This short piece acknowledges Jonathan Z. Smith’s important contributions to the debate about the comparative method and critically evaluates recent attempts to appropriate his approach in problematic ways.
Oliver Freiberger, “J. Z. Smith on Comparison: Insights and Appropriations,” in: Remembering J. Z. Smith: A Career and Its Consequence, ed. by Emily D. Crews and Russell T. McCutcheon (Bristol: Equinox, 2020), 46–56.
Oliver Freiberger is Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Texas.
