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North American and European classicists explore the relationship between religion and the construction of cultural identity in the hero-cult dialogue Heroikos, contending that its religious interest are intimately related to Philostratus' interests in the literary act of re-creating a coherent Greek identity for the Greek elites of the Roman Empire

This is the first work to address the legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916-2000), whose intellectual and institutional contributions helped shape the field of religious studies in the latter half of the twentieth century. As a young scholar, Smith taught Indian and Islamic history in Lahore for several years and witnessed the partition of India. Upon his return to North America, he obtained his PhD at Princeton University before embarking upon a long and distinguished career. He founded the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University and served as director of the Center for the Study...