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History and belief : the foundations of historical understanding / Robert Eric Frykenberg.

By: Publication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, with the Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, c1996.Description: 377 p. ; pbk ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802807399 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • History & belief [Spine title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 901/FRY
Contents:
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.
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Book The Emmaus Library Open Shelves 900 History and Geography 901/FRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00502

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.

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