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Making Memory
Alana M. Vincent
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Description for Making Memory
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The twentieth century has been called a "century of horror". Proof of that, designation can be found in the vast and ever-increasing volume of scholarly work on violence, trauma, memory, and history across diverse academic disciplines. This book demonstrates not only the ways in which the wars of the twentieth century have altered theological engagement and religious practice, but also the degree to which religious ways of thinking have shaped the way we construct historical narratives. Drawing on diverse sources - from the Hebrew Bible to Commonwealth war graves, from Greek tragedy to post-Holocaust theology - Alana M. Vincent probes ... Read more
The twentieth century has been called a "century of horror". Proof of that, designation can be found in the vast and ever-increasing volume of scholarly work on violence, trauma, memory, and history across diverse academic disciplines. This book demonstrates not only the ways in which the wars of the twentieth century have altered theological engagement and religious practice, but also the degree to which religious ways of thinking have shaped the way we construct historical narratives. Drawing on diverse sources - from the Hebrew Bible to Commonwealth war graves, from Greek tragedy to post-Holocaust theology - Alana M. Vincent probes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227174319
SKU
V9780227174319
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About Alana M. Vincent
Alanca M. Vincent is Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Academic Advisor to Partnerships at the University of Chester.
Reviews for Making Memory
"This interdisciplinary work would appeal particularly to students and scholars interested in the connection between memory, theology, religious studies, literature and the arts. For its originality and its eschewal of superficiality in favour of an approach that recognizes the complexities of remembrance, this work is to be highly commended." -Katie R. Leggett, Theological Book Review, Vol. 27 No.1, 2016 ... Read more