Christian faith complicates the task of historical writing. It does so because Christianity is at once deeply historical and profoundly transhistorical. Christian historians taking up the challenge of writing about the past have thus struggled to craft a single; identifiable Christian historiography. Overlapping; and even contradictory; Christian models for thinking and writing about the past abound―from accountings empathetic toward past religious expressions; to history imbued with Christian moral concern; to narratives tracing God's movement through the ages. The nature and shape of Christian historiography have been; and remain; hotly contested. Jay Green illuminates five rival versions of Christian historiography. In this volume; Green discusses each of these approaches; identifying both their virtues and challenges. Christian Historiography serves as a basic introduction to the variety of ways contemporary historians have applied their Christian convictions to historical research and reconstruction. Christian teachers and students developing their own sense of the past will benefit from exploring the variety of Christian historiographical approaches described and evaluated in this volume.
#11844519 in Books R Semmes 2012-09-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .77 x 6.00l; 1.00 #File Name: 1479288926338 pagesThe Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter From the Private Journals and Other Papers of Commander R Semmes C S N
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Contemporary AccountBy William B.Racist ? Yes: there is some of that. However: reader must put in 19th Century context. To do otherwise is sheer stupidity. Semmes did not pen this work for 21st Century "Political Correctness". Interestingly: I have read numerous "Yankee" works (same period) which were tons more racist than this book. It amazes me that readers can't place historical tomes in context. They should just read current "Politically Correct" stuff (mostly junk).0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cruise of the AlabamaBy WoodshoeVery good read; good historical information1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very good.By cowboypreacherMaybe I'm strange; but I love the 19th century style of writing; and what Semmes had to go through with the little cruiser Sumpter would be enough to discourage any Captain. His success with the inadequate little Sumpter; and later; with the great Alabama is astounding. No wonder the Federal government tried to sue Great Britain for their part in building #290.
