During a lunch at the University of Chicago Divinity School in 2005-06 Religious Studies superstar J.Z. Smith noted that were it not for the Christian monopoly on the prefix re- to mean the resurrection of Jesus he would have it engraved on his tomb. The complexity of the prefix implies a constant need to re-member/re-late/re-make/re-turn/re-play that encapsulates so much of the human endeavor.
Well, it is now time to re-turn and re-make the blog after nearly a year en absentia as I prepare to re-locate for doctoral study to the Anthro. Dept. of the University of California @ Irvine. I have re-formatted the blog to reflect my primary research interests and institutional identity, which will also provide me more flexibility to use the blog as a lab for testing out new ideas and analytical angles. Till then....
