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Christopher Shannon and Christopher Blum, “The Past as Pilgrimage” (Christendom Press, 2014)
Christopher Shannon and Christopher Blum, “The Past as Pilgrimage” (Christendom Press, 2014)
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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Scholars studying the history of Christianity are used to writing about different Christian traditions. But what does it mean to write from within a particular Christian tradition? How can a Christian be a historian who does academically respectable work while remaining true to his or her religious commitments? How can Christian historians contribute, as both Christians and historians, to historical scholarship? In The Past as Pilgrimage: Narrative, Tradition and the Renewal of Catholic History (Christendom Press, 2014), Dr. Christopher Shannon and Dr. Christopher Blum explores these questions from a Catholic perspective. They argue that Catholic historians can write from within their tradition while contributing to historical inquiry by embracing a historical perspective that emphasizes the drama of human life, focuses on asking and answering questions that help us better to pursue “the good,” and understands human beings as having an eternal destiny. Shannon and Blum have provided a fascinating meditation on the historian’s craft that anyone, Catholic or not, can read and grow from.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Feb 2, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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