seminar.
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Spring 2005
syllabus
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Readings
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History
of Religions in America (PDF)
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History
of Religions at Chicago (PDF)
'Religion'
and 'Religious Studies': No Difference at All (PDF)
Playful Acts of Imagination (PDF)
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The Necessary
Lie: Duplicity in the Disciplines (PDF)
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Close Encounters of the Smith Kind,
by Pia Altieri (PDF)
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Panel on Smith's Drudgery Divine
(PDF)
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Review of Drudgery Divine,
by William E. Arnal (PDF)
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Notes on Drudgery Divine
(PDF)
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Bearing the 'Bare Facts' of Ritual,
by Takeshi Kimura (PDF)
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The Koyukon Bear Party and the
"Bare Facts" of Ritual, by Benjamin C. Ray
(PDF)
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Making a Place to Take a Stand,
by Hugh B. Urban (PDF)
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The 'Diaspora' Diaspora,
by Rogers Brubaker - from Ethnic and Racial Studies (PDF)
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Rewriting the African Diaspora:
Beyond the Black Atlantic,
by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza - from African Affairs (PDF)
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Diasporas,
by James Clifford - from Cultural Anthropology (PDF)
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The Uses of Diaspora,
by Brent Hayes Edwards (PDF)
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