Fabricating Founders in Early Modern England : : history, rhetoric, and the origins of Christianity / / by Lauren Horn Griffin.

"In Fabricating Founders in Early Modern England, Lauren Horn Griffin argues that in order to understand nationalisms, we need a clearer understanding of the types of cultural myths, symbols, and traditions that legitimate them. Myths of origin and election, memories of a greater and purer past...

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Superior document:Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion ; Volume 22
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; Volume 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 231 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction: the Cultural Production of National Identity
  • Chapter 1 Making Time, Tradition, and Truth: the Origins of the English Christian Origins Debate
  • Chapter 2 Framing Space: Territory, Ethnicity, and Culture
  • Chapter 3 Authorizing Origins: Martyrology, Hagiography, and the Varieties of Supernatural Authorization in Christian Foundation Narratives
  • Chapter 4 Experiencing Origins: Founding Figures in Ritual and Material Culture, or Public History and the Realm of the Everyday
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.