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10%OFFAndrea Sterk (Ed.) - Faithful Narratives: Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity - 9780801478574 - V9780801478574
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Faithful Narratives: Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity

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Description for Faithful Narratives: Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity Paperback. Editor(s): Sterk, Andrea; Caputo, Nina. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.

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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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801478574
SKU
V9780801478574
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About Andrea Sterk (Ed.)
Andrea Sterk is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida. She is the author most recently of Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity. Nina Caputo is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida. She is the author of Nahmanides in Medieval Catalonia: Community, History, and Messianism.

Reviews for Faithful Narratives: Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity
"Faithful Narratives features an all-star lineup of historians, the best of the best, and all deliver. They contend that religion cannot be explained away, ignored as a factor in human agency, reduced to a by-product of other factors, or treated as a category separate from society."
David Kling, University of Miami, author of The Bible in History "Traversing the ... Read more

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