Stanley G. Payne

History and Belief

“This important new work provides a penetrating guide to historical knowledge and its structure and limits. The treatment given to the origins of historical understanding, its epistemology, and its character in various world civilizations is impressive. Most importantly, this book gives us one of the best introductions that we have to the relationship between knowledge, belief, and faith in historical study, helping to elucidate the historical grounding of belief and the search for meaning.”