Faithful Narratives: Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity
Andrea Sterk (Ed.)
Historians of religion face complex interpretive issues when examining religious texts, practices, and experiences. Faithful Narratives presents the work of twelve eminent scholars whose research has exemplified compelling strategies for negotiating the difficulties inherent in this increasingly important area of historical inquiry. The chapters range chronologically from Late Antiquity to modern America and thematically from the spirituality of near eastern monks to women's agency in religion, considering familiar religious communities alongside those on the margins and bringing a range of spiritual and religious practices into historical focus.
Focusing on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the essays address matters central to the ... Read more
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David Kling, University of Miami, author of The Bible in History "Traversing the ... Read more