At the end of his landmark 1994 book, "The Soul of the American
University," historian George Marsden asserted that religious faith
does indeed have a place in today's academia. Marsden's contention
sparked a heated debate on the role of religious faith and
intellectual scholarship in academic journals and in the mainstream
media. The contributors to "Confessing History: Explorations in
Christian Faith and the Historian's Vocation"expand the discussion
about religion's role in education and culture and examine what the
relationship between faith and learning means for the academy
today.
The contributors to "Confessing History"ask how the vocation of
historian affects those who are also followers of Christ. What
implications do Christian faith and practice have for living out
one's calling as an historian? And to what extent does one's
calling as a Christian disciple speak to the nature, quality, or
goals of one's work as scholar, teacher, adviser, writer, community
member, or social commentator? Written from several different
theological and professional points of view, the essays collected
in this volume explore the vocation of the historian and its place
in both the personal and professional lives of Christian
disciples.
"Confessing History fills a large gap in the literature on
Christian and especially evangelical historiography. I know of no
other book or anthology of scholarly articles that so carefully
analyzes how believing historians should work within the
intellectual expectations of the guild. And it does so with
pristine prose, impressive erudition, and charity of spirit. After
reading "Confessing History," I find myself compelled to take the
prescriptions and proscriptions of the secular academy less
seriously and my identity as a Christian historian more seriously."
--Grant Wacker, Duke University
"How to reconcile religious commitment with the practices of the
guild is one of the really big questions for believing historians.
"Confessing History"is essential reading not only for them, but
also for any wishing to understand the important issues at stake.
In its pages we witness the concerns, questions, and yearnings of a
new generation of believing historiansnand perhaps even the
contours of a new approach to Christian historical scholarship."
--Donald Yerxa, Director, The Historical Society
"This collection of essays represents serious, sustained,
multivalent, and cogent reflection on challenges for Christian
historians as experienced by a mostly younger set of scholars. The
volume acknowledges foundational work on such subjects carried out
by a collection of older evangelical and Reformed
scholars--including Ronald Wells, Darryl Hart, and George
Marsden--but also moves well beyond these earlier voices, sometimes
critiquing what they have written, but also sometimes venturing off
into new directions." --Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame
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