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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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Other Authors: Otto, Bernd-Christian (Editor), Rau, Susanne (Editor), Rüpke, Jörg (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015
Subjects:
Regional studies
Religion & beliefs
Comparative religion
History of religion
history of historiography
religious narratives
concepts of time
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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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (471 p.)
ISBN:9783110445954
9783110444544; 9783110437256
Access:Open Access

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