Faithful narratives historians, religion, and the challenge of objectivity / edited by Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo.

Other author Sterk, Andrea.
Other author Caputo, Nina, 1966-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Descriptionviii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
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Contents Introduction : the challenge of religion in history / Andrea Sterk and Nina Caputo -- Pagan challenge, Christian response : Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as paradigms of inter-religious discourse / Susanna Elm -- Between Syria and Egypt : alms, work and the "holy poor" / Peter Brown -- Medieval monks on labor and leisure / John Van Engen -- Sibling rivalries, scriptural communities : what medieval history can and cannot teach us about relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / David Nirenberg -- The people and the book : print and the transformation of Jewish culture in early modern Europe / David Ruderman -- The Jewish book in Christian Europe : material texts and religious encounters / Anthony Grafton -- Mission and narrative in the early modern Spanish world : Diego de Oca's desert in passing / Kenneth Mills -- Incombustible Weber : how the Protestant Reformation really disenchanted the world / Carlos Eire -- Religion and gender in Enlightenment England : the problem of agency / Phyllis Mack -- Constructions of Jewish identity through reflections on Islam / Susannah Heschel -- Bible, translation, and culture : from the KJV to the Christian resurgence in Africa / Lamin Sanneh -- Reflections on the Bible and American public life / Mark A. Noll.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-265) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013032205
ISBN9780801451829 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801478574 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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