Zachary B. Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
Contact
College of Arts and Sciences
Theology
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 209
Zachary B. Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
As a historian of religions, he specializes in religions of the Mediterranean world (especially Judaism and Christianity) and in Christianity in America. Dr. Smith taught at Fordham University, Manhattan College, and The Cooper Union before coming to Creighton. He is the secretary/treasurer for the Religion and Bible Society of the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region and a member of the American Academy of Religion.
Department
Theology
Position
Associate Professor
Books
- Clark Elizabeth A, Smith Zachary B, Colors and Textures of Roman North Africa 2024
- Benitez Siobhan, Streetman W. Craig, Stroud Robert C, Bertolet Timothy J, Brake Matthew William, DeJong Leah, Brown Shaun C, Buttrey Michael, Canzona Joshua, Guerra Tupa, Hackney Amanda MacInnis, Harvie Timothy, Hess Peter M. J, Mckee Gabriel, Hrynkow Christopher, MacLeod Michael R, McGrath James F, Potter Brett David, Shire James, Smith Zachary B, Stell Michael J, Theology and Star Trek 2023
- Theology and Star Trek
Brown Shaun C, Hess Peter M. J, Harvie Timothy, MacLeod Michael R, McGrath James F, Mckee Gabriel, Hrynkow Christopher, Buttrey Michael, Hackney Amanda MacInnis, Benitez Siobhan, Bertolet Timothy J, Brake Matthew, Canzona Joshua, DeJong Leah, Guerra Tupa, Stell Michael J, Potter Brett David, Shire James, Smith Zachary B, Streetman W. Craig, Stroud Robert C, Becoming Gods [Book Chapter] 2023 - Theology and the Star Wars Universe
Espinoza Benjamin D, Brock Josiah, Brock Nettie, Kurka Rostislav, Kuzma Andrew J, Brown Shaun C, Dunar Edward, Duns Ryan G, Garcia Nathan, Rothman Abdallah, Smith Zachary B, Posada Tim, Johnson Russell P, Keeley Robert, Keeley-Jonker Bethany, McDowell John C, Lyonhart Jonathan, McGrath James F, Use (the) Force: Jedi, Monks, and Unexpected Violence [Book Chapter] 2022 - Smith Zachary, Simkins Ronald, Religion and the New Politics (JRS Supplement 23) 2021
- Authority and Dissent in Jewish Life
Smith ZACHARY B., DISSENTING LITERATURE AND SOCIAL FORMATION IN THE ANTIQUE MEDITERRANEAN [Book Chapter] 2020 - Smith Zachary, Simkins Ronald, Religion and Reform (JRS Supplement 18) 2019
- The Surprise of Reconciliation in the Catholic Tradition
Smith Zachary, Early Monastic Practices of Strategic Speech and Selective Silence to Limit Violence [Book Chapter] 2018 - Smith Zachary, Simkins Ronald, Religion and Globalization (JRS Supplement 16) 2018
- Smith Zachary B, Philosopher-monks, episcopal authority, and the care of the self 2017
- Smith Zachary, Simkins Ronald, Religion and Politics (JRS Supplement 14) 2017
- Smith Zachary B., Gregory the Great: Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome 2016
Publications
- Smith Zachary B., Wisdom on the Move: Late Antique Traditions in Multicultural Conversation. Essays in Honor of Samuel Rubenson 2022
- Smith Zachary, Simkins Ronald, Religion and Justice (JRS Supplement 21) 2020
- Journal of religion and society. Supplement series
Smith Zachary, Young Ashley, Jewish Identity and Religious Commitments in the American Midwest: Results of a Limited Study on Interfaith Upbringing
16, p. 202 - 228 2018 - Journal of religion and society. Supplement series
Smith Zachary, In Memoriam: Memory and Imitation in Augustine and Athanasius
15, p. 212 - 226 2018 - Early Christianity
Smith Zachary, Of Firstfruits and Social Fixtures how Didache 13 Uses Torah to Reform Roman Patronage
8:2, p. 251 - 268 2017 - Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society
Smith Zachary B., Monks and Empire: Asceticism and Political Disengagement in Late Antiquity
14, p. - 2017