“Does American Religious History Have a Center?” Reflections

• Published in: Church History
• Main Author: Williams, Peter W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Religious studies; History; Cultural Studies; Ahab; Captain Ahab; White whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009640700095767; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0009640700095767

The three essays presented in this session raise issues that remind me of two classic representations of the problem of interpretation. In the Japanese film Rashomon , four differing and incompatible accounts of the same event are presented by the central characters, leaving the viewer to wonder whi...