TY - BOOK AU - Sterk,Andrea AU - Caputo,Nina AU - Elm,Susanna TI - Faithful narratives: historians, religion, and the challenge of objectivity SN - 9780801471056 AV - BL65.H5 F35 2014eb U1 - 200.9 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - Religion KW - Historiography KW - Histoire KW - Aspect religieux KW - Historiographie KW - religious history KW - aat KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - bisacsh KW - Essays KW - Reference KW - Theology KW - fast KW - Geschichtsschreibung KW - gnd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - Historians of religion face complex interpretive issues when examining religious texts, practices, and experiences. Faithful Narratives presents 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. Focusing 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, Faithful Narratives illustrates the persistence of central themes and common analytical challenges for historians working in all periods. Contributors: Peter Brown, Princeton University; Nina Caputo, University of Florida; Carlos Eire, Yale University; Susanna Elm, University of California, Berkeley; Anthony Grafton, Princeton University; Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College; Phyllis Mack, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Kenneth Mills, University of Toronto; David Nirenberg, University of Chicago; Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame; David B. Ruderman, University of Pennsylvania; Lamin Sanneh, Yale University; Andrea Sterk, University of Florida; John Van Engen, University of Notre Dame UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=671316 ER -