Lindsay Jones

Professor | Comparative Studies

Faculty

Lindsay Jones has a broad interest in the methods, theories, histories, and topics associated with the cross-cultural study of religion, along with special concerns for sacred architecture and for the cultures and religions of Mesoamerica.

He is author of Twin City Tales: A Hermeneutical Reassessment of Tula and Chíchén Itzá (University Press of Colorado, 1995) and The Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture:Experience, Interpretation, Comparison (Harvard University Press, 2000) two volumes; and co-editor with Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions of Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage:From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs (University Press of Colorado, 1999); and editor-in-chief for the revised second edition of Mircea Eliade's sixteen-volume Encyclopedia of Religion (Macmillan Reference, 2005).

Areas of Expertise

Cross-cultural studies of religion
Sacred architecture
Cultures and religions of Mesoamerica

Education

Ph.D., History of Religions, University of Chicago (1989)
M.A., Divinity, University of Chicago (1981)
B.A., Anthropology and Religious Studies, University of Colorado (1978)
B.ENVD., Environmental Design, University of Colorado (1978)

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