Zachary B. Smith, PhD

Associate Professor

photo placeholder for Smith, Zachary

Contact

College of Arts and Sciences
Theology
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 209

Zachary B. Smith, PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. Zachary B. Smith joined the Creighton faculty in 2015 as a Resident Assistant Professor, and in 2017 became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology. He was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2020, and in 2021 received secondary appointments to Classical and Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Medical Humanities in the School of Medicine - Omaha.

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, etal Colors and Textures of Roman North Africa 2024
  • Benitez Siobhan, etal Theology and Star Trek 2023
  • Theology and Star Trek
    Brown Shaun C, etal Becoming Gods [Book Chapter] 2023
  • Theology and the Star Wars Universe
    Espinoza Benjamin D, etal Use (the) Force: Jedi, Monks, and Unexpected Violence [Book Chapter] 2022
  • Smith Zachary, etal 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, etal 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, etal Religion and Globalization (JRS Supplement 16) 2018
  • Smith Zachary B, Philosopher-monks, episcopal authority, and the care of the self 2017
  • Smith Zachary, etal 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, etal Religion and Justice (JRS Supplement 21) 2020
  • Journal of religion and society. Supplement series
    Smith Zachary, etal 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