CONTENTS::::::::Acknowledgement Preface Chapter 1: What is History? 1. What is History? 1.1. Definitions 1.2. Nature and Scope of History 1.3. Philosophies of History 1.4. Uses and Abuses of History Chapter 2: Different Schools of History 2.1. Positivist School 2.2. Historicist School or Historicism 2.3. Marxist History (Historical Materialism) 2.4. The Annales School Chapter 3: Historical Sources and Their Significances 3.1. Primary Sources 3.2. Secondary Sources 3.3. Tertiary Sources 3.4. Postmodern Sources 3.5. Oral Sources Chapter 4: World History and History of Christianity 4.1. Similarities 4.2. Differences Chapter 5: Approaches to History 5.1. Hermeneutic Approaches to History 5.2. Social History 5.3. Cultural History 5.4. A History of Politics 5.5. Digital History Chapter 6: History - A Science or an Art 6.1. History as a Science 6.2. History as an Art 6.3. History as a Fusion of Science and Art - Investigating the Dynamic Interplay of Empirical Rigour and Creative Interpretation Chapter 7: Presentation of Historical Materials 7.1. Narrative Presentation 7.2. Analytical Presentation 7.3. Chronological Presentation Chapter 8: Problems of Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Bias 8.1. Definition of Objectivity 8.2. Subjectivity 8.3. Bias 8.4. Implications of Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Bias Chapter 9: Evaluation of Sources 9.1. External Criticism 9.2. Internal Criticism Chapter 10: Historiography 10.1. Meaning of Historiography 10.2. Why Do We Have a Range of Historiographies? 10.3. Early Indian Christian Historiography 10.4. Revolutionizing Shifts, Transitions and Trajectories 10.5. Where do We Go from Here? 10.6. Concluding Appraisal Bibliography