History and belief :
Frykenberg, Robert Eric.
History and belief : the foundations of historical understanding / History & belief Robert Eric Frykenberg. - Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, with the Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, c1996. - 377 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-357) and index.
Introduction : historical understandings and world views --
History as history : a double definition --
History as memory : a primal necessity --
History as story : a narrative art --
History as anecdote : a vital essence --
History as antiquity : a mythic legacy --
History as classicity : a critical criterion --
History as theodicy : a redemptive event --
History as description : an ambiguous science --
History as destiny : an interpretive quest --
History as rhetoric : a disputed discourse --
Conclusion : history as belief : a perpetual predicament.
0802807399 (pbk.)
96002594
History--Philosophy.
Historiography.
Belief and doubt.
901/FRY
History and belief : the foundations of historical understanding / History & belief Robert Eric Frykenberg. - Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, with the Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, c1996. - 377 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-357) and index.
Introduction : historical understandings and world views --
History as history : a double definition --
History as memory : a primal necessity --
History as story : a narrative art --
History as anecdote : a vital essence --
History as antiquity : a mythic legacy --
History as classicity : a critical criterion --
History as theodicy : a redemptive event --
History as description : an ambiguous science --
History as destiny : an interpretive quest --
History as rhetoric : a disputed discourse --
Conclusion : history as belief : a perpetual predicament.
0802807399 (pbk.)
96002594
History--Philosophy.
Historiography.
Belief and doubt.
901/FRY
