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Catholic as Historian, The
D'Elia And Foley (Eds).
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Paperback. Editor(s): D'Elia, Donald J.; Patrick, Foley. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
When historians adhere to a Christian worldview, should that worldview have an influence on their understanding of the history that they write about? On the one hand, the answers to this question sometimes seem to be ""a God of the gaps,” in which God fills any explanatory gaps that the historian might find, or even a presumption to know the full historical course, down to the details of modern history, of God’s providential plan. Yet, on the other hand, achieving a ""neutral” historiography is not possible either, since every historian brings to the study of the words and deeds of ... Read more
When historians adhere to a Christian worldview, should that worldview have an influence on their understanding of the history that they write about? On the one hand, the answers to this question sometimes seem to be ""a God of the gaps,” in which God fills any explanatory gaps that the historian might find, or even a presumption to know the full historical course, down to the details of modern history, of God’s providential plan. Yet, on the other hand, achieving a ""neutral” historiography is not possible either, since every historian brings to the study of the words and deeds of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Sapientia Press
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781932589276
SKU
V9781932589276
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