Download or read book Religious Identity and the Problem of Historical Foundation written by Judith Frishman and published by Brill. This book was released on 2004 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book deals with different sorts of authoritative sources, predominantly but not exclusively written ones, on which Christian communities have based their identity from the period of early Christianity to the twentieth century. Issues addressed are the processes leading to the development of authoritative traditions as well as the effects these have had on the identity of Christian churches or confessions. Special attention is paid to the crisis which the belief in authoritative sources has experienced since the rise of modernity.