History and the Christian Historian

This book arises out of special concerns of historians who are also Christians. What case can be made for connecting historical work and religious convictions? What is the relation of faith to history? What difference could Christian perspectives make in historical study? Thirteen respected scholars— including some who have changed the face of history writing in the twentieth century— here take up a diversity of subjects in giving a provisional answer to these important questions.

The essays in this volume cluster themselves into three groups: the first four essays speak to questions of perspective and epistemology; the next six take up specific themes or address discrete areas of historical concern; and the last three are directed toward the teaching of history. In exploring these issues, this book addresses the “epistemological crisis” brought on by the postmodern critique of truth and demonstrates the positive implications of a Christian perspective for the study of history and historiography.

History and the Christian Historian will be of interest to historians, Christians and non-Christian alike, for discussion; to students, to bring them into the general conversation; and to the general reader, to disclose the vitally interesting stuff historians talk about.

Contributors:
Margaret Lamberts Bendroth
C. Stephen Evans
Marcille Frederick
D. G. Hart
Bill J. Leonard
George M. Marsden
Shirley A. Mullen
Mark A. Noll
Richard Pointer
Jerry L. Summers
Robert P. Swierenga
Edwin J. Van Kley
Ronald A. Wells