Religion and the Rise of History

by Leonard S. Smith

As a historical inquiry and synthesis, this intellectual history is the first study to apply the ideal-type or model-building methodology of Otto Hintze (1861-1940) to Western historical thought or to what R. G. Collingwood called ""The Idea of History,"" for it contains succinct and useful models for seeing and teaching classical, Christian, and modern professional historiography. Religion and the Rise of History is also the first work to suggest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155635830X
• ISBN13: 9781556358302
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"