Faithful narratives: historians, religion, and the challenge of objectivity
Introduction : the challenge of religion in history / Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo -- Pagan challenge, Christian response : Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as paradigms of inter-religious discourse / Susanna Elm -- Between Syria and Egypt : alms, work and the "holy poor" / Peter Br...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
[2014]
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Sterk, Andrea, Faithful Narratives: Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity] (2015) (McDaniel, Rhonda L.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Historiography
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion
History
B Religion Historiography B Collection of essays B History Religious aspects |
| Summary: | Introduction : the challenge of religion in history / Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo -- Pagan challenge, Christian response : Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as paradigms of inter-religious discourse / Susanna Elm -- Between Syria and Egypt : alms, work and the "holy poor" / Peter Brown -- Medieval monks on labor and leisure / John Van Engen -- Sibling rivalries, scriptural communities : what medieval history can and cannot teach us about relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / David Nirenberg -- The people and the book : print and the transformation of Jewish culture in early modern Europe / David Ruderman -- The Jewish book in Christian Europe : material texts and religious encounters / Anthony Grafton -- Mission and narrative in the early modern Spanish world : Diego de Oca's desert in passing / Kenneth Mills -- Incombustible Weber : how the Protestant Reformation really disenchanted the world / Carlos Eire -- Religion and gender in Enlightenment England : the problem of agency / Phyllis Mack -- Constructions of Jewish identity through reflections on Islam / Susannah Heschel -- Bible, translation, and culture : from the KJV to the Christian resurgence in Africa / Lamin Sanneh -- Reflections on the Bible and American public life / Mark A. Noll |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-265) and index |
| ISBN: | 0801451825 |