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This book discusses the relationship between time, religion, and history. It provides a guide to non-western conceptualizations of history, which is rare in existing books. The book has a comparative approach in which western empiricism is not assumed as the normal basis for doing history. It is an extremely comprehensive historical survey that ranges from early religions to the contemporary world. The book meshes together of debates from History, Philosophy and Theology to generate a new argument.
What implication does our perception of time have for how we view the world and how we understand history? Provides aguide 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.
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