Faithful narratives : historians, religion, and the challenge of objectivity /
Faithful narratives : historians, religion, and the challenge of objectivity /
Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo, editors.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the challenge of religion in history / Pagan challenge, Christian response : Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as paradigms of inter-religious discourse / Between Syria and Egypt : alms, work and the "holy poor" / Medieval monks on labor and leisure / Sibling rivalries, scriptural communities : what medieval history can and cannot teach us about relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / The people and the book : print and the transformation of Jewish culture in early modern Europe / The Jewish book in Christian Europe : material texts and religious encounters / Mission and narrative in the early modern Spanish world : Diego de Oca's desert in passing / Incombustible Weber : how the Protestant Reformation really disenchanted the world / Religion and gender in Enlightenment England : the problem of agency / Constructions of Jewish identity through reflections on Islam / Bible, translation, and culture : from the KJV to the Christian resurgence in Africa / Reflections on the Bible and American public life / Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo -- Susanna Elm -- Peter Brown -- John Van Engen -- David Nirenberg -- David Ruderman -- Anthony Grafton -- Kenneth Mills -- Carlos Eire -- Phyllis Mack -- Susannah Heschel -- Lamin Sanneh -- Mark A. Noll.
9780801471056
History--Religious aspects.
Religion--History.
Religion--Historiography.
Electronic Books.
BL65 / .F358 2014
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the challenge of religion in history / Pagan challenge, Christian response : Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as paradigms of inter-religious discourse / Between Syria and Egypt : alms, work and the "holy poor" / Medieval monks on labor and leisure / Sibling rivalries, scriptural communities : what medieval history can and cannot teach us about relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / The people and the book : print and the transformation of Jewish culture in early modern Europe / The Jewish book in Christian Europe : material texts and religious encounters / Mission and narrative in the early modern Spanish world : Diego de Oca's desert in passing / Incombustible Weber : how the Protestant Reformation really disenchanted the world / Religion and gender in Enlightenment England : the problem of agency / Constructions of Jewish identity through reflections on Islam / Bible, translation, and culture : from the KJV to the Christian resurgence in Africa / Reflections on the Bible and American public life / Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo -- Susanna Elm -- Peter Brown -- John Van Engen -- David Nirenberg -- David Ruderman -- Anthony Grafton -- Kenneth Mills -- Carlos Eire -- Phyllis Mack -- Susannah Heschel -- Lamin Sanneh -- Mark A. Noll.
9780801471056
History--Religious aspects.
Religion--History.
Religion--Historiography.
Electronic Books.
BL65 / .F358 2014