Writing history, constructing religion

Writing history, constructing religion

by Crossley, James G. Karner, Christian

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This volume presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of debates among historian, scholars of religion and cultural theorists over the 'nature' of history to the study of religion.

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  • Full title :Writing history, constructing religion / edited by James G. Crossley, Christian Karner.

Summary

This volume presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of debates among historian, scholars of religion and cultural theorists over the 'nature' of history to the study of religion.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2005

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Ashgate Pub
  • Place of Publication:Aldershot, Hants, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2005

The Physical Object

  • Description:vii, 233 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0754651835, 9780754651833
  • oclc:ocm57422679
  • LC Classification:BL65.H5
  • Dewey Decimal:201/.69

Table of Contents

Writing history, constructing religion / James G. Crossley and Christian Karner -- Defining history / James G. Crossley -- Postmodernism and the study of religions / Christian Karner -- On 'religion': speeches to its cultural despisers / Philip Goodchild -- Postmodernism before and after: the fate of secularization / Alan Aldridge -- The crisis of representation in Islamic studies / Hugh Goddard -- Living yesterday in today and tomorrow: Meskhetian Turks in Southern Russia / Kathryn Tomlinson -- Who's afraid of Jesus Christ? Some comments on attempts to write a life of Jesus / Maurice Casey -- History from the margins: the death of John the Baptist / James G. Crossley -- 'If Isaac could speak ... ': redefining sacrifice / Maria Varsam -- Ideological 'deconstructing' in myth, history and memory / Seth Kunin -- Writing Hindutva history, constructing nationalist religion / Christian Karner.

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Subjects

Geschichtsschreibung Geschiedschrijving Godsdiensten Histoire -- Aspect religieux histoire (discipline) -- [études divers… Historiography History -- Religious aspects Kirchengeschichtsschreibung

Writers

Crossley, James G. Karner, Christian

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