Brian K Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 263135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian K Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian K |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH B K |
| AFFILIATIONS | 2Barnard College, Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7050-1463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
AI State of Play
Capital Punishment and Human Sacrifice
Capital Punishment and Human Sacrifice Get access Brian K. Smith Brian K. Smith Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 68, Issue 1, March 2000, Pages 3–26, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/68.1.3 Published: 01 March 2000
Questioning authority
Christianity as a Second Language
After Said, After Ayodhya
Gerald James Larson, India's Agony Over Religion. Albany, New York, SUNY Press 1995. ISBN 0-7914-2411-11 (cl), 0-7914-2412-X (pa). Peter van der Veer, Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1994. ISBN 0-520-08220-6 (cl), 0-520-08256-7 (pa)
Authority
Re-envisioning Hinduism and Evaluating the Hindutva Movement
L'A. revient sur le role politique du mouvement Hindutva dans la societe indienne. Pour les specialistes, il est necessaire d'aller au-dela de la simple description ou de la conceptualisation weberienne pour rendre compte de l'action de ce mouvement dans la vie politique, sociale et religieuse du pays. Le scientifique qui aborde le mouvement Hindutva ne peut faire l'economie d'un jugement sur les methodes employees. Hindutva represente une reelle…
Ritual Perfection and Ritual Sabotage in the Veda
Classifying the Universe
Classifying the Universe
Thinking Ritually
Canonical Authority and Social Classification
Non-Renunciation
Classifying Animals and Humans in Ancient India
Eaters, Food, and Social Hierarchy in Ancient India
Eaters, Food, and Social Hierarchy in Ancient India: A Dietary Guide to a Revolution of Values Get access Brian K. Smith Brian K. Smith Brian K.Smith is Associate Professor in the Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, CA 92521. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LVIII, Issue 2, Summer 1990, Pages 177-206, https://doi.…
Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion
This volume explores the organizational principles of the ancient Indian sacrificial system, and the role Vedic religion plays in later orthodox Hinduism. The author argues that Vedic conceptions of the cosmos, the nature of the human being, visions of the afterlife, and representations of ritual theory and practice can all be understood in similar terms. Illuminating such general issues as the definition of religion, the nature and purpose of ri…
The Vedic Sacrifice in Transition
Sacrifice and Substitution
Les theoriciens du sacrifice de substitution : H. Hubert, M. Mauss, R. Girard, S. Freud. Les theories vediques de la substitution dans le sacrifice. Le ritualisme vedique interprete par la mythologie hindouiste
Classifying the Universe
Varna qui signifie couleur dans le sens de caracteristique ou, mieux, de classe , constitue le principal element taxonomique des textes vediques. Il definit un reseau de hierarchies verticales et horizontales dans les mythes cosmogoniques et legitime ainsi un ordre social fonde sur un systeme de castes
Homological Thought among the Indo-EuropeansMyth, Cosmos, and Society
Exorcising the Transcendent
The unity of ritual
The unity of ritual
Le sacrifice domestique, point de depart et complement du sacrifice srauta. Hierarchies et correlations entre les differents types de sacrifice vedique
Ritual, Knowledge, and Being
Ritual, Knowledge, and Being
Sacrifice and Substitution
Les theoriciens du sacrifice de substitution : H. Hubert, M. Mauss, R. Girard, S. Freud. Les theories vediques de la substitution dans le sacrifice. Le ritualisme vedique interprete par la mythologie hindouiste
Eaters, Food, and Social Hierarchy in Ancient India
Eaters, Food, and Social Hierarchy in Ancient India: A Dietary Guide to a Revolution of Values Get access Brian K. Smith Brian K. Smith Brian K.Smith is Associate Professor in the Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, CA 92521. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LVIII, Issue 2, Summer 1990, Pages 177-206, https://doi.…
Exorcising the Transcendent
Classifying the Universe
Varna qui signifie couleur dans le sens de caracteristique ou, mieux, de classe , constitue le principal element taxonomique des textes vediques. Il definit un reseau de hierarchies verticales et horizontales dans les mythes cosmogoniques et legitime ainsi un ordre social fonde sur un systeme de castes
Classifying Animals and Humans in Ancient India
AI State of Play
Questioning authority
Ritual Perfection and Ritual Sabotage in the Veda
Re-envisioning Hinduism and Evaluating the Hindutva Movement
L'A. revient sur le role politique du mouvement Hindutva dans la societe indienne. Pour les specialistes, il est necessaire d'aller au-dela de la simple description ou de la conceptualisation weberienne pour rendre compte de l'action de ce mouvement dans la vie politique, sociale et religieuse du pays. Le scientifique qui aborde le mouvement Hindutva ne peut faire l'economie d'un jugement sur les methodes employees. Hindutva represente une reelle…
Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion
This volume explores the organizational principles of the ancient Indian sacrificial system, and the role Vedic religion plays in later orthodox Hinduism. The author argues that Vedic conceptions of the cosmos, the nature of the human being, visions of the afterlife, and representations of ritual theory and practice can all be understood in similar terms. Illuminating such general issues as the definition of religion, the nature and purpose of ri…
The unity of ritual
The unity of ritual
Le sacrifice domestique, point de depart et complement du sacrifice srauta. Hierarchies et correlations entre les differents types de sacrifice vedique
Gods and Men in Vedic Ritualism
Religion and Social Structure in IndiaHomo Hierarchicus. Louis Dumont , Mark Sainsbury , Basia Gulati
Sacrifice and Being
Sacrifice and Being
Gods and Men in Vedic Ritualism
The unity of ritual
The unity of ritual
Le sacrifice domestique, point de depart et complement du sacrifice srauta. Hierarchies et correlations entre les differents types de sacrifice vedique
Ritual, Knowledge, and Being
Ritual, Knowledge, and Being
Exorcising the Transcendent
Homological Thought among the Indo-EuropeansMyth, Cosmos, and Society
The Vedic Sacrifice in Transition
Sacrifice and Substitution
Les theoriciens du sacrifice de substitution : H. Hubert, M. Mauss, R. Girard, S. Freud. Les theories vediques de la substitution dans le sacrifice. Le ritualisme vedique interprete par la mythologie hindouiste
Classifying the Universe
Varna qui signifie couleur dans le sens de caracteristique ou, mieux, de classe , constitue le principal element taxonomique des textes vediques. Il definit un reseau de hierarchies verticales et horizontales dans les mythes cosmogoniques et legitime ainsi un ordre social fonde sur un systeme de castes
Eaters, Food, and Social Hierarchy in Ancient India
Eaters, Food, and Social Hierarchy in Ancient India: A Dietary Guide to a Revolution of Values Get access Brian K. Smith Brian K. Smith Brian K.Smith is Associate Professor in the Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, CA 92521. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LVIII, Issue 2, Summer 1990, Pages 177-206, https://doi.…
Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual, and Religion
This volume explores the organizational principles of the ancient Indian sacrificial system, and the role Vedic religion plays in later orthodox Hinduism. The author argues that Vedic conceptions of the cosmos, the nature of the human being, visions of the afterlife, and representations of ritual theory and practice can all be understood in similar terms. Illuminating such general issues as the definition of religion, the nature and purpose of ri…
Non-Renunciation
Classifying Animals and Humans in Ancient India
Canonical Authority and Social Classification
Thinking Ritually
Classifying the Universe
After Said, After Ayodhya
Gerald James Larson, India's Agony Over Religion. Albany, New York, SUNY Press 1995. ISBN 0-7914-2411-11 (cl), 0-7914-2412-X (pa). Peter van der Veer, Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1994. ISBN 0-520-08220-6 (cl), 0-520-08256-7 (pa)
Authority
Re-envisioning Hinduism and Evaluating the Hindutva Movement
L'A. revient sur le role politique du mouvement Hindutva dans la societe indienne. Pour les specialistes, il est necessaire d'aller au-dela de la simple description ou de la conceptualisation weberienne pour rendre compte de l'action de ce mouvement dans la vie politique, sociale et religieuse du pays. Le scientifique qui aborde le mouvement Hindutva ne peut faire l'economie d'un jugement sur les methodes employees. Hindutva represente une reelle…
Ritual Perfection and Ritual Sabotage in the Veda
Classifying the Universe
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