History and religion: narrating a religious past

This volume is the first systematic scholarly study that analyses the complex relationship between history and religion. It considers religious groups as both producers of historical narratives and topics of historiography. From different disciplinary perspectives, the authors explore how religions...

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Published in:Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten
Contributors: Otto, Bernd-Christian 1976- (Editor) ; Rau, Susanne 1969- (Editor) ; Rüpke, Jörg 1962- (Editor) ; Quero-Sánchez, Andrés 1966- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2015]
In: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten (Band 68)
Series/Journal:Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten Band 68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Historiography
B Religion / Historiography / History
Further subjects:B Religion Historiography
B Religion History
B Historiography
B Kongreß
B Religion
B History Religious aspects
B Religion / History
B Conference program
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Summary:This volume is the first systematic scholarly study that analyses the complex relationship between history and religion. It considers religious groups as both producers of historical narratives and topics of historiography. From different disciplinary perspectives, the authors explore how religions are historicised. In so doing, they address the biases and elisions of current analytical and descriptive frames in the history of religion.
ISBN:3110445956
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110445954