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245 14 a| The proper study of religionh| [electronic resource] :b| building on Jonathan Z. Smith /c| Sam Gill.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2020];

300 a| xi, 269 pages ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "In The Proper Study of Religion Sam Gill charts an innovative course of development for the academic study of religion by engaging the legacy of Jonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017), perhaps the field's most influential and important scholar in the last several decades. Smith was Gill's teacher and mentor for fifty years. Their careers coincided with the explosive expansion of the study of religion in secular universities in the USA beginning in the mid-1960s. Building on Smith's foundational legacy through creative encounters, Gill explores an extensive range of engaging topics including: comparison as essential to academic technique and to human knowledge itself; the important role of experience, richly understood, to both academic studies of religion and to religions as lived; play, philosophically understood, as a core dynamic of Smith's entire program; the relationship of academic document-based studies to the sensory-rich real world of religions; and self-moving as providing a biological and philosophical foundation on which to develop a proper academic study of religion with expansive potential. The foregrounding of human self-movement, new to the study of religion, is informed by Gill's considerable experience as a dancer and student of dancing in cultures around the world. The Proper Study of Religion honors the remarkable and challenging work of an unforgettable giant of a man while also offering critical assessments and innovative ideas in the effort to advance the remarkable legacy of Jonathan Z. Smith"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The proper study of religion building on Jonathan Z. Smith / Sam Gill.

Author/creator	Gill, Sam D., 1943-
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Description	xi, 269 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Smith, Jonathan Z. Religion--Study and teaching.

Uniform title	Essays. Selections
Abstract	"In The Proper Study of Religion Sam Gill charts an innovative course of development for the academic study of religion by engaging the legacy of Jonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017), perhaps the field's most influential and important scholar in the last several decades. Smith was Gill's teacher and mentor for fifty years. Their careers coincided with the explosive expansion of the study of religion in secular universities in the USA beginning in the mid-1960s. Building on Smith's foundational legacy through creative encounters, Gill explores an extensive range of engaging topics including: comparison as essential to academic technique and to human knowledge itself; the important role of experience, richly understood, to both academic studies of religion and to religions as lived; play, philosophically understood, as a core dynamic of Smith's entire program; the relationship of academic document-based studies to the sensory-rich real world of religions; and self-moving as providing a biological and philosophical foundation on which to develop a proper academic study of religion with expansive potential. The foregrounding of human self-movement, new to the study of religion, is informed by Gill's considerable experience as a dancer and student of dancing in cultures around the world. The Proper Study of Religion honors the remarkable and challenging work of an unforgettable giant of a man while also offering critical assessments and innovative ideas in the effort to advance the remarkable legacy of Jonathan Z. Smith"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020008748
ISBN	9780197527221 (hardback)
ISBN	(epub)

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