The content of this website is arranged in the form of a Bio-bibliographical archive. I have borrowed the idea of a “bio-bibliography” from Jonathan Z. Smith, who used it to describe the first essay in his 2004 collection of essays, Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion. That essay he called, “When the Chips Are Down.” It provides invaluable insight into Smith’s long career. Smith occupies a special place in my life story, first as advisor in the doctoral program at the University of Chicago, and then continuing until his death in 2017. My tribute “The Gift of Jonathan Z. Smith,” to him appears in this archive.
This archive is organized into six sets of writings arranged in roughly chronological order from 1939 when I was born to the present. Each set of writings is accompanied by an autobiographical account of the experiential circumstances of those writings, their “Sitz im Leben,” or life-situation.
1939-1992
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