03127nam 2200601 a 450 991081272580332120230617010538.01-4094-7712-61-281-09792-697866110979290-7546-8253-6(CKB)1000000000404771(EBL)429610(OCoLC)437113457(SSID)ssj0000275280(PQKBManifestationID)11211802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275280(PQKBWorkID)10340658(PQKB)10661319(Au-PeEL)EBL429610(CaPaEBR)ebr10211372(CaONFJC)MIL109792(MiAaPQ)EBC429610(EXLCZ)99100000000040477120050110d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting history, constructing religion[electronic resource] /edited by James G. Crossley, Christian KarnerAldershot, Hants, England ;Burlington, Vt. Ashgate Pub.c20051 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-5183-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Part I: Introduction; 1 Writing History, Constructing Religion; 2 Defining History; 3 Postmodernism and the Study of Religions; Part II: Writing History, Constructing Religion; 4 On 'Religion': Speeches to its Cultural Despisers; 5 Postmodernism Before and After: The Fate of Secularization; 6 The Crisis of Representation in Islamic Studies; 7 Living Yesterday in Today and Tomorrow: Meskhetian Turks in Southern Russia; 8 Who's Afraid of Jesus Christ? Some Comments on Attempts to Write a Life of Jesus9 History From the Margins: The Death of John the Baptist10 'If Isaac Could Speak ...': Redefining Sacrifice; 11 Ideological 'Destructuring' in Myth, History and Memory; 12 Writing Hindutva History, Constructing Nationalist Religion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YWriting History, Constructing Religion presents a much-needed interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of debates among historians, scholars of religion and cultural theorists over the 'nature' of history to the study of religion. Addressing conceptual debates in a wide range of historical and empirical contexts, the authors critically engage with issues including religious nationalism, Nazism, Islam and the West, secularism, religion in post-Communist Russia, ethnicity and post modernity.HistoryReligious aspectsHistoriographyHistoryReligious aspects.Historiography.201/.69Crossley James G960280Karner Christian476479MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812725803321Writing history, constructing religion3978509UNINA