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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Contributors: Otto, Bernd-Christian 1976- (Other) ; Rau, Susanne 1969- (Other) ; Rüpke, Jörg 1962- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten 68
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Historiography
Further subjects:B Religion Historiography
B Religion History
B Religion
B Conference program 2012 (Norrköping)
B History Religious aspects
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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. Bernd-Christian Otto, Susanne Rau and Jörg Rüpke:University of Erfurt, Germany.
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
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Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:3110445956
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110445954