{"product_id":"faithful-narratives-historians-religion-and-the-challenge-of-objectivity-paperback-softback-9780801478574","title":"Faithful Narratives; Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801478574","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFaithful Narratives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistorians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrea Sterk (Edited by), Nina Caputo (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801478574\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 3 tables - 3 Tables, unspecified\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorians of religion face complex interpretive issues when examining religious texts, practices, and experiences\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eFaithful Narratives \u003c\/i\u003epresents the work of twelve eminent scholars whose research has exemplified compelling strategies for negotiating the difficulties inherent in this increasingly important area of historical inquiry. The chapters range chronologically from Late Antiquity to modern America and thematically from the spirituality of near eastern monks to women's agency in religion, considering familiar religious communities alongside those on the margins and bringing a range of spiritual and religious practices into historical focus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the essays address matters central to the study of religion in history, in particular texts and traditions of authority, interreligious discourse, and religious practice and experience. Some examine mainstream communities and traditions, others explore individuals who crossed religious or confessional boundaries, and still others study the peripheries of what is considered orthodox religious tradition. Encompassing a wide geographical as well as chronological scope,\u003ci\u003e Faithful Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the persistence of central themes and common analytical challenges for historians working in all periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Challenge of Religion in History\u003cbr\u003e ANDREA STERK AND NINA CAPUTO\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Late Antique and Medieval Religious Debates and Their Modern Implications\u003cbr\u003e 1. Pagan Challenge, Christian Response: Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as Paradigms of Interreligious Discourse\u003cbr\u003e SUSANNA ELM\u003cbr\u003e 2. Between Syria and Egypt: Alms, Work, and the \"Holy Poor\"\u003cbr\u003e PETER BROWN\u003cbr\u003e 3. Medieval Monks on Labor and Leisure\u003cbr\u003e JOHN VAN ENGEN\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sibling Rivalries, Scriptural Communities: What Medieval History Can and Cannot\u003cbr\u003e Teach Us about Relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam\u003cbr\u003e DAVID NIRENBERG\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Early Modern Perspectives on Spirituality, Culture, and Religious Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e 5. The People and the Book: Print and the Transformation of Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe\u003cbr\u003e DAVID B. RUDERMAN\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Jewish Book in Christian Europe: Material Texts and Religious Encounters\u003cbr\u003e ANTHONY GRAFTON\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mission and Narrative in the Early Modern Spanish World: Diego de Ocaña's Desert in Passing\u003cbr\u003e KENNETH MILLS\u003cbr\u003e 8. Incombustible Weber: How the Protestant Reformation Really Disenchanted the World\u003cbr\u003e CARLOS EIRE\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: From the Premodern to the Modern World: Sacred Texts, Individual Agency, and Religious Identity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Religion and Gender in Enlightenment England: The Problem of Agency\u003cbr\u003e PHYLLIS MACK\u003cbr\u003e 10. Constructions of Jewish Identity through Reflections on Islam\u003cbr\u003e SUSANNAH HESCHEL\u003cbr\u003e 11. Bible, Translation, and Culture: From the KJV to the Christian Resurgence in Africa\u003cbr\u003e LAMIN SANNEH\u003cbr\u003e 12. Reflections on the Bible and American Public Life\u003cbr\u003e MARK A. NOLL\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52542157914392,"sku":"9780801478574","price":27.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/faithful-narratives-historians-religion-and-the-challenge-of-objectivity-paperback-softback-9780801478574","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}