Time, Religion and History

ISBN-13: 9780582784529 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 304 str.

William Gallois

Opis

What implication does our perception of time have for how we view the world and how we understand history?

- Provides a guide to non-western conceptualisations of history (in Buddhism and the Australian Dreamtime), which is very rare in existing books.

- Has agenuinely comparative approach in which western empiricism is not assumed as the normal basis for doing history.

- Itts an extremely comprehensive historical survey - ranging from early religions to the contemporary world.

- Meshes together of debates from History, Philosophy and Theology to generate a new argument.

Spis treści

1. Introduction - The Enigma of Being-in-time 2. The Varieties of Time 3. Theorizing Time 4. In the Beginning: Jewish Contestations of Time 5. The New Times of Christianity 6. On Dreaming Time 7. The Islamic Synthesis 8. Time and Untime - Buddhism 9. Modern Times 10. Conclusion

O autorze

William Gallois